SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity Association are praising the passage Friday of the CROWN Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act, HR 2116, would prohibit discrimination in education and employment based on a person's texture or style of hair. Several states, including California and New York, already have such laws.
"SAG-AFTRA performers of color routinely find themselves on sets where their hair care and styling needs are not met in an equitable manner with other performers," the union said in a statement today. "This legislation will help address that disparate treatment on our sets nationwide and end this discriminatory practice in the workplace once and for all."