Racial Culture
Subtitle: A Critique
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: July 17, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780691128696
Subjects: Ethnography; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Public Policy - Cultural Policy; USA; Civil Rights; Discrimination; Law / Civil Rights; Political Science and International Relations; Sociology; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General
First sentence: Plaintiff is a black woman who seeks $ 10,000 damages, injunctive, and declaratory relief against enforcement of a grooming policy of the defendant American Airlines that prohibits employees in certain employment categories from wearing an all-braided hairstyle. . . . She alleges that the policy violates her rights under the Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act . . . in that it discriminates against her as a woman, and more specifically as a black woman . . . plaintiff assert[s] that the "corn row" style has a special significance for black women.