Enactment of the Crown Act has been followed by litigation elsewhere, including in the Southern District of Texas, where the Barbers Hill Independent School District faces a suit on behalf of a student suspended for violating a restriction on the length of a male student's hair.
November 20, 2023 at 02:00 PM
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The original version of this story was published on New Jersey Law Journal
A New Jersey police department is facing allegations of discrimination from a Black officer who became the subject of an Internal Affairs complaint based on her hairstyle.
The suit will test the application in a law enforcement context of the Crown Act, which prohibits racial discrimination based on hairstyle and hair texture. Versions of the Crown Act have been adopted in 24 states.
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Angela Onwuachi-Willig, dean of the Boston University School of Law, said people of color are essentially being required to straighten their hair “to satisfy a physical standard of professionalism that has been defined by white appearance norms.” (Photo: Doug Levy/Boston University)
