House passes bill that would make natural hair discrimination illegal

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'No one should feel forced to change their natural hair,' California Rep. Barbara Lee says. 'I've been rocking my crown for decades and everybody should feel empowered to rock theirs too.'

 

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Since when was natural hair color an issue? Pink blue red and the like duh... but natural? 🤦‍♀️

I'm totally on board

That fact this law is even needed is appalling.

Businesses and schools used to have “dress codes” etc, that required a certain “respectable look” for their members. If you want to work there or attend, that was required. (Clean shaven, neatly trimmed hair, business attire). Are their RIGHTS being taken away!!!!!

Rock your Crown Baby! Why not?

How the fk is it Not Legal to have the Hair You're Born With This Is Not Only RACIST....It's STUPID!

Sounds like Barbara Lee is a highly intellectual woman. Hitting very important issues. 🤔

This is the most idiotic stupid hair brain, thing that I've ever heard a bill passed for your hair .people are truly nuts!!!!

This is a bad joke isn’t it. Nobody could be that ignorant to believe anybody cares about your hair.

Now this will save mankind. Why didn’t I think of that.

I am a natural blonde and have never heard of hair discrimination. We have our eyes on the wrong ball. Maybe we should look into solving child hunger due to parents that trade food stamps for drugs.

Stop it.

Nappy hair!!!

its just not pretty THE END

If you're working in food service, you should be tying it back while at work.

In the 21 century and this is news. Did they put the colour of the eyes there or grey hair😂😂

More BS about nothing

I’m glad they are hitting the important issues 😂🤦‍♂️

I was forced to change my long curly hairstyle for short back n sides when I joined the army.

💩BC

Someone said this to Pelosi and she said “Blow Me”.

I’m sorry, “Hair Discrimination”? The house passes a bill for hot discrimination...? THERE IS A LOT of other things that we should be focusing on right now such as racial discrimination. Not HAIR!!!!

I guess Pelosi had to make this a law, after she was criticized for her hair coloring appointment!!😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

Who's forcing?

Stop cultural appropriation and be comfortable with your natural hair

What if you dont have hair . Now to news that actually affects your life vote trump 2020 if you like your freedom rights money home and that great American pride. Vote the other guy if you like crime high taxes no jobs no home no freedom or rights.

Glad there’s nothing going on in California that is more important

Hamburgers are good.

Omg. Who cares?!

Is this even a thing?

R U Fuqu'n kidding me ba ba ? A law on the books 4 hair? Can ya make 1 that will make the person standing 6' in front of me not 2 dig theirass or fart Rock on W that shit & get bac 2 work on the real America ,it's crashing if ya don't know Hump trump 2020 Live free or Die

Good to see these boneheads are working on important issues for the American people

Rock this!!!!!

The fact there is legislation about hair is bazaar and idiotic. Be prepared for some amazing hair art from the black ladies.

Love natural hair girls

Why does even have to be a law 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ it’s hair for crying out loud!!

it’s hair, the fuck is wrong with this country

Another non issue

Idk where this shit came from, because I love seeing women express themselves individually.

Nice! CA passed this a while ago too.

I swear we are getting more and more STUPID by the day......Who cares

Thanks, not sure how I would have survived without that nugget.

About time, no more Western European Hairstyle Cultural Appropriation. covid19isnotadeathsentence

What a great waste of time and money.

America is doomed...as long as we elect these fools.

Then also colour people should not bitch . If white person wants dreadlocks extra too . You think 🤔

Why not ban hair colouring companies itself.... It is discriminatory to every race. A blonde person colouring black hair & black person colouring blonde hair. What a stupid bill.... 👎

Hmm...slow night? How about this story

The Justice Department sent a letter to a Pennsylvania county on Thursday, ordering it to change its practices after multiple military ballots were found discarded in trash.

Who has experienced hair discrimination? Please respond.

Wow, lol

More important story which you will be desperately trying to cover up --

I’ll take ‘Most Unnecessary Laws’ for $10,000, Alex.

Tell that to ..

Tackling the important problems facing Americans 😐

svetashko

that’s a great waste of time and money

A woman can and should wear her hair however she wants to as long as it does not hurt anyone. Bar none. If she wants to wear it in braids-good. If she wants to wear it long- good. If she wants it short- good. If she wants it natural- good etc. etc. Her hair her choice.

THAT'S HOW RACIST THIS COUNTRY IS. WE NEED A LAW FOR BLACK PEOPLE'S HAIR STYLE. Quote Tweet

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I had no idea it was an issue. It probably wasn’t. BlackLiesMatter

WTF? This is what congress is worried about during a pandemic? How about getting money to all the people and businesses suffering from the virus? Drain the swamp! Elderly Democrats & Republicans need to be voted out! What a fucking waste of time & money by our inept Congress!

We all change our 'natural' hair. Gel, mousse, hair color, curlers, straighteners. Everyone does it. Stop acting like the world revolves around the black experience in America. Cause you sound ignorant.

The fact that this even has to be a bill to prevent discrimination is unreal. Discrimination of hair, and yet there's so much crime for people to be worried about.

DAMN STRAIGHT 😁

I honestly never knew people could not wear their natural hair. That is ridiculous. What ever companies mandates this should be boycotted. How sad.

