03.18.22
The US House of Representatives on Friday passed the CROWN Act. The legislation bans discrimination against individuals based on how they choose to wear their hair.
The measure, H.R. 2116 — or the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act — passed on a vote of 235-189, with 14 Republicans joining all Democrats in supporting the measure. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and prohibits discrimination “based on the individual’s hair texture or hairstyle, if that hair texture or that hairstyle is commonly associated with a particular race or national origin.”
Among the hairstyles mentioned in the legislation are those “in which hair is tightly coiled or tightly curled, locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, and Afros.”
Similar legislation is in the US Senate.
The CROWN Act has been applauded by the US beauty industry, including the Personal Care Products Council, and marketers such as Dove and its parent company, Unilever.
The measure, H.R. 2116 — or the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act — passed on a vote of 235-189, with 14 Republicans joining all Democrats in supporting the measure. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and prohibits discrimination “based on the individual’s hair texture or hairstyle, if that hair texture or that hairstyle is commonly associated with a particular race or national origin.”
Among the hairstyles mentioned in the legislation are those “in which hair is tightly coiled or tightly curled, locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, and Afros.”
Similar legislation is in the US Senate.
The CROWN Act has been applauded by the US beauty industry, including the Personal Care Products Council, and marketers such as Dove and its parent company, Unilever.