Texas Panel Advances Measure Banning Race-Based Hair Discrimination

A Texas Senate panel has advanced a measure that would ban race-based hair discrimination, sending the bill to the full Senate for approval.

The Senate State Affairs Committee passed the bill, known as the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act, on Tuesday in a 9-1 vote. The legislation passed the state House almost unanimously last month.

The text of the bill states schools, employers, labor unions and companies would be prohibited from instituting a dress or grooming policy that discriminates against a hair texture or “protective hairstyle” that is associated with race, like braids, locks and twists. It would also apply to housing practices.

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