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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the CROWN Act (Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair) H.R 2116. The bill will now move on to the Senate.
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman/Twitter(WASHINGTON) A few short years ago, California became the first state to legally ban racial hair discrimination. On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the CROWN Act (Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair), in a 235-189 vote which will further put an end to race-based hair discrimination. This new legislation will prohibit discrimination based on one's hair texture or hairstyle specifically pointing to hairstyles associated with a particular race or national origin. With this new passing, the bill will now head to the Senate to be voted upon with legislative sponsors Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman leading the charge. In a Twitter post, Coleman recalled that on the last day of Black History Month, 188 House Republicans temporarily obstructed passage of the CROWN ACT. "Despite what my GOP colleagues may tell you, this bill is too important to give up on," she ad
Hundreds gathered at the TCF Center on Sunday night as the NAACP Detroit chapter hosts the Fight for Freedom Fund dinner, which didn't happen in-person last year due to COVID-19.
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Dear Mr Blinken:
We, US citizens and permanent residents of Ethiopian descent representing the civil organizations listed hereunder, are deeply concerned about the press statements the Department of State has been issuing regarding the unfolding situation in Ethiopia. As you are no doubt aware, policy pronouncements originating from your office have significant reverberations, implications and consequences even in the remotest corners of the world especially in countries, like Ethiopia, which are in the grip of crises.
The latest Readout from the Office of the Department’s Spokesperson, Mr Ned Price, regarding your telephone call to Prime Minister Abiy calls for, inter alia, the “complete withdrawal of Eritrean and Amhara forces from Tigray” and “an affirmation that neither the internal nor external borders of Ethiopia will be changed by force or in contravention of the constitution.”