Last month, Connecticut became one of a growing number of states to make race-based hair discrimination illegal. Yamiche Alcindor reports on how Black Americans often face discrimination because of the way they wear their hair, especially in school and at work.
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Judy Woodruff:
Last month, Connecticut became one of a growing number of states to make race-based hair discrimination illegal.
Yamiche Alcindor reports on how Black Americans often face discrimination because of the way they wear their hair, especially in school and at work.
Yamiche Alcindor:
For much of American history, naturally curly black hair has been wrongly seen as unprofessional or even dirty, especially in the workplace.