In a win for African Americans, New York City has outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles, introducing a set of bills to protect the rights of Black people who choose to wear locs, braids, or afros as they please.
New Yorkers have the right to "preserve natural hair or hairstyles closely associated with their racial, ethnic or cultural identity," New York City Human Rights Commissioner Chair Carmelyn P Malalis said in a statement Monday.
"Natural hair, treated or untreated hairstyles such as locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, fades, Afros, and/or the right to keep hair in an uncut or untrimmed state," will be respected by the New York City authorities, the report said.
