California just became the first state to outlaw racial discrimination based on hairstyle.
Dr. Kari Williams, founder of Mahogany Hair Revolution and a member of the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, works on Jasmine Brown's hair at her studio on June 22 in Los Angeles. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signedinto law that legally protects people in workplaces and K-12 public schools from discrimination based on their natural hair. The new law, which takes effect Jan.
Newsom said the need for the protection entered the national political consciousness in December when a refereea black wrestler for a New Jersey high school to cut his dreadlocks or forfeit his match. That indignity forced the student to choose whether to “lose an athletic competition or lose his identity,” Newsom said.
“That is played out in workplaces, it’s played out in schools — not just in athletic competitions and settings — every single day all across America in ways that are subtle, in ways overt," Newsom said during a morning bill-signing ceremony at the Capitol in Sacramento.
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