male students from having hair that extends below the earlobes or past the eyebrows in front.
“Every day I would go to school I would always be in dress code,” Arnold told DeGeneres. “But the thing with them is,it was let down, I would be out of dress code... and this issue really escalated after Christmas break.” “My hair... is really important to me because my dad is from Trinidad, and it’s part of our culture and heritage, and I really wish the school would kind of be open to other cultures,” Arnold responded. “And at least let us try to tell you some things, don’t just shut us out.”, with Black students making up 3.1% of the population.