THE POLITICS OF AFRO HAIR
On 3 July 2019, the state of California signed the CROWN Act into law. Its purpose? To protect its citizens from discrimination based on their natural hair.
This new law prohibits workplaces and schools from enforcing policies against particular hair styles – and the ones listed disproportionately affect people of colour, in particular black people. The list of styles includes Afros, braids, twists, cornrows and locs.
