‘Black Hair Is Beautiful’: Bill Would Prohibit Discrimination Based On Hairstyle

OLYMPIA, Wash. (CBS Local) — Employers and schools would not be allowed to discriminate based on hairstyle under a bill being considered in Washington state.
“Black hair is beautiful,” Rep. Melanie Morgan, an African-American Democrat from Lakewood, told fellow state representatives during a committee hearing on Tuesday.
“When white women show up in the place of employment with locks or dreads, everyone looks at them and says, ‘how cute.’ But black hair, when