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The code has already been adopted by Unilever, one of the UK’s biggest employers Profile Portrait of African American young woman. Confident female with afro hair is wearing casuals. She is against white background. A GROUP of young, Black activists have founded the ‘Halo Code’ which aims to protect people in workplaces and schools with hair or hairstyles associated with racial, ethnic and cultural identities and traditions.  Launched by the Halo Collective, an alliance of young Black organisers from The Advocacy Academy, the code has already been adopted by Unilever, one o...

BBC News By Manish Pandey image copyrightThe Halo Collective image captionKatiann says people making comments about black people's hair "can really knock us down" "The main pressure that we feel is the need to chip away pieces of our identity, just to feel like we belong." Katiann Rocha has experienced discrimination because of her hair, often hearing comments such as "messy", "unkempt" and "wild". The 16-year-old is a co-founder of the Halo Code - a guide for schools and workplaces to prevent discrimination around hairstyles or texture. "It will allow for black people to be fully accepted in...