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Ayanna Pressley: The House passes the CROWN Act, a bill banning discrimination on race-based hairdos

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"For too long, Black girls have been discriminated against and criminalized for the hair that grows on our heads and the way we move through and show up in this world," Rep. Ayanna Pressley said on the House floor Friday.

So proud that the House passed the CROWN Act, my bill alongside Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Gwen Moore, Barbara Lee, and Ilhan Omar to ban discrimination based on particular hair textures and hairstyles. 

The House passes the CROWN Act, a bill banning discrimination on race-based hairdos

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