S2 Ep4: The CROWN Act: Hair Discrimination & its Legislation

This week, Ash is discussing the history of hair discrimination against the black community in America. She covers the Tignon Laws, current court cases, and the CROWN Act at state and federal levels. To find your state representative's phone numbers, please go to: www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative SCRIPT FOR CALLING REPRESENTATIVES: “Hello, my name is… I am a constituent of (your state) from (your town) and I am calling to urge (senator’s name) to vote in favor of Bill S. 3167 - CROWN Act. This bill will help protect the black community from unnecessary discrimination. Thank you.”     SOURCES https://www.naacpldf.org/natural-hair-discrimination/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_based_on_hair_texture_in_the_United_States https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/04/us/black-job-applicant-hair-discrimination-lawsuit/index.html https://daily.jstor.org/how-natural-black-hair-at-work-became-a-civil-rights-issue/ https://www.vox.com/2018/4/18/17242788/chastity-jones-dreadlock-job-discrimination https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-thornton-lawsuit-crown-act-encore-global/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tignon_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Noir https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/the-history-of-louisiana-tignon-laws https://64parishes.org/entry/free-people-of-color/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/n-j-wrestler-forced-cut-dreadlocks-still-targeted-over-hair-n957116 https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/12/hair-discrimination-banned-in-nj-after-high-school-wrestler-forced-to-cut-dreadlocks.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_show https://harvardblackletter.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2020/07/HBK106_crop.pdf https://www.phillyvoice.com/new-jersey-referee-wrestler-dreadlocks-hair-styles-two-years-buena-regional-atlantic-county/ https://www.npr.org/2022/03/18/1087661765/house-votes-crown-act-discrimination-hair-style https://rollcall.com/2019/12/05/bookers-crown-act-would-ban-discrimination-against-black-hairstyles/ https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/888/all-info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coartaci%C3%B3n_(slavery)