[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 16, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3754]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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             BAN HAIR DISCRIMINATION THROUGH THE CROWN ACT

  (Ms. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BROWN of Ohio. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of 
the CROWN Act. This long-overdue legislation would finally ban hair 
discrimination in schools, in the workplace, and in other public 
spaces.
  No worker should be denied employment because of their natural hair. 
No child should be sent home from school because they choose to wear 
protective hairstyles like Bantu knots or braids.
  Discrimination against Black hair has been and always will be a form 
of racism. Every person deserves to be their true, authentic self, and 
crowns of all types should be embraced.
  I was proud to wear braids on the day of my swearing-in, just as I am 
proud to wear braids as I speak on the House floor today.
  It is time to end hair discrimination in America. It is time to pass 
the CROWN Act.

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