I guess that means hair weaves are out.
Posted on 07/06/2019 8:21:56 PM PDT by robowombat
Banning Discrimination Of Hairstyle Will Make California The First State To Do So
by: True Activist Posted on July 6, 2019
The CROWN act, an acronym for “Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural hair”, is expected to be signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom, making the state the first ever to ban discrimination based on hair style. Hair styles included in the bill sent to the governor include Afros, braids, twists, and locks.
“ The history of our nation is riddled with laws and societal norms that equated ‘blackness’ and the associated physical traits, for example, dark skin, kinky and curly hair to a badge of inferiority, sometimes subject to separate and unequal treatment,” the bill specifies. According to a press release, the bill was introduced by Senator Holly J. Mitchell, and co-founded by Dove to make sure that “traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture ad hairstyle, be protected from discrimination from the work place and in our K-12 public and charter schools.”
The bill also addresses the shortcomings of federal law for only protecting people of color from discrimination against afros but not other styles. For quite some time now, beauty standards in the US have been riddled with racial undertones often favoring Eurocentric traits.
Source:https://kvoa.com/ It also states, “ Despite the great strides American society and laws have made to reverse the racist ideology that Black traits are inferior, hair remains a rampant source of racial discrimination with serious economic and health consequences especially for Black individuals.” The bill also addresses the fact that professionalism is unfairly associated with white characteristics. “The idea also permeated societal understanding of professionalism. Professionalism was, and still is, closely linked to European features and mannerisms, which entails that those who do not naturally fall into Eurocentric norms must alter their appearances, sometimes drastically and permanently, in order to be deemed professional.”
Senator Mitchell reported she has received numerous accounts of people who have been discriminated upon for how they wear their hair. “ The sheer volume of women and men and parents of students who have been sent home because someone deems their braids, twists, or locks were inappropriate for workplace settings, the sheer volume of people, suggests this clearly is a law whose time has come,” she stressed.
Source:https://www.nbcnews.com/ “The Good Hair Study,” a study released in 2017 showed an overwhelming bias versus black women who wear their hair natural. It was conducted by the Perception Institute, a group of researchers, strategists, and advocates, who conduct emotional and psychological research to identify and reduce bias. It partnered with a black owned beauty brand, SheaMoisture. It showed over 4,000 participants rapidly-changing pictures of black women with smooth and natural hair, along with word associations for both.
The results were convincing…majority of the participants, regardless of race, showed an implicit bias against black women’s textured hair. Textured hair rated less beautiful and less professional than smooth hair.
New York and New Jersey are following the lead of California…proposing similar legislation. In February New York enacted a policy protecting cornrows, afros, fades, and other hairstyles. New York’s Commission of Human Rights mentioned the black hairstyles are protected racial characteristics under the New York City Human Rights Law.
It is about time. Hopefully other states will follow in California’s footsteps.
Read More: http://www.trueactivist.com/banning-discrimination-of-hairstyle-will-make-california-the-first-state-to-do-so-t1/
Man buns should be banned everywhere. 30 days in jail would be appropriate for first time offenders.
Certain production activities are dangerous to persons with long hair, long braids and long dreadlocks. In food handling situations, hair that can’t be managed by a hair net is out of compliance. Safety First.
So, let people crap on the sidewalk stinking up the city and let them come to work with hair that smells like crap. That's the ticket!
This will be a quick victory for Leftists in the culture war.
Then they should march on, to liberate the grooming choices of pubic hair.
No Justice, No Peace!
I guess that means hair weaves are out.
LOL! The two corded breeds, Komondor and Puli, are herding breeds. As such, they are useful. The Komondor, in particular, is intended to resemble a sheep and blend in with the flock. So much the better to fool predators. By the way, I don’t worry about this law because most of the black women I see around town are either wearing wigs or have white cultural appropriation styles and color.
All the while, white people are openly discriminated against and the state of california and local governments in the state do nothing.
JoMa
I was in the bank once when a young girl came out if an interview where she didn’t get hired and was quite mad. She had her cheek pierced and a chain went from cheek to ear. Another went from lip to other ear. Her head was shaved. She was applying to be a teller.
Wait, What?
So there is nothing else going on in Cali that these people could work on?
But then again all this is designed to do is to keep stirring the racial pot.
Libs are all about freedom, freedom to ban everything except perverts and drugs, which are apparently the core values that make us who we are.
I’ll bet you looked like a fine upstanding young man and the boss said you’ll do.
What if someone wants to put plastic straws in their hair?
Strong hands too
Bald-headed men, Unite for Equality!
“..and let them come to work with hair that smells like crap. That’s the ticket!” .
Any thing less would be racist./sarc
When governments have to resort to making laws about hair styles, they obviously have solved all their other problems and have tax dollars to waste.
Yeah, she even looks like she washes often.
He’s obviously a Yankee because that mess wouldn’t last two seconds in the south with our ceiling fans going 24/7/365. Though it’d be hilarious to watch.
It means employers cannot fire someone for a dress code involving hair.
The hippy-dippy look must be allowed.
Dredlocks can’t be worse than a Sonic gal delivering my burger with black dirt under her nails. Worse case of nail dirt I’d ever seen. Solid black. I was a secret shopper then and quit right after reporting it. Or the burger flipper at Whataburger who put the spatula down the backside of his pants to scratch his butt. And people wonder why I don’t like eating out.
BTW, homemade cheese burgers and real french fries last night were just shy of $1. Compare that to $7 something at the drive thru.
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