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A Texas school district, facing backlash after one of its middle schools banned black clothes, has said the dress code change was "prematurely communicated".

Charles Middle School, part of the El Paso Independent School District, cited student mental health concerns when it announced its new dress code's ban of black outfits.

But the school district said in a statement on Wednesday evening that Charles Middle School had adopted the "proposed modifications" without district sign off.

Local media reported that Charles Middle School Principal Nick DeSantis shared the policy with parents earlier this week, noting that students wearing "black tops and black bottoms" had "taken over".

The "look", he wrote, "has become more associated with depression and mental health issues and/or criminality than with happy and health kids ready to learn". 

Many parents and community members shared their scepticism about the connection between clothing colour and mental health.

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[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Over the years, as I've solidified my own "style," I've slowly added more and more black clothes to my wardrobe, because you can't really ever go wrong with black. It's stylish, slimming, simple, and elegant. It matches pretty much everything, and it works for men, women, and anyone else who likes to look slick. I still like a splash of color every once in a while, but most of my clothes--tops especially--are black now.

Fuck these backwards assholes for thinking they get to tell people how to dress.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My only issue with black is having to wear it in the summer. Otherwise it’s great

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 months ago

The heat is the only justification I would consider for something like this; I could see the shimmering wall of heat above texas from a state away in Oklahoma just by looking south in the SPRING, not even summer.

I would not be surprised if you could get statistics on heatstroke from people wearing dark vs light colored clothing in Texas.