Black teen 'humiliated' after school colored his hair with marker, parents say

[Celerity]

Texas lawsuit says school personnel drew on the student’s scalp after it was deemed his haircut violated the dress code

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/20/texas-teenager-hair-colored-marker-school



Parents of a black teenager in Texas are suing their Houston-area school district after three white middle school personnel used a marker to blot out a design on their son’s scalp.

The federal civil rights lawsuit was filed Sunday against the Pearland independent school district (ISD) and the three staff members of Berry Miller junior high who used the marker to color the student’s scalp.

The three claimed that his “common African American ‘fade’ haircut violated the Pearland ISD dress code policy”, the lawsuit reads.

The school’s assistant principal threatened to suspend the boy if he did not have his scalp design colored. The design stood out even more when that was done, so school personnel proceeded to color his entire scalp with black marker.

“They laughed as they took many minutes to color 13-year-old J.T.’s scalp which took many days of scrubbing to come off. J.T. was immensely humiliated and shamed,” the lawsuit states.

“There are hardly any African Americans in America with jet black skin,” the court document reads.


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TRULY WTF!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. racism and fascism go together

That kid will carry that memory for the rest of his life.

How did these arrogant assholes come up with the idea they had the right to do this?

[SunSeeker]

2. Not one, but THREE staff members thought this was ok, even funny.

Holy fuck. There should be at LEAST three staff members fired.

[RockRaven]

3. Stop and absorb this: THREE separate adults thought a) "Yep, I should do this" and b)

"Nah, this isn't going to bite me in the ass later"

How absolutely ridiculous. Or so I would have thought.

But apparently I'm the idiot here, because what is especially f-ed up, according to the lawsuit, that assistant principle is now a principle. So what should have gotten a serious reprimand, if not an end to a career in that field, instead was followed by a promotion!

[PandoraAwakened]

4. Yeah, totally f'ed up. Wow. n/t

[tonedevil]

5. Raise your hand if...

you were surprised by this. I want to know who needs some sense slapped into them.

[Perseus]

6. Racists seem to have a common character trait

A lack of understanding that actions do have consequences, that is why they are so dangerous.

[RandiFan1290]

7. Texas. nt