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NEXT s Morgan Springer interviews attorney Aigné Goldsby.
Aigné Goldsby’s mom was a hairdresser. So as a kid, Goldsby would flex a variety of hairstyles. But at her majority white school, kids would do things like pull on her weave, Goldsby recalled.
When Goldsby grew up and became a lawyer, she didn’t feel at ease bringing her full self to work.
“As a Black woman it’s been difficult for me, and it’s certainly been a process for me to feel comfortable in predominantly white spaces,” she told
The American Bar Association says only 5% of lawyers in the U.S. are Black, and Goldsby noted that there are even fewer Black women in the profession. She coaches BIPOC prelaw and law students through her company Black Esquire and is a staff attorney at the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.
New Law on Hairstyles Makes It Easier for Connecticut Workers to be Authentic
The law is a victory for Black and Latino workers who have long felt pressure to change their natural hairstyles to conform with an unfair standard.
Connecticut recently outlawed workplace discrimination based on hairstyle, which UConn alumni and faculty members say is long overdue, especially for Black and Latino workers (Adobe Stock). Copy Link
Tangrina Minott ’19 (CLAS), a talent recruiter for a Connecticut-based health care company, recalled the first time she asked her mother to straighten her hair in the fifth or sixth grade.
“Everyone in my predominantly Black school had straight hair and I felt the need to conform. I was happy at first, but the hair relaxers use harsh chemicals, they burn, and they leave your scalp very irritated. By 19, I was over it,’’ says Minott, who has chosen to adopt a natural hairstyle.