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Florida School District Vows Not To Discriminate Based On Hair

Michael Frankel
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SNJTODAY.COM via Sun Sentinel
The case of a New Jersey teen wrestler forced to have his dreadlocks cut in order to compete inspired a new proposal in Palm Beach County schools to ban hair discrimination.

Dreadlocks, afros, mohawks, spikes: All will be allowed under a Palm Beach County school policy that will ban hair discrimination.

School Board members agreed on Wednesday to approve a policy that explicitly states that bias based on hair will be prohibited.

The state Legislature is considering a similar rule: An Orlando lawmaker filed a bill that would outlaw discrimination based on hairstyles and textures associated with a Floridian’s race.

Read more at the Sun Sentinel.

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