California Gov. Newsom signed a bill into law that would protect citizens against racial discrimination based on natural hairstyles, the first statewide law of its kind in the country.
Legislators acknowledged in the measure's text that society has subjected certain features equated with “blackness” to unequal treatment.
California's new measure is the first statewide ban on natural hair discrimination in the country. The New York City Commission on Human Rights passed similar protections in February,Mitchell said in a press release Wednesday that the CROWN act is"about inclusion, pride, and choice." The natural hair movement, which encourages black people to wear their hair in its normal, coiled, coarse or curly state, started when more people began shunning chemical relaxers and embracing their Afro-textured hair for health and cosmetic reasons.
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