But yet unemployment in California is broken. Good to know lawmakers continue to prioritize issues that impact our communities. Absolutely ridiculous

We have hair regulations? Seriously? Does anyone believe their hairstyle is holding them down?

Yes for this

What about a stimulus check?

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This is ridiculous-employers have the right to dictate appearance standards!

This is a waste of time but anything to keep the fallacy of racism alive.

The hair bugs apocalypse is coming!

Finally. I'm tired of shaving my butt.

Unbelievable that such a specific law is thought to be required. Any discrimination of anybody must be illegal, hair included. However at least it will stop stupid blonde jokes

The fact that this needed a bill is ridiculous.

Aren't these the same ppl who bullied pple, like Kim Kardashian, for wearing her hair in dreadlocks, accused her of cultural appropriation & mocking/belittling Kim for how she was getting too much attention for styling a black-like hairstyle?

These guys really have their priorities completely twisted.

🙏🏼❤️

ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS !

Hahahah her hair is like wool 🤣

Who TF Cares

Ffs lol lol

I worked closely with HR for 30 years and have never seen anyone discriminated against for their hair. This is an issue pressing enough for a bill but, not American people who are suffering because of shutdowns?

So cali makes it illegal to be anti hair but they have on the ballot this racial discrimination measure R U gucking kidding me! Forcing race and gender as factors in college applications is just changing prefernce of discrimination not removing it thats fact not opnion.

USA is a very strange country

I mean, I agree if this happens still, it's not okay, at all. I've heard of a few instances, 100%, but only because both the public, media and the community made sure the school/workplace was properly punished and the victim properly taken care of. Correct me if I'm wrong!

Natural hair discrimination? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Endless grievances

inspiration

... What in the hell is happening here.

Natural Hair Discrimination? Is this really a thing Now I think I’ve heard it all. There are too many people with way, Way too much time on their hands. Really?!

While at it, can they do a bill for heightism too? Short person here 😂

Shouldn't Pelosi be more concerned about helping people out of work pay rent and mortgages? Is this what the House deals with while Americans are having hard times during the pandemic?

This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. Who the hell has their natural hair discriminated against. I can’t think of a reason that would happen except but the person whose hair it is. I discriminate against my own hair for many reasons. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

This “do” should definitely be illegal!

Oh my gosh, very dumb. What a dumb bill. People are to triggered now days. 'Sigh'

Literally me when I read this headline

But it's now legal to only pick black people for jobs so that's not discrimination any more

Hair? There is a bill for hair? With the majority of Americans not working HAIR is a government priority?

I thought this was Babylon Bee.

Weird. 🗽🇺🇸

The house democrats hard at work?

Outrageous that such a law is even necessary.

200,000 dead and counting the national debt nearly at 27 trillion but we worried about someone's hair🙄🙄

This is too much. I don’t care what your hair looks like just keep it clean. No one wants to smell dirty PEOPLE. I don’t care what you look like.

This is a thing? I didn't know. Man, I missed my chance to be pissed off at something else in 2020.

Im not sure if this is race issue or just people and/or business not liking the hair style. In finance a white male can’t go to work with crazy long natural hair or. Mohawk. He would be spoken to and probably asked to cut Or change his hair. Is it right? Companies have images

Why isn't it, already?

Solid use of resources.

Your HouseDemocrats working on the hard hitting issues of the day. Of course SpeakerPelosi would waste time on a bill about hair 😂

Ummm, what?

Enough with the black shi* please!

Take note of the little piece of hair hanging off on the right in the picture. That is loose hair. Should I wait for it to fall on me, in my meal or in my mouth when the wind blows? That's exactly what I am talking about. BlackLivesMatter and using your brain matters too.

We’re waiting for a second round of Covid stimulus and this is the shit they’re doing?

Do you mean Black women don't need to have 'good hair' anymore?

If only the women if color that are and were in power showed off their natural hair!!

That’s not natural. A lot of work went into creating that “look at me” haircut. It’s not a style, it’s a political statement. And it’s impractical and rude (gets in the way of other people on the subway and blocks the screen at the movies!).

Yaas!!

So this is cool?

And no doubt it will be joining the green new deal at the bottom of McConnell's list.

You wana grow a rats nest.. fine. Be happy with yourself. Be free. Social justice achieved.

All the white people saying there is no discrimination, show how much white people are out of touch with how things are in the country.

I just can’t.... the congressional black caucus should be ashamed that they are spending even a second on this ridiculous faux problem while entire communities have zero students proficient in grade level math and reading. Disgraceful!

Is this a thing?

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Thank you! That should be a crime. 2020 is the best year ever.

You can find God if you look...

I didn't even know this was an issue. Especially an issue that's worthy of an article from ABC News. Meanwhile, demand-pull inflation is rampant, we're in an active recession, childhood poverty is through the roof, and the education system is at a steady rate of embarrassment.

dirty, months-unwashed dreadlocks making and serving your food, just what the doctor ordered

California doesn't have intelligent common sense laws anymore; it's about semantics or antics !

So it's okay to discriminate against unnatural hair?

Yaaas you go queen! I’ve been rockin my crown for decades too!

For fucks sake, this is a waste of time... Ohhhhhhhhh California. That. Explains. Everything.

So US soldiers can have waist-length hair now? The men, not just the women?

Nappy is Nasty.

OMG, just when I thought the media couldn’t get more idiotic

Excuse me! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

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