The same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles, a Black high school student in Texas was suspended because school officials said his locs violated the district’s dress code.

Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, received an in-school suspension after he was told his hair fell below his eyebrows and ear lobes. George, 17, wears his hair in thick twisted dreadlocks, tied on top of his head, said his mother, Darresha George.

George served the suspension last week. His mother said he plans to return to the Houston-area school Monday, wearing his dreadlocks in a ponytail, even if he is required to attend an alternative school as a result.

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        1 year ago

        It’s referring to that meme with the astronauts.

        In this case, one would be in the background, in front of the earth saying “Both of these religions are controlling and toxic”.

        The second astronaut would be in the foreground, with his gun aimed towards the first astronaut, saying “Always have been”.

        I think it’s a meme from a movie.

        The point is that religious zealots have always been bad like this, but the commenter put that into a meme.