Texas teen who won't 削減（する） dreadlocks gets $20K for college
MONT BELVIEU, Texas (AP) - A 黒人／ボイコット Texas 十代の少年少女 who was told his dreadlocks 侵害する／違反する his high school's dress code is 伸び（る）ing the support of some celebrities 同様に as $20,000 for college.
DeAndre Arnold, 18, appeared on an episode of "The Ellen Show" that 空気／公表するd Wednesday where host Ellen DeGeneres and singer Alicia 重要なs 現在のd him with a check to go toward his college tuition.
Arnold, a 上級の at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu in southeast Texas, said he was 閉めだした from school and won't be 許すd to …に出席する his 卒業 儀式 after the school said his hairstyle 侵害する／違反するs the school's dress code.
Barbers Hill 独立した・無所属 School 地区 公式の／役人s have said it's not about race and that the school 許すs dreadlocks but has 支配するs about the length of male students' hair.
"There is no dress code 政策 that 禁じるs any cornrow or any other method of wearing of the hair," the 地区´s superintendent, Greg Poole, said last week. "Our 政策 限界s the length. It's been that way for 30 years."
Arnold told DeGeneres that he wants to go to college to become a veterinarian. He said his dreadlocks are a part of his culture and 遺産, 公式文書，認めるing that his father is from Trinidad.
"I really wish the school would 肉親，親類d of be open to other cultures and just, at least let us try to tell you some things," he said. "Don't just shut us out."
DeGeneres 勧めるd the school to "do the 権利 thing" and change its 政策.
Last year, California became the first 明言する／公表する to 禁止（する） workplace and school 差別 against 黒人／ボイコット people for wearing hairstyles such as braids, 新たな展開s and locks. The 明言する／公表する´s 知事 調印するd the 法律制定 into 法律 in July.
