Tennessee House delays hair discrimination bill
“What happens to African Americans over the years,” Rep. Karen Camper told the House Business and Utilities Subcommittee in late March, “we’ve been expected to perm our hair, put a lot of heat on our hair, to fit in in the workplace.” (Daily Memphian file)
The CROWN Act, which bans discrimination against people for wearing natural hairstyles such as braids, locs or twists, was delayed Tuesday, April 13 in the House Commerce Committee.
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Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.