Cornrows are long and the student has them styled as they have been styled in the Americas since before the founding of the US. This ruling is in blatant disregard to the law.
Corn rows aren't inherently wrong. Tons of people have short corn rows.
And while I see your point, I think it hinges on the wording of the CROWN Act.
If the rule doesn't target a hair style or type, and is applied even handedly across all hair styles and types, I think it's probably okay?
Like, there are plenty of men's hairstyles that are more "white coded" that would certainly also be disallowed under the current rules.
I'd be curious what the actual rule was from the school as well. I know the school I went to growing up, it had to be above the bottom of your ear lobe.
Dumb, but not inherently racial I think?
Here are a couple links to websites that tall about hair length for cornrows:
From the following link:
"For super curly or frizzy hair, it is best to have about 5 inches...
For slightly straight, curly hair it is best to have about 6 inches...
From the following link
"To get cornrows, your hair should be at least two inches long, but ideally, it should be closer to three or four inches."
https://foreverbraids.com/hair-length-for-braids/
The district dress code says that "Male students' hair will not extend below the eyebrows or below the ear lobes. Male students' hair must not extend, below the top of a t-shirt collar or be gathered or worn in a style that would allow the hair to extend below the top of a t-shirt collar, below the eyebrows, or below the earlobes when let down".https://www.bhisd.net/fs/resource-manager/view/0a5c185d-5719-4e62-bc86-2734b4725685
If the hairs in a cornrow are let out of their braids, they will be longer than the ear. That ear length study shows ear length for 18-30 year olds, who by and large have finished growing. The hiar length for an 8 year old student still ideally needs to be at least 3 inches and their ears are going to be shorter because they havent hit their growth spurts yet. Thus the district's dress code effectively bans cornrows, which is the reason that the CROWN Act was passed in the first place.
Cornrows are long and the student has them styled as they have been styled in the Americas since before the founding of the US. This ruling is in blatant disregard to the law.
Corn rows aren't inherently wrong. Tons of people have short corn rows.
And while I see your point, I think it hinges on the wording of the CROWN Act.
If the rule doesn't target a hair style or type, and is applied even handedly across all hair styles and types, I think it's probably okay?
Like, there are plenty of men's hairstyles that are more "white coded" that would certainly also be disallowed under the current rules.
I'd be curious what the actual rule was from the school as well. I know the school I went to growing up, it had to be above the bottom of your ear lobe.
Dumb, but not inherently racial I think?
Here are a couple links to websites that tall about hair length for cornrows:
From the following link: "For super curly or frizzy hair, it is best to have about 5 inches...
For slightly straight, curly hair it is best to have about 6 inches...
Wavy and straight hair needs about 8 inches of hair or longer" https://www.silkielocks.com/uncategorized/what-is-the-minimum-length-of-hair-for-cornrows/
From the following link "To get cornrows, your hair should be at least two inches long, but ideally, it should be closer to three or four inches." https://foreverbraids.com/hair-length-for-braids/
This study shows that average earlength for a male aged 18-30 is 60-65 mm (2.32-2.55 in).https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6018292/
The district dress code says that "Male students' hair will not extend below the eyebrows or below the ear lobes. Male students' hair must not extend, below the top of a t-shirt collar or be gathered or worn in a style that would allow the hair to extend below the top of a t-shirt collar, below the eyebrows, or below the earlobes when let down".https://www.bhisd.net/fs/resource-manager/view/0a5c185d-5719-4e62-bc86-2734b4725685
If the hairs in a cornrow are let out of their braids, they will be longer than the ear. That ear length study shows ear length for 18-30 year olds, who by and large have finished growing. The hiar length for an 8 year old student still ideally needs to be at least 3 inches and their ears are going to be shorter because they havent hit their growth spurts yet. Thus the district's dress code effectively bans cornrows, which is the reason that the CROWN Act was passed in the first place.