A bill aimed at preventing race-based hairstyle discrimination has hit a roadblock in the Utah Legislature for the second year running.
This is the second year Sen. Derek Kitchen is bringing forward an effort to add hairstyles to discrimination protections.
This time around, though, lawmakers set the bill aside after fewer than 10 minutes of committee consideration. Members of the Senate Business and Labor Committee gave no explanation for why they decided against moving the legislation to the floor but said they had to hurry through the hearing because of a crowded meeting agenda., would add “protective hairstyles” such as braids, locks, Afros, curls and twists to the definition of race and prohibit employment discrimination on those grounds.
One Logan woman testified that she’s had colleagues make racist comments about her appearance, including her hair.
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