Discrimination Against Black Hair Styles is Now Illegal in NYC

Discrimination Against Black Hair Styles is Now Illegal in NYC

Discrimination against someone based on their hair has been officially banned in NYC after city officials unveiled new guidelines on Monday that make it illegal. While it applies to anyone in the city, it especially protects Black people who are often the target of racial discrimination for their natural hair styles.

The guidelines, which is considered to be the first such measure in the US, made it clear that the existing New York City Human Rights Law gives the citizens the right to style their hair in accordance with their cultural, ethnic, or racial identity. It specifically noted Black people’s right to wear “locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, fades, Afros, and/or the right to keep hair in an uncut or untrimmed state.”

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