![]() “People are still scared of locs and see them as some type of threat,” Tharps says. But 43 states across the nation can still legally reject a child from admittance into school or rescind a job offer because of a person’s hairstyle. In 2020, in part thanks to the CROWN (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Act, which prohibits discrimination against natural hair in schools and workplaces, and which seven states have signed into law, this form of racism is finally being addressed. In 2019, a Black high school wrestler was subjected to public humiliation when his coach chopped off his locs to avoid forfeiting a match. In 2018, a six-year-old boy was denied entry to his school in Florida for wearing locs. District Court of Appeals judges ruled against Chastity Jones, a Black woman in Alabama who filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) racial lawsuit against the company that rescinded her job offer because she refused to cut off her locs. After the Black Power movement in the ’60s and ’70s, when the Afro became a political statement, hair discrimination became codified through “ grooming policies” enforced in schools, workplaces, and the military-the United States Army had banned dreadlocks for female service members until 2017 when the policy was overturned. ![]()
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