"Ban Hair Discrimination Gaining Momentum"
by Candice Norwood
What is the CROWN Act?
Final legislation can vary slightly from state to state, but most CROWN Act bills forbid discrimination against certain hairstyles and textures within workplaces and schools.
The bill builds off existing state laws, which generally prohibit workplace or school discrimination based on religion, gender, sexual orientation and race. But the CROWN Act expands the definition of “race” to include “traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles,” like braids, locs and twists. These and other styles known as “natural” looks do not involve processing to straighten the hair.
Some bills also seek to end discrimination against adornments related to certain religious and indigenous communities.
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Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
How does the author support this central idea of the passage: The CROWN ACT is necessary to provide legal protection from discrimination against hairstyles and textures tied to racial identity?
(1 point)
Responses
By detailing how few laws protect workplace discrimination of any kind.
By detailing how few laws protect workplace discrimination of any kind.
By explaining why the courts have not always protected hairstyles.
By explaining why the courts have not always protected hairstyles.
By listing the different states that have passed a version of the CROWN Act.
By listing the different states that have passed a version of the CROWN Act.
By mentioning that the Vice President of the United States
has called for the passage of the CROWN Act at the federal level.
The passage does not mention anything about the Vice President of the United States, so this option is not correct.
The correct answer is: By expanding the definition of "race" to include hair texture and protective hairstyles, the CROWN Act addresses the historical association of certain hairstyles and textures with racial identity, thus providing legal protection against discrimination.