French lawmakers vote to outlaw discrimination against afros and braids

The proposal has met with opposition in France, which prides itself on a culture of universalism that states that all people are equal, and which does not allow ethnic quotas, or even collecting data based on ethnicityFrance’s lower house of parliament approved legislation on Thursday to outlaw discrimination against dreadlocks, braids, afros and any other hair style, colour or texture, defeating opponents who called the bill an unnecessary importation of US ideas.

Only 50 of the National Assembly’s 577 deputies were present for the vote, but they overwhelmingly backed the bill by a margin of 44 to two. There were four abstentions. Speaking in the parliamentary committee that discussed the draft bill ahead of the full National Assembly debate, Fabien Di Filipo of the conservative Les Republicains mocked the bill, saying: “Should we tomorrow expect a bill on discrimination against bald people, which I think are underrepresented in shampoo ads?”

“This is a great step forward for our country,” he said after the vote. “France has done itself proud.”

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