Afro hair discrimination is still happening. We need the law to change. Now

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Afro hair discrimination is still happening. GLAMOUR co-signs a letter calling on the Equality and Human Rights Commission to take greater measures to end hair discrimination. KimJohnsonMP

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Leading the conversation, founder of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Race Equality in Education L’myah Sherae says: “Being told that your natural hair is not suitable for a 'professional' environment can be extremely damaging, not only to your confidence and self-esteem, but also to your mental health, and to how you view your own identity. I’m a Black woman of Caribbean heritage and have had first-hand experience of microaggressions and forms of discrimination relating to my hair.

GLAMOUR has co-signed a letter being sent by Kim Johnson MP to the Equality and Human Rights Commission asking for greater guidance on the law measures to end hair discrimination. This letter is the first step to promote the enforcement of equality and non-discrimination laws in England, Scotland and Wales, which would issue official guidance and offer practical steps towards eradicating Afro hair discrimination.

Within the letter, we hear case studies from young people who have been impacted by the lack of protection of this policy. Among these, Ruby Williams, now 19, a London student who was told that her Afro-textured hair was 'too big' and violated her school’s uniform policy in 2019, and Josiah Sharpe, a five-year-old boy at the time, who was told that his hair was 'inappropriate' for school.

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Please help us make a change by sharing this post and adding your name to myah_sherae's list. This letter is the first step to promote the enforcement of equality and non-discrimination laws in England, Scotland and Wales.

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