Once the CROWN Act is signed into law, it will protect people with locs, braids, twists, and more.
, with the goal to protect people with locs, braids, twists, cornrows, and other traditionally black hairstyles from racist grooming policies.
The CROWN Act, which stands for Creating a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural hair, would legally protect people in workplaces and K-12 public schools. Now the bill heads to California governor Gavin Newsom to be signed into law. “This is a fundamental issue of personal dignity and personal rights,” California senator Holly Mitchell. "This bill has truly struck a deeply personal chord with people because there is something so deeply personally offensive when you are told that your hair, in its natural state, is not acceptable in the workplace."
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