One of my Black students was on a field trip to some businesses with an entrepreneurial program he *excels* in. He was pulled aside 5 times by the same white male "mentor" to ask him to take off his durag.

He didn& #39;t. The org is now rethinking their "headwear" policy. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😎" title="Smiling face with sunglasses" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with sunglasses">

The arguments the mentor gave for why this was necessary were, as Kendi reframed microaggressions, "racist abuse " & "racist policy."

Argument 1: "We want to respect the businesses we visit." Even if this kid wasn& #39;t, the SWEETEST kid ever, this is total BS. A durag covers hair.

Argument 2: "There were no other people in the offices with durags on."

Uh, yeah. I wonder why.

Argument 3: "It& #39;s a rule and we talked about professional dress before the trip." This youth had a buttoned up shirt and pants on. There was no explicit rule about durags, the dude realized, but quickly pronounced it "unprofessional."

Moral of the story: my student is a badass. He made his points, he found allies to take the issue to leadership, and he is explicitly not having anything to do with the mentor who harassed him.

Also: be that ally.

Also: dress codes are still racist, sexist bullshit.