Meet the women who fought against the racial discrimination, stigmatization, and segregation of natural hair — and won.
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Law professor Wendy Greene’s longtime academic work and advocacy on workplace grooming codes and racial discrimination helped inform the Feb 2019 NYC ban on discrimination on the basis of hair the new legal enforcement guidance specifically bans targeting people at work, school, or in public spaces based on hair or hairstyles.

Those styles include locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, fades, Afros, and treated or untreated natural hairstyles. Defendants could face a penalty of up to $250k, with no cap on damages.

Malalis and Greene say Black people who alter their hair to conform to discriminatory workplace hair policies face health risks. Studies have found Black women are often marketed products that can carry harmful chemicals. Some chemical relaxants can cause serious health problems like asthma, or disrupt the body’s production of hormones.

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