The CROWN Act seeks to ensure that toxic culture of discrimination on the basis of natural hair is eradicated throughout the U.S.
Founded by California state senator Holly Mitchell last year, The CROWN Act, which stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair, is expanding, offering protection in three more states.
In the summer of 2019, California became the first state to enact the CROWN Act, followed thereafter by New York and New Jersey. Close to two dozen states are now considering implementing the act that would ban schools or employers from discriminating against any person due to their natural hair. The policing of Black bodies is absolutely nothing new and yet it’s still a matter that has to be battled out in legislation state by state. Until all 50 states have this act in place, more occurrences will make their way into national news stories.
According to a Dove study conducted last year, Black women are 80% more likely to change their natural hair to conform to social norms or expectations at work. Additionally, Black women’s hair is seen to be 3.4 times more unprofessional and has a direct effect on their mobility in possible workplace advancements. The pressure to comply with Eurocentric standards of beauty is an unfair, discriminatory burden placed against Black people.
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