When 'Hair Love' won an Academy Award for best animated short film, director Matthew Cherry advocated passing the CROWN Act. The bill, which has been passed in three states, bans discriminating against someone because of their hairstyle and hair texture.
"Hair Love," a story about a black father who struggles and eventually succeeds in styling his young daughter's hair, won the Academy Award for best animated short film last week.
During his acceptance speech, director Matthew Cherry mentioned the CROWN Act, which updates a state's anti-discrimination law so that the term "race" includes "traits historically associated with race." The act has been passed in three states so far.
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