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As a testament to the seriousness of the issue, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund has been spearheading efforts to end discrimination on the basis of hair texture and culturally specific hairstyles. The fund represents Chastity Jones, who had a job offer rescinded in 2010 for refusing to cut her dreadlocks. In 2018, the US supreme court declined to review the case. But as more states pass protections for employees against this kind of discrimination, a showdown at the federal level is inevitable. So activists and legislators are increasingly working to educate political leaders and...

How the fight for natural black hair became a civil rights issue Keli Goff © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Hero Images Inc/Alamy Amid coverage of the disturbing death of Daunte Wright and the trial of Derek Chauvin, the officer who killed George Floyd, it’s no surprise that a recent civil rights victory has gone largely overlooked. On 13 April, Delaware became the ninth state in the US to ban hair-based discrimination. With issues such as criminal justice reform dominating political discourse, issues like hair discrimination may seem quaint to some, but it actually...

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Seyfarth Synopsis:  Connecticut Joins Its Tristate Neighbors by Becoming the Eighth State to Formally Amend Its Anti-Discrimination Laws to Include Hairstyle Discrimination as a Form of Race-Based Discrimination. This Law will Become Effective Immediately Upon Governor Lamont's Signature, Expected in the Coming Days. On March 1, 2021, the Connecticut State Senate unanimously passed the Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair Act ("CROWN Act"), which amends the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act ("FEPA") to make clear that hairstyle discrimination is included in the exi...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Connecticut Joins Its Tristate Neighbors by Becoming the Eighth State to Formally Amend Its Anti-Discrimination Laws to Include Hairstyle Discrimination as a Form of Race-Based Discrimination. This Law will Become Effective Immediately Upon Governor Lamont’s Signature, Expected in the Coming Days. On March 1, 2021, the Connecticut State Senate unanimously passed the Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair Act (“CROWN Act”), which amends the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act (“FEPA”) to make clear that hairstyle discrimination is included in...