Democrats have reintroduced federal legislation to ban hair discrimination.

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) reintroduced the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act, or CROWN Act, on Tuesday.

The legislation institutes federal protections against discrimination of natural hairstyles, such as curly and kinky hair, as well as protective styles like Bantu knots, locs and twists.

“There are women, there are girls, there are boys and there are men who have been treated negatively, either in job situations or school situations or even beyond, simply because of the way they wear their hair,” Watson Coleman told The Hill.

She continued, “People assume that they're less than, that they’re unprofessional, that they're not, not clean and tidy and things of that nature, and they use the texture of the hair or the style of the hair to make impressions and decisions as to whether or not to entertain an interview with them, whether or not they could stay in school that day, whether or not they can receive a promotion, or whether or not they can even represent their companies, simply because the way they wear their hair.”

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