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Column: School officials allegedly laughed as they colored in a black teen's scalp with Sharpie in the latest case of dress code madness. Grow up, grown-ups

How's this for dress code madness?

A 13-year-old Texas boy named J.T. was approached by his middle school's assistant principal and told his haircut - a fade with a design line cut into it - violated dress code, according to a new lawsuit filed by his parents, Dante Trice and Angela Washington.

The school gave him the option of an in-school suspension, potentially endangering his position on the track team, the suit says, or

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