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A Texas teenager was suspended for having dreadlocks too long for school rules. His family says it violates a new state law protecting ethnic hairstyles.

before he was allowed to participate in a match. Forced cutting of hair is dehumanizing and humiliating to anyone. But to a child, that is an especially traumatic experience and should be banned unless the child and parents give consent.The Crown Act movement’s messaging and imagery have focused a lot on the effects that hairstyle and texture discrimination has on Black girls and women. That Texas’s first Crown Act challenge centers on a Black boy and hair length is significant.

Note: Monday marks the fifth anniversary of the murder of my colleague, Global Opinions writer Jamal Khashoggi. As many of you may know, I hired Jamal to write for The Post, and had the pleasure of working with him until his killing by Saudi agents in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2018. I have written a five-year reflection based on a memory that still haunts me about his killing, so look out for that on Sunday.I do read every submission and might include yours in a future version of the newsletter.

 

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