Darryl George, a Black high school student from Texas, and his mother, Darresha George, are suing the state’s governor and attorney general, claiming that these officials failed to enforce a recent Texas law designed to prevent discrimination against people with race-associated hairstyles like Darryl’s locs, thereby violating his civil rights.
In the federal civil lawsuit obtained by Atlanta Black Star, lawyers representing the George family accuse Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton of turning a blind eye to Barbers Hill High School as it ignores the CROWN ACT and enforces its own distorted interpretation of its policy.
Attorneys argue that at the core of the lawsuit lies race and gender discrimination. They assert that the two elected officials failed to protect the minor from being singled out because he was Black and male.
The lawyers also allege in the complaint that his right to “Freedom of Expression” has been unlawfully challenged and unprotected, resulting in the 17-year-old experiencing “intentional infliction of emotional distress.”
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The lawsuit alleges that both defendants stood “idly by” and refused “to use their executive and police powers to enforce the CROWN ACT law against the peace and dignity of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S. C. § 200d, 1st Amendment Freedom of Speech/Freedom of Expression, and Due Process under the 14th Amendment.”
Their roles in their respective capacities are to “enforce the laws,” “provide equal protection,” and “ensure due process under the laws” for the Georges while ensuring that school districts and schools refrain from…
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