National civil rights groups are calling for action against a Humble ISD administrator after he forced students from Summer Creek High to remove their traditional Mexican stoles at graduation last month. Via 19thnews
and leis, respectively. It’s part of a wider discussion about school dress codes, which routinely make headlines and often lead to legal action for disproportionately targeting girls, gender-nonconforming youth and students of color.and professor of child and youth studies at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, told The 19th last year that dress codes serve to uphold white, patriarchal, middle-class, heteronormative values.
After Bautista’s clip went viral on TikTok, Humble ISD issued a statement calling its graduation dress code dispute “an honest mistake due to a misunderstanding” and denied that any group of students had been targeted. It said that Spanish NHS members had not worn the stoles at previous graduations. The statement said that Spanish NHS members at the district’s four other high schools wore honor cords instead of stoles, contributing to the confusion.
Lira added that he doubts this incident would have occurred with Latino administrators in charge because he believes they would have been more culturally sensitive. Humble ISD, which includes over 48,000 students, is abut some schools are in heavily White areas and others are in mostly Black and Latino communities. The district is about 38% Hispanic, 31% white and 25% Black, but no Latinos sit on the school board.
Bautista contends that anti-Mexican sentiment factored into the incident because other students of color, including Black, Puerto Rican and Venezuelan youth, were allowed to wear stoles that reflected their ethnic heritage. Jamie Mount, Humble ISD’s chief communications officer, said that Bautista’s “description of events is not accurate.” Mount said that Summer Creek High School held freshman orientation for Spanish-speaking parents and has front office staff members who communicate in Spanish. “Interpreters are provided for parent meetings when needed,” Mount said, adding that the district investigates allegations of racism. “The school did not receive a report of what she alleges was said,” according to Mount.
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