Racially diverse Puerto Rico debates bill that aims to ban hair discrimination
Puerto Rico legislators held a public hearing Tuesday on a bill that seeks to prohibit discrimination against certain hairstyles in the racially diverse U.S. territory, sparking a heated debate.
Local government officials argue the legislation is unnecessary because federal and local laws already ban such discrimination. But Puerto Rican activists say that the island’s Afro-Caribbean community still faces discrimination and needs explicit protection when it comes to public
