Do hair policies lead to discrimination?
What in the World
Darryl George, an 18-year-old student, has been in in-school suspension since August for refusing to cut his dreadlocks. They violate his schoolβs dress code.
His lives in the U.S. state of Texas which had just passed the Crown Act, a law designed to prohibit race-based hair discrimination. A judge has ruled that this does not apply in Darrylβs case. Brandon Drenon, a BBC journalist based in Washington, explains.
We also hear from Beverly Ochieng, from BBC Monitoring based in Nairobi, who explains hair standards in Kenya.
Plus, BBC news presenter Lukwesa Burak tells us what it was like when she stated to wearing her natural afro on screen.
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