[1]Ayanna Pressley

Black is beautiful and so
is our hair.

I was thrilled to sit down with Tracee Ellis Ross on the new, powerful
docuseries, The Hair Tales, to share my personal hair journey, discuss the
politics of hair, and lift up our fight to ban race-based hair
discrimination with my legislation, the CROWN Act.

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[ [link removed] ]Watch the clip

Black women’s hair has always been political, and it continues to be
unjustly discriminated against. And in many states, that discrimination is
still legal.

From employment handbooks to school policies, afros, locs, twists, and
other hairstyles have been codified as proxies for Black skin. And these
racist dress codes and hair policies have created illogical, unjust, and
harmful barriers to education and employment.

By passing the CROWN Act, we will ban discrimination based on hair
textures and hairstyles that are commonly associated with a particular
race or national origin.

[ [link removed] ]As a supporter of our movement, you make transformative and responsive
legislation like the CROWN Act possible. If you’re able, will you chip in
$3 to help power our work to legislate justice and healing?

Thank you, and make sure
to check out The Hair Tales on Hulu and OWN.

In solidarity,

Ayanna


 




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