The California State Assembly passed the “CROWN Act” to ban workplace discrimination of natural hair. This law was signed by the government in July and makes it illegal for employees or students to be discriminated against by cornrows, locs or an afro starting January 1, 2020. New York has been quick to follow suit, and twelve other states are currently considering it or have either pre-filed, filed or formally stated an intent to introduce their own anti-hair discrimination bills.
