ABC7 News anchors Kumasi Aaron and Jobina Fortson talk about having to straighten their hair and wear wigs to conform with a more European look in order to advance their journalism careers in television.
"As a Black woman who loves my braids, I know what it's like to feel isolated because of how I wear my hair," Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri said Friday on the House floor before the vote."This is the last time we say no more to Black people being demeaned and discriminated against for the same hairstyles that corporations profit from. No more to Black people being made to feel like we have cut our locs just to get a job.
Democrats acknowledged that such discrimination is prohibited under existing federal law, such as the 1964 Civil Rights Act but said courts have misinterpreted the law by narrowly interpreting the meaning of race, thus allowing discrimination against people who wear natural or protective hairstyles.
I hope this is applied rationally. Nobody wants public health impacted by hairstyles, ie. hairnets should still be worn in food service. But we have to ensure that in the rare cases where hairstyle may impact that we bend way over backwards to ensure civil rights aren’t violated.
I hope the Crown Act protects people with natural Grey hair. Ageism in today’s multi generational workplace needs to be addressed and stopped.
It's because the AI can't recognize you, if you change your hair color or shape everyday.
Losing employment (or harassment) over hair is SO ridiculous in the first place.
Some of these people are assholes on purpose. Anything that's passed to benefit or help people of color in any positive way, here are the negative Nancys or should I say internet Karens. It's so sad that your life is so great that you can't fathom to see problems outside of yours
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Seriously? Voting rights are at stake and you vote on hair discrimination? Geezus
GEEZUS.
This is ridiculous. How is thus even a thing?
Now they should ban in the schools ..its almost always addressed to the girls . Not ok.
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Let the flood gates open... We're now gonna see all kinds of people wearing funky hairdo and claim race base hair...
Finally!! 👍
What a stinkin mess this country has become in the last 16 months and this is what they choose to do! Lol Nobody is going to have to worry about their hair because they won’t have gas to get to work! WTH
Great job 👏 CongressParty … time well spent !!!! Thank you for not distracting us with real issues !!! This is just great “busy work” wtf omg Sarcasm justwhatweneededdone godhelpus
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Mr_LOUDYXD I like this one… but that still won’t fly in military. Lol
Because that's sooooo important right now
What😂never heard someone didn’t get a job based on hair. You all are ridiculous. This must be a BLM thing
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I glad they pass this an have but how about helping people that are homeless an Elderly people and people struggling to get food and medicine and pay the rent how about helping them because of things keep going the way we’re going we’re going to be in a recession
This was SOOOO important!
this is great but people can scarcely afford rent or basic human necessities so could we maybe put some energy towards that? or is it too 'progressive' for the establishment?
O thank god with inflation so high this is whats needed.
Rainbow colors is race based?
Wow...The white people making dumb ass comments are astounding to me. Like, go actually talk to some Black people or watch a documentary like Good Hair, or just fucking Google discrimination against Black bc of hair. Anti-discrimination laws are worth fighting for. 🙄
Aka racism.
What does that mean, exactly? 🤔
This will be the most vital legislation for centuries to come. Well done dipshits of Congress!! Well done!
Daylight Savings, hair and a Bono poem, yikes, we’re in trouble😆
ALSO…..men should be allowed to compete in womens’ sports!!! Oh wait, they already do 🤔 FirstWorldProblems
Ridiculous, that congress wasted time in this when we have other issues. How about increasing it is only to benefit social security or Medicare for senior citizens. Maybe making harsh punishment for criminals. This law benefits certain people.
Wonder how Sinema will vote. 🤔
It's 2022 and Black people still have to fight just to be able to wear our hair how we want. This country has not progressed as quickly as it could if it just allowed us and other groups to fully show up as we are.Happy for the CROWN Act but we should never even have gotten here.
In other words, Democrats passed legislation...
This is great and should have never been an issue in the first place.
WRONG. 'Congress' did not pass this legislation. The Democratic Party controlled House of Representatives passed this legislation. Now we'll get to see what the Republican Jim Crow racists in the Senate will do with it.
What other unrelated items are in the bill that will fatten Dem's wallets?
The fact that any of these elected officials voted against TheCrownAct is not the least bit surprising, but absolutely appalling to say the least.
So that was legal before then right? People couldn't be prosecuted for discriminating based on hair?
Reminder that fat people do not have job discrimination protection because it's 'not immutable,' but now someone's fucking weave is protected
This is what happens when you let 80 yr old Dems make decisions
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Statistically this will have very little effect, considering this is a work based law.
189 believe it’s ok to discriminate based on race based hair? Seriously? That’s what this means?
What about Schools?!? Our children should never been shamed!!!
This is why no one likes democrats.
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People of any race, that grow dreadlocks, should get reparations. Bald people should have to pay them.