A Texas teen in the midst of a conflict with his high school over the length of his dreadlocks has received waves of support and a generous scholarship gift from celebrities.
Texas town causing uproar with new dreadlock controversy
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres speaks with DeAndre Arnold, who made national news after his school told him he couldn’t walk at graduation unless he cut his dreadlocks, Jan. 29, 2020, on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show.""Every day I went to school I would be in dress code, but the thing with them is if [my hair] was let down I would be out of dress code," Deandre told Ellen DeGeneres."[The hair] can't be in your face, past your ears or touching your collar.
In a surprise move, DeGeneres, who also made a plea for the school to change its policy, brought singer Alicia Keys onstage.She then presented him a $20,000 check to be applied to college from Shutterfly because"you're a special person and you're destined for such greatness." "The only way it could be in dress code, I would have to cut it," she said -- the issue being the length of the dreadlocks.
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