Black Texas Teen Told To Cut His Dreadlocks In Order To Participate in Graduation Ceremony

A high school student may not graduate this year because of the dreadlocks in his hair.

The administration refuse to allow the dreads because of the school’s dress code.

The teen, Deandre Arnold, decided to speak out on this matter.

WSAZ Reports

A Texas high school student is set to graduate in a few months, but after receiving in-school suspension due to the length of his dreadlocks, he was told to cut his hair, or he won’t be able to walk at the ceremony.

Mother Sandy Arnold says her son Deandre Arnold has always been a good student, but lately, the Barbers Hill High School senior’s hair has been a problem, one that sent him to in-school suspension.

“An A-B student, he has duel credit classes that he’s taking.
He’s not a problem,” Sandy Arnold said. “This is a part of who he is, our beliefs.”.,

Deandre Arnold’s family is from Trinidad, and he says a lot of men in his culture grow their dreadlocks.

He has embraced that part of the culture.
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His mother says the teenager has had dreadlocks for years and always followed the school’s dress code, keeping his hair off his shoulders, above his earlobes and out of his eyes.

But after Christmas break and just three months before graduation, the Arnolds say the district changed its policy.

“They say that even though my hair is up and off of all the regulations that if it was down, it would be out of dress code, not that I’m out of dress code, but if I was to take it down, I would be out of dress code.

That doesn’t make any sense,” Deandre Arnold said

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