Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law Friday prohibiting schools from introducing rules regulating hairstyles related to race and ethnicity such as braids and twisted, according to the Associated Press. The state’s legislature approved the measure this past spring with the goal to end hair-based discrimination. The law becomes official on Jan. 1. According to AP, the Jett Hawkins Law is named after Gus “Jett” Hawkins, a Black child who at 4 years old was told to remove his braids by his school in Chicago, which claimed it violated the dress code. “For us, this is bigger than just hair. Our hair is an extension of who we are as a race and is […]
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