Congress passes the CROWNAct, banning race-based hair discrimination
In what feels like an increasingly rare win for progressive values in the U.S., the House of Representatives voted 235-189 on Friday to pass the CROWN Act, a bill that seeks to ban race-based hair discrimination in employment and against those participating in federally assisted programs, housing programs, and public accommodations.
The CROWN Act, which would render racially motivated bias against hairstyles including locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, and Afros illegal, failed to pass the House last month; now, though, it is headed to the Senate, where it has been sponsored by New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker.
“This is the last time we say ‘no more’ to Black people being demeaned and discriminated against for the same hairstyles that corporations profit from,”
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