A bill banning discrimination on hairstyle or hair texture based on race bill tentatively passed the House with overwhelming majority Wednesday.
Rachel Ridge watches Rhetta Bowers talk about race at the dining table during the Together We Dine event. A bill carried by Bowers, D-Garland, prohibiting racial discrimination on hairstyle or hair texture based on race advanced in the Texas House on Wednesday.AUSTIN — Discrimination based on hair texture or hairstyle associated with race could be illegal in Texas under a bill that advanced in the House Wednesday.
“This form of race-based discrimination is real and it is happening today,” Bowers said to her colleagues on the House floor. The House tentatively approved the bill on a 141-3 vote and needs one more before it heads to the Senate.Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond.
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