Texas Teen with Dreadlocks Becomes Model After Six Flags Denied Him a Job

A teenager who was denied a summer job at Six Flags Over Texas earlier this year is now working on his modeling career.Kerion Washington, 17, was rejected from a summer job at the theme park in Arlington, Texas in March. He was told that his dreadlocks, which he had been growing out for the last three years, were considered an “extreme hairstyle,” KXAS-…
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