The California Senate approves a bill that would update the state's anti-discrimination law, possibly becoming the first state to outlaw racial discrimination because of hairstyles
— such as braids and dreadlocks — in a move aimed at challenging long-held standards of professionalism in the workplace.
Federal and state laws ban discrimination based on religious hairstyles and head coverings. But federal courts have not extended those protections more broadly because of race, ruling that because hairstyle was a choice, companies could require workers to follow certain standards as a condition of employment.Sen.
That thinking was most recently challenged in 2010, when a black woman, Chastity Jones, successfully applied for a job at an Alabama insurance company. But the company later rescinded the job offer because Jones wore her hair in dreadlocks and refused to remove them.At the time, the company's grooming policy required employees"to be dressed and groomed in a manner that projects a professional and businesslike image.
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