{"id":271725,"date":"2022-08-17T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T04:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=271725"},"modified":"2022-08-16T18:09:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T12:39:15","slug":"governor-of-massachusetts-signs-the-crown-act-and-makes-hair-discrimination-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/08\/17\/governor-of-massachusetts-signs-the-crown-act-and-makes-hair-discrimination-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor of Massachusetts signs the Crown Act and makes hair discrimination illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Governor of Massachusetts approves the Crown Act<\/p>\n

CROWN ACT which stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair. The Act was initiated to prohibit discrimination on the basis of ones hair texture and the way they style their hair. On July 26, the Governor of Massachusetts signed the Act by making it a law that will now restrict the discrimination on the basis of hair texture and style.<\/p>\n

Purpose of the Law<\/b>:<\/p>\n

African Americans are discriminated against on the basis of their skin colour and also on the basis of their hair texture. Black students are deprived of their studies and are not treated equally because of their native hair styles. Before February 2021, US Army had grooming policies which restricted hairstyles like braids, cornrows, bunto knots etc. the capabilities of the black people were judged on the basis of their hair texture and hair style due to which they suffer harmful discrimination and biasness at workplace, school, army and various institutional and employement sectors.<\/p>\n

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