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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 806 - Even with the CROWN Act as law, Black students are STILL being punished for natural hair in Texas

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Enough is enough. Outside of Dallas, the Barbers Hill School District has suspended a brilliant young man named Darry George, for week after week, because they say his beautiful natural hair style violates school rules. The wild thing is... it doesn't. And not only that, Texas passed a law called the CROWN Act, which prohibits discrimination against African Americans with natural hairstyles. But it's WILD that we even need such a law. Let me unpack and explain it. To listen to today’s FULL EPISODE of The Breakdown go now to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and search for “The Breakdown with Shaun King.” Subscribe there for FREE and listen to the whole podcast. If you are already on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you enjoy your podcasts, please subscribe, listen, share, leave reviews, and listen daily to the entire episode. The more of it you listen to, the better it is for us. Also, PLEASE BECOME A MEMBER of The North Star now @ TheNorthStar.com. Love and appreciate you all. Shaun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:52.6

it's got my blood boiling. It's so incredibly frustrating. There's a brilliant handsome young man

0:59.9

named Daryl George who was a junior in high school outside of Dallas at Barber's Hill High School.

1:08.6

It's in Chambers County outside of Dallas and the young man has his hair in locks and the school

1:17.1

will not allow him to attend. Even though Texas passed something called the Crown Act,

1:23.1

which prohibits discriminating against primarily African-American people because of natural

1:28.5

hairstyles and so even though that passed in Texas which shocked me by the way,

1:34.3

the school has suspended him for the past two weeks. He just came back to school and had his hair

1:41.2

in a style and I'll break it all down in a second. Had his hair in a style that his family

1:46.3

and even myself believed would not violate their ridiculous policies and they suspended him again.

1:52.8

Let's talk about it. Let me unpack and explain. It's so foolish. This is Sean King and you are listening to

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