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Posted on 03/09/2022 12:09:41 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three Idaho women are suing the state in federal court over its expensive training requirement for professional hair-braiders.
The women, represented by the Institute for Justice, filed the lawsuit against the Idaho Barber and Cosmetology Services Licensing Board in Boise’s U.S. District Court on Tuesday, the Idaho Statesman reported.
Idaho is one of five states that still require cosmetology licenses for professional hair braiding. The licenses require 1,600 hours of training and can cost up to $20,000, even though cosmetology schools aren’t required to teach braiding techniques for naturally textured hair.
Scott Graf, spokesperson for the attorney general’s office, declined to comment on pending litigation.
The women who are bringing the lawsuit — Sonia Ekemon, Tedy Okech and Charlotte Amoussou — are all refugees from Africa and have more than 60 years of experience practicing African-style hair braiding between them, according to the Institute for Justice.
Ekemon, 40, learned to braid hair as a child while living in a refugee camp in Benin, a country in West Africa. She honed her skills over the years and eventually earned a professional hair-braiding license as a teenager before moving to the United States in 2000.
As an Idaho Central Credit Union employee, she thought offering her hair-braiding skills would be a good way to earn extra money — until she learned it was illegal.
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Probably will get tangled up in court.
Well played sir!
What would Fuhrman say?
Question to woman from Idaho; ‘where are you from?’
It’s for your own safety... Because braiding hair is so complicated only a highly qualified bureaucrat can regulate hair braiding.
"The women who are bringing the lawsuit — Sonia Ekemon, Tedy Okech and Charlotte Amoussou — are all refugees from Africa..."
1,600 hours of training.
Just think about that.
I don’t see why everyone needs ‘training’ to do this. Lots of women learn in childhood and have done it all their lives. Especially if all you’re doing is braiding, and not coloring or treating hair chemically.
Do all the nail parlor people need ‘training’?
It’s for your own safety... Because braiding hair is so complicated only a highly qualified bureaucrat can regulate hair braiding.
Ekemon, 40, learned to braid hair as a child while living in a refugee camp in Benin, a country in West Africa.
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Well, they did not have calendars or clocks in West Africa, so how can she document her hours of experience?
My comment was kind of a lame reference to Ebonics.
Ah. Thought you’d missed the info.
” The licenses require 1,600 hours of training”
So to braid hair, you need the experience level of the number of hours and airline pilot needs for an ATP license.
No, where you from? I-da-ho... Get it?
I bet they are trained not to use Gorilla Glue.
Thanks
Probably more hours than required to get a pilots liscense.
"Yep, yep, yep, yep."
Please tell me that is sarcasm.
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