About the CROWN Act (a.k.a) Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act - #Kelly Rowland - #Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W
Creators: name: Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: #Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W
#Kelly Rowland
#Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL)
# Society Has Used Hair Texture, Hair Type &amp; Protectice Hairstyles in Conjunction With Skin Color to Classify People on the Basis of Race
#Racial Discrimination Can and Does Occur Because of Longstanding Racial Biases and Stereotypes Associated With Hair Textures, Hair Type &amp; Protective Hairstyles,
#Racial Discrimination is Reflected in School &amp; Workplace Policies and Practices that Bar the Natural or Protective Hairstyles Commonly Worn by People of African Descent, as Well as Jewish, Latinx, or Native American Descent,
#The State Should Acknowledge That People Who Have Hair Texture Or Wear a Hairstyle That is Historically &amp; Contemporarily Associated with Persons of African, Jewish, Latinx, or Native American Descent Systematically Suffer Harmful Discrimination in Schools, Workplaces, &amp; Other Contexts Based Upon Longstanding Race Stereotypes &amp; Biases

description: The Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL) had on April 29th 2022 filed records requests about Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN Act) and obtained certain responsive documents from the Maine Human Rights Commission (MHRC). As a matter of principle, the AACL unequivocally condemns discrimination on the basis of natural and protective hairstyles. Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W is responsible for the publications of the AACL: a non-profit organization primarily engaged in the dissemination of public records obtained from the United States of America (U.S.A) government.
When enacting the CROWN Act of 2020, state legislators in Colorado found that [1] throughout the history of the United States, society has used hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles, in conjunction with skin color to classify people on the basis of race; [2] skin color, like a person's hair has served as a basis of race discrimination; [3] racial discrimination can and does occur because of longstanding racial biases and stereotypes associated with hair textures, hair type, and protective hairstyles; [4] people of African descent are deprived of educational and employment opportunities because they are adorned with natural or protective hairstyles in which hair is tightly coiled or tightly curled or worn in locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, or Afros; [5] racial discrimination is reflected in school and workplace policies and practices that bar the natural or protective hairstyles commonly worn by people of African descent, as well as Jewish, Latinx, or Native American descent; [6] the state should acknowledge that people who have hair texture or wear a hairstyle that is historically and contemporarily associated with persons of African, Jewish, Latinx, or Native American descent systematically suffer harmful discrimination in schools, workplaces, and other contexts based upon longstanding race stereotypes and biases; [7] a clear and comprehensive law should address the systematic deprivation of educational, employment and other opportunities on the basis of hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles that are commonly associated with race; [8] clear, consistent and enforceable legal standards must be provided to redress the widespread incidences of race discrimination based upon hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles in schools, workplaces, housing, places of public accommodations, and other contexts; [9] it is necessary to prevent educational, employment, and other decisions, practices, and policies generated by or reflecting negative biases and stereotypes related to race; [10] the state must play a key role in enforcing state antidiscrimination laws, including the standards established under the "CROWN Act of 2020," in a way that secures equal educational, employment and other opportunities for all people regardless of their race and protects against race discrimination based on hair textures, hair type, and protective hairstyles; [11] it is necessary to prohibit and provide remedies for the harms suffered as a result of race discrimination on the basis of hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles.
Be well. Take care. Keep yourselves at arms distance.
Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W
Anti-Racist Human Rights Activist
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