Acknowledging The Unspoken Bias. Too often, ethnic hairstyles are quietly labeled “unprofessional” or “unkempt.” Many of us have felt pressured to straighten or alter our hair, subtly ...

A bill that would create specific protections against discrimination based on ethnic hairstyles passed in the Minnesota Senate on Thursday and is headed to the desk of Gov. Tim Walz. The CROWN Act ...

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The Connecticut bill lists hairstyles that include afros, cornrows, dreadlocks, Bantu knots, braids, and twists. The measure passed at the committee level last year, but then the 2020 legislative ...

Ethnic hair protections move forward in Minnesota Legislature If signed into law by the governor, hairstyles and textures would be added to the definition of race in the Minnesota Human Rights Act ...

While ethnic hairstyle protections enjoy broad bipartisan support in the Legislature, some GOP members have expressed concerns about the bill. Hair policy.

Minnesota’s ethnic hairstyle protection legislation is part of a national movement to put such protections in state and federal law. So far, nearly 20 other states have passed their own versions ...

In the 10 years Tasheba Taylor has owned Indigo Hair Innovations in West Hartford and Newington, she has grown accustomed to clients of color asking for unnatural processes and styles — often… ...

Legally protecting ethnic hairstyles against discrimination is one of those things. Over the past few years, Black activists and legislators around the country have been advocating for the Crown ...

Connecticut follows California, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Colorado, Washington, and Virginia in adopting legislation that aims to prohibit discrimination on the basis of ethnic hairstyles ...

The Jett Hawkins Law, named after a four-year-old boy from Chicago, prevents schools from creating hairstyle-based dress code requirements. To stream News 8 on your phone, you need the News 8 app ...