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New York City passed amendments to ban hair discrimination in February, but now the state has followed suit, lending…
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Straight black men, we need to talk about Yung Joc’s hair.
Another day, another person who has an issue with a black child’s hair.
A New Jersey high school student whose dreadlocks were lopped off after he was forced to choose between forfeiting a…
In Another Case of Dreadlock Discrimination, Texas Elementary School Insists 1st Grader Cut His Locs
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