A bill that aims to ban race-based hair discrimination at work and school in the U.S. is one step closer to becoming federal law.
"No student, no person, no individual should have to stop identifying as themselves to be accepted," said Houston entrepreneur Gary Lee.
"It's our crown, it’s a statement, it’s our personalities, it’s who we are, it’s the hair that grows out of our scalp," said Autumn Ayri, owner of Lady Ayri Natural Hair Spa. She says she’s seen far too many clients afraid to wear their natural hair at work or for job interviews. Several states have already signed the CROWN Act into law. A push to pass it here in Texas started back in January 2020 after Barbers Hill High School suspended De'Andre Arnold because of the length of his locs; he was told if he didn’t cut them, then he wouldn’t be able to walk at graduation or attend his prom.
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