For Star subscribers: All state agencies under Hobbs' control are now prohibited from discriminating against workers based on hair texture and style.
Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs has forbidden all state agencies under her control from discriminating against workers based on their hair texture and style.
Nothing in her order affects the policies of other levels of government, or of private employers, which are beyond her unilateral control. Nor does it preclude schools from establishing their own rules and regulations about hair for staff and students.
"We're certainly willing to look into more,'' she said when asked by a reporter about other groups, including Rostafarians with dreadlocks, Sikhs who must maintain uncut and untrimmed hair, and Hasidic Jews with side curls known as"payos.'' "A Black woman is 80% more likely to change her natural hair to meet social norms or expectations at work,'' Hobbs said."Black women are 1.5 times more likely to be sent home, or know of a Black woman sent home from the workplace because of her hair. And one in two Black children have experienced hair discrimination as early as 5 years old. And the impact can last a lifetime.
Lester read off a litany of situations across the country where people were turned away from restaurants because of their hair and students were forced to cut it.
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