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29Aug

Flow it, Show it, Grow it! My Hair!

Race under Title VII is often framed as an “immutable characteristic.” Yet courts struggle with the notion that expressions of identity and culture can be extensions of race. Hair is a good example. One’s hair may be part of one’s racial identity,...
By: Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/flow-it-show-it-grow-it-my-hair-91253/

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