The House on Friday passed legislation that would ban discrimination against people based on their hair.
If the Crown Act becomes law, discrimination against people based on their hair would be treated like discrimination on the basis of race or national origin under federal civil rights law.
Crown Act passed largely among party lines in a 235-189 vote. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer urged his colleagues to vote for the bill, citing that the military took steps to end hair discrimination last year. ‘It’s covered. It’s wrong if it happens,’ said Representative Jim Jordan, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee and an Ohio Republican.
Over a dozen US states have passed similar laws on their own accord looking to end hair discrimination, including New Jersey, California and New York.
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