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Ban Hair Discrimination Through the Crown Act

Floor Speech

Date: March 16, 2022
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. BROWN of Ohio. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the CROWN Act. This long-overdue legislation would finally ban hair discrimination in schools, in the workplace, and in other public spaces.

No worker should be denied employment because of their natural hair. No child should be sent home from school because they choose to wear protective hairstyles like Bantu knots or braids.

Discrimination against Black hair has been and always will be a form of racism. Every person deserves to be their true, authentic self, and crowns of all types should be embraced.

I was proud to wear braids on the day of my swearing-in, just as I am proud to wear braids as I speak on the House floor today.

It is time to end hair discrimination in America. It is time to pass the CROWN Act.

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