Pennsylvania Law Bans Hair-Based Discrimination
For lack of anything better to do in their jurisdictions, Democrats have come down to splitting hairs – literally – using legislation as their scissors. Last week, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed into law a piece of legislation that legally bans discrimination based on one’s “natural hair.” And just to clarify, it’s not satire.
CBS affiliate WKBN reported on Tuesday (November 25) that Governor Shapiro signed the CROWN Act into law to ban hair-based discrimination. CROWN stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair” and the act was passed earlier this year by the State House while the State Senate passed it a couple weeks ago. As the WKBN story described it, the law bans “discrimination based on hair type, texture, or styles, including locs, braids, twists, coils, Bantu knots, afros, and extensions.” In addition it protects head coverings and hairstyles representative of particular religious creeds.
The CROWN Act was passed with bipartisan support in the State House and Senate, meaning the Republican segment has no issues with it. However, critical thinkers see it as useless and a waste of time and resources, not to mention another discrimination-themed stunt that implies victimhood for people whose hair seems to grow at the expense of the thickness of their skin.
Conservatives didn’t fail to call out Governor Shapiro for political pandering to African-American community on a trivial matter while doing nothing to address violent crime that plagues his state.
For record, Pennsylvania isn’t the first state to pass such a law. According to GovDocs, 27 states and D.C. have now passed similar CROWN laws to ban hair-based discrimination. And while most of these are liberal-run states, some are historically red states. Is America really becoming such a hair-sensitive country?
The concern such a law sparks among those who care about liberty relates potential litigation from frustrated people who are not selected for a job or get good grades at school etc. How many of these disgruntled or rejected candidates will now be planning to hire attorneys already to sue businesses, teachers, and literally anyone because they didn’t get a certain opportunity or appreciation they desired while claiming it all happened because of the way somebody looked at their hair?
One can also imagine the consequences for satirists and artists who may become a target of such CROWN (rhyming with Clown) laws. Same for political commentators. It seems we now have to check our state’s name in the list of the states with CROWN laws before calling someone a mop-head, baldie, or Doc Brown even if in good humor.
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Good news for Ernie; he’s good-to-go and safe in PA!!!!!!!!
Dunger you have not denied or admitted throwing rocks at blacks in Harper’s Ferry WV. Some people there want to know. If you did, you will be forgiven. But you must swear to no more racism.
Why don’t Nick, Willie, Uncle Tom and Harold get a room for the circle-jerk they are showing us here. Boys will be boys.
Only if you would be the pivot man.
Stupid laws will offend someone every time. How will this affect the food service industry’s health rules? People do not want freakish person cooking and serving food or allowing them into their homes to do repairs. I don’t want them to be around impressionable children.