{"id":148252,"date":"2022-03-19T13:28:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T17:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=148252"},"modified":"2022-03-19T13:28:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T17:28:08","slug":"us-house-passes-crown-act-which-would-end-hair-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/us-house-passes-crown-act-which-would-end-hair-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"US House passes Crown Act which would end hair discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ban on race-based hair discrimination in the United States is a step closer after a vote in Congress.<\/p>

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The House of Representatives passed the legislation which seeks to end discrimination against natural hair at work and school.<\/p>\n

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The Crown (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Act must still be approved by the Senate.<\/p>

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President Joe Biden has urged lawmakers to swiftly pass the law.<\/p>

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Black Americans say they are often treated unfairly at work and in schools because of their natural hair textures or protective styles like braids, knots, twists and locs.<\/p>\n

If the Crown Act becomes law, natural hair discrimination would be treated as if it were race or national origin discrimination under federal civil rights law.<\/p>

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Until then, advocates say that employers and institutions can discriminate against black Americans based on how they style their natural hair.<\/p>\n

Adjoa B Asamoah, legislative strategist for the CROWN Coalition, praised Friday\u2019s vote in the House, but acknowledged a potential uphill battle in the Senate.<\/p>

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\u201cThere\u2019s the shift in policy and then there\u2019s a shift in culture,\u201d Asamoah said.<\/p>

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\u201cThis is about confronting this Eurocentric standard of beauty, tackling anti-blackness, and lifting the natural African aesthetic. The diversity of Blackness is beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CROWN Coalition partners with more than 85 organisations to pass statewide bans on hair discrimination, and advocate for the bill nationally.<\/p>\n

Just on Thursday, the Massachusetts House of Representatives unanimously voted to advance its bill to its state senate.<\/p>\n

A third of black children in majority-white schools have faced race-based hair discrimination, according to a 2021 study by DOVE and the CROWN Coalition. The survey found 86 per cent of children say they have experienced it by the age of 12.<\/p>\n

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More than a dozen states have already passed similar laws aimed at ending hair discrimination.<\/p>\n

Just on Thursday, the Massachusetts House of Representatives unanimously voted to advance its bill to its state senate.<\/p>\n

When Chicago mother Ida Nelson was told her four-year-old son Jett\u2019s braids were prohibited by his pre-school, she says she thought administrators were joking.<\/p>\n

But when the school told her the hairstyle must be removed in order for him to go class, she decided to fight back.<\/p>\n

After months of campaigning, Nelson was able to get the Jett Hawkins Act, which prohibits hair discrimination in schools, passed in Illinois.<\/p>\n

She said Friday\u2019s move to advance the national Crown Act made her feel \u201cvindicated\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we step into our power, epic things get done,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a collective effort from everyone from four-year-olds to senior citizens coming together to say, \u2018No, our hair and our ability to show up as our authentic selves is not negotiable\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

A statement from President Biden said he believed \u201cno person should be denied the ability to obtain a job, succeed in school or the workplace, secure housing, or otherwise exercise their rights based on a hair texture or hair style\u201d.<\/p>\n

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