Story by David Beard, The Dominion Post
Charleston, W.V.
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But SB 495, the Crown Act took a step forward on Thursday afternoon and after arguing over an hour, out of the Senate judiciary, in a close 10-7 votes.
The purpose of the bill is to prevent discrimination on the basis of race that includes hair texture and discrimination based on protective hairstyles, historically associated with a special race, where the word protective hairstyles include braids, locks and twists.
Mike Caputo
It was clear that as soon as the bill was brought in front of the panel, the road would soon be difficult and Sen Patrick Martin, R-Livis, took it to the table. He failed.
The committee’s lawyer told the members that 23 or 24 other states already have similar bills. And the discussion also revealed that the US Supreme Court had banned discrimination based on hair in the 1980s. The Human Rights Act of West Virginia prevents racial discrimination but makes the bill clear that hairstyles are part of the same.
Miss Black West Virginia Veronica was invited to speak at the request of Veronica Clay-singing, lead sponsor Mike Caputo, D-Maryan, said that her daughter faced child-based racial discrimination on her cheer squad, where she needed to undo her locks and adopt cheer ponytails.
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Her daughter did not have enough hair to ponytail, she said. This made her daughter feel defeated. “It was emotionally a lot for him. … there was nothing to protect her in relation to her hair. ,
Sen. Mike Azinger, R-Wood, recalled that the bill originated years ago as a male wrestler needed to cut his hair. For that, Azinger said, “directed by his black coach, which was needed, had an opportunity to learn to be a teammate.
He said with a clay, “Maybe your daughter is not learning this lesson due to your actions.” He also suggested that probably Clay was promoting a victim’s mentality in his daughter.
He asked, “You are saying that it is unevenly about the race?” He said, “100%.”
Nicole Kofar, who works for the Supreme Court of the state, but talks on his own side, said that his two daughters have different hair – one blonde, curly apro and the other curls that grow directly down. There is no way that they should suit their hair with some textures or styles, and she fully supports the bill.
“This is a great way to involve all of us in that conversation.”
The senators talked against this and against it. Sen Chandler Swop, R-Murker said, “I have spent my whole life fighting racism. But hairstyles are fleeting, they come and go, and it would be impossible to ensure properly that the state code meant previous years and decades. ,
Sen Mike Stuart, R-Kanwa, reminded his colleagues that he was an American lawyer and had an active civil rights division in his office. But protecting hair can protect tattoos and other things.
“I think it has a dangerous progress to go down,” he said.
Caputo recalled the status of 2019, where a Woodrow Wilson High School Basketball player was designed for Draldlock. “Where does it end?” He asked. “We should send a message that West Virginians do not accept that kind of behavior and you are welcome here.”
The chairman of the committee, Charles Trump, R-Margan, called the bill an important. This is not a valid argument to reject it because protective child discrimination is already illegal. The states imitate the laws of federal civil rights at all times.
“This bill is about snatching the shelter of excuses,” he said – the excuse that someone is working with hair and not discriminating in the based breed. “Definitely we can rise above it and pass this bill.”
Azinger, Stuart, Swop and Martin, with sensors.
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