https://hiplatina.com/women-still-face-discrimination-wearing-hair-natural/ HipLatina: Inspired, Empowered Latinas Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:05:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://hiplatina.com/women-still-face-discrimination-wearing-hair-natural/#comment-73 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:05:15 +0000 https://hiplatina.com/?p=28416/#comment-73 […] Discrimination against Black hair can range from microaggressive comments in the workplace, to being sent home or suspended from school for wearing certain hairstyles while being Black. This is a problem that's happening today all across the country, including Puerto Rico. Last week, a bill to explicitly ban hair discrimination against hairstyles like cornrows and Afros was introduced to the public and co-written by Puerto Rico Sen. Ana Irma Rivera Lassén, sparking debates across the island. While some officials feel that federal and local laws, including the constitution, already cover hair discrimination, local activists and members of the community are demanding protection for Black hair in public spaces, workplaces, schools, and housing, the Associated Press reported. […]

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