Sen. Cory Booker unveiled a bill that would ban discrimination based on hair textures and hairstyles that are commonly associated with black women.
Natural hair is not a distraction in schools nor the workplace and should be worn without fear. That’s why LDF supports the #CROWNAct, which defines hair discrimination as it should be: a form of racial discrimination.https://t.co/CtzGa4ArLB
— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) December 11, 2019
“Discrimination against black hair is discrimination against black people,” @CoryBooker
The (CROWN) Act makes clear that discrimination based on natural hairstyles associated with Black people is a prohibited form of racial discrimination. https://t.co/tA7mccTnxa
— Lawyers' Committee ☎️866-OUR-VOTE (@LawyersComm) December 11, 2019