U.S. Sees Growing Effort To End Discriminatory Hair Grooming Policies

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:
In many states, it is legal for employers to discriminate against a Black person's hairstyle. Some employers view certain hairstyles as unprofessional, and many Black women say they feel pressure to change their hair from its natural state. There's now a growing effort to end such discriminatory grooming policies, as Bobbi-Jeanne Misick of member station WWNO reports.
BOBBI-JEANNE MISICK, BYLINE: New Orleans attorney Nia Weeks loves her shoulder-length twisted locks, but she carries a painful memory from childhood as the only Black student in her class.
NIA WEEKS: Water being poured on my hair by my white classmates because they wanted to see what it looked like kinked up.

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