The CROWN Act would ensure protection for Texans who wear their hair in natural styles such as braids, locs, twists or knots.
During a hearing May 9 before the Senate’s State Affairs Committee, a series of witnesses testified about how they had experienced the race-based hair discrimination that the bill seeks to prohibit in the state’s education, labor and property codes.the CROWN Act, told committee members she conceptualized the law in 2018 to tackle this type of discrimination.
“Preserving and protecting people’s civil, human and individual rights requires a thoughtful and intentional and collective approach,” Asamoah testified. “It impacts the upward mobility of individuals and families, and it has been the reason far too many children have missed school or had negative educational experiences.
De’Andre Arnold and his cousin can attest to the impact the discrimination can have on school-age youth. The two were told byin Mont Belvieu, east of Houston, to cut their long locs or be disciplined.“We have to show that there’s no room in society for people that are unaccepting of others and demonize others for the way they tend to live their lives,” said Arnold, a junior at Louisiana State University, in an interview earlier this year.
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