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Senate gives initial approval to hate crime, hairstyle bias bills

February 25, 2020 Comments Off on Senate gives initial approval to hate crime, hairstyle bias bills

ANNAPOLIS – The Senate could vote as early as Wednesday on bills that would ease the standard for proving a hate crime and expand Maryland civil rights law’s definition of “race” to include ethnic hairstyles. On Tuesday, senators gave preliminary ...

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Black women, men praise Md. bill on hairstyle bias, cite personal accounts

February 18, 2020 Comments Off on Black women, men praise Md. bill on hairstyle bias, cite personal accounts

ANNAPOLIS – Legislation to ban racial discrimination based on hairstyle drew strong support Tuesday from black women and men – including the bill’s Senate sponsor — who recounted having endured or having seen family members experience the trauma of having ...

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