Comedian Eric André said he was racially profiled while traveling through Australia’s Melbourne Airport on Sunday, claiming workers at the airport were unethically targeting “Black, brown and Indigenous people.” The 41-year-old said he had just been through a brutal 25-hour travel day, flying from New York to his final destination …
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A Texas judge ruled Thursday that a Houston-area school district legally punished 18-year-old student Darryl George, who was suspended multiple times for wearing his hair in locs. Administrators at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu removed George from class on August 31, citing a dress code that limits the …
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Darryl George, a Texas high school student who sued his school for discriminating against him for having locs, was placed in an in-school suspension Tuesday after returning to school. The reason this time? The length of his hair, George’s spokesperson Dr. Candice Matthews confirmed. The new disciplinary measure from Barbers …
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As a high school junior in Texas, Darryl George should be preparing for his final years of high school and what opportunities lay beyond. Instead, his mother Darresha George tells Rolling Stone, the Texas student is stressed, falling behind in classes, and now stuck in a disciplinary program meant for …
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