New Jersey Woman Files a Lawsuit Against Hooters Claiming She Wasn’t Hired Because of Her Dreadlocks

A South Brunswick woman is suing Hooters for discrimination, claiming she wasn’t hired by the restaurant because of her dreadlocks.

Inayah Jones alleges in the lawsuit filed Oct. 5 in Middlesex County Superior Court that as she was filling out the paperwork on first day of work at the Hooters at the corner of Cottontail Lane and Weston Canal Road in Franklin, she was told that she was not getting the job because of her dreadlocks.

According to the lawsuit filed by Wilentz, Goldman and Spitzer of Woodbridge, the New Jersey Law against Discrimination prohibits discrimination against “traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture, hair type and protective hairstyles.”

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