Black lawmakers hail Crown Act as session s first victory
SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press
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Members of the Connecticut General Assembly s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus on Wednesday hailed the recent passage of legislation making it illegal to discriminate against someone because of their hairstyle as the first of numerous bills addressing racial inequities they hope will be enacted this year.
Rep. Robyn Porter, D-New Haven, co-chair of the Labor and Public Employees Committee, said the legislation dubbed the “Crown Act” is “just the beginning of the group s efforts this session.
“I feel like this is our moment. This is our season. And we are finally going to get everything that we deserve,” she said during a ceremonial bill signing on the state Capitol steps. “And the ‘Crown Act’ is just the beginning, my people.
She brought diverse skin tones emoji to the iPhone. Now she s suing Apple
Reed Albergotti, The Washington Post
March 10, 2021
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Katrina Parrott, founder of iDiversicons, is shown with her app s emoji on Feb. 23, 2021 in Houston.Photo for The Washington Post by May-Ying Lam
For Katrina Parrott, being invited to present her idea to Apple at its campus in Cupertino, Calif., felt like a dream. Less than a year earlier, she had been laid off from her job with NASA in Texas. Now, she was discussing partnering with the iPhone maker on an idea she had pioneered: emoji with different skin-tone options.
Black, Hispanic Americans lag in Covid vaccination as outreach efforts struggle 10 March 2021 - 14:35 By Reuters America’s Covid-19 vaccine drive is failing to reach black and Hispanic communities, despite warnings about their lack of health-care access and heightened vaccine hesitancy. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/Riccardo Lennart Niels Mayer
It’s a life-threatening problem that’s been long predicted but that few in the government or private sectors have yet done much to solve. Now the consequences are hitting some of America’s most vulnerable communities.
America’s Covid-19 vaccine drive is failing to reach black and Hispanic communities, despite pervasive warnings about their lack of health-care access and heightened vaccine hesitancy, rooted in distrust of the government and historical episodes of medical exploitation.