The House passed a bill Friday that would ban race-based hair discrimination at work, federal programs and public accommodations. Congressional action on race-based hair discrimination follows years of advocates pushing for change at the national level.
conducted by the JOY Collective said Black women were 80% more likely to feel pressure to change their hairstyles in order to fit in at the office.Shelly Smith braids hair at her salon, Braid Heaven, in this Jan. 28, 2020 file photo. The House on Friday, March 18 voted to prohibit discrimination on the basis of hair texture and hairstyles like hair that is tightly coiled, curled, or worn in locs and other styles.
Federal protection is still needed, the NAACP's Legal Defense and Education Fund said. That extra mile would give Black people a legal safety net from consequences at school or work for their natural hair.A prior attempt at taking hair discrimination complaints to court failed. In May 2010, Chastity C. Jones, who was hired to work as a customer service representative with Catastrophe Management Solutions in Alabama, lost her job offer after she refused a human resources request for Jones to cut her dreadlocks.
A lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against CMS ultimately failed. An Alabama district court ruled CMS's refusal to hire Jones because she wore dreadlocks didn't violate federal civil rights law. A narrow Democratic majority in the Senate may not be enough to get the CROWN Act approved despite President Biden expressing strong support for the bill.,"The President believes that no person should be denied the ability to obtain a job, succeed in school or the workplace, secure housing, or otherwise exercise their rights based on a hair texture or hairstyle."Keep up with all the latest news, arts and culture, and TV highlights from KPBS.
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