Rooted: Meet the woman who fought State of Texas over natural hair braiding and won
Meet the woman who has made it possible for thousands to be able to practice and teach natural hair braiding without a state-mandated license. Author: Tashara Parker Updated: 9:44 AM CDT April 23, 2021
WFAA’s Tashara Parker recently sat down with Isis Brantley, an expert African Hair Braider known across the state of Texas as the woman who fought to ensure those who practiced and taught African hair braiding did not need a state-mandated license to do so.
She shared her hair story with WFAA on an segment of Rooted below.
We Need Antitrust Reform For the Little Guy
Overhauling antitrust is in vogue. Just last month the House Judiciary Committee launched a new series of hearings [1] to flesh out potential changes to America’s current approach to antitrust enforcement. On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights is having a hearing [2] on antitrust reform. And, in a sign of the times, left-of-center advocates want to ensure antitrust enforcers adopt an “anti-racist [3]” agenda that places marginalized communities at the front of the discussion.
So often when we hear about antitrust, we think about the government seeking to break up large corporate monopolies. Before Google and Facebook, it was Microsoft. Before that, Ma Bell. But there is plenty of anti-competitive behavior that takes place outside of the realm of big business, and there is a way to reform such behavior that also places an emphasis on protecting disadv
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tsa agents insisted they search her hair. i m trying to figure out am i going to stop the nightmares, am i going to stop dreaming about the incident? reporter: hairdresser brantley has flown dozens of times. security at atlanta s hartsfield jackson airport monday as usual. it was after she left the checkpoint waiting on a train platform that brantley says the tsa made a shocking request. we have to check your hair for explosives. i thought they were kidding. i said, you can t check my hair. i just left the checkpoint and security and they didn t pull me to the side. reporter: isis brantley says she was in tears by the time the patdown was over. so, she s all in my hair, checking my hair. i just asked her to hurry. it was humiliating. it was very, like, disrespectful. and i was very distraught. i thought, you know, how could you do this in front of everybody? reporter: she says she was not offered a private screening. that s something the tsa disputes. in a statement issued,
it was just about 24 hours ago when you and i were watching these pictures live from muscat, oman. they were racing out of the a airpla airplane. they were freed from one of the most notorious prisons where they had been held for 26 months. fattal s grandparents and cousin, perhaps just like, watching c thmpb n this time yesterday from their home in seattle. i want to you watch their reaction the second they first laid eyes on him. they emerged. the families are cheering. they re running down the steps. oh! flashing lights. how wonderful is that. what a moment for this family. like i am, waiting 26 months for this day to come. i have josh fattal s uncle back on the phone with me from seattle. fred, what a past 24 hours, huh? how are josh and shane doing? and do we know yet when they get to come home? well, i did get a wonderful photograph e-mailed to me from my sister. but i just sent on it to your studio. a picture of laura, jacob, josh, all together. looking rem