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Gov. Abbott signs CROWN Act into law, takes effect Sept. 1
KXAN NBC ^ | May 28, 2023 | Billy Gates

Posted on 05/29/2023 7:13:18 AM PDT by fwdude

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bill intended to end the discrimination of hairstyles associated with race was signed into law Sunday by Gov. Greg Abbott.

House Bill 567, better known as the CROWN Act, cleared its final hurdle on May 12 after it was passed by the Texas Senate 29-1. It was sent to Abbott’s desk on May 16 and he made it law with his signature on Sunday. It goes into effect on Sept. 1. It passed the Texas House 143-5 on April 12.

The CROWN Act is an acronym for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair, and it prohibits school districts, colleges or universities, employers or labor unions to discriminate against any protected hairstyle as part of a dress code. In the bill, protected hairstyles are “braids, locks or twists.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: dresscode; education; hair; hairstyle
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I guess Texas is becoming just a little more purple. Absolutely Disgusting. Just another bit of freedom taken from business owners, school districts, and private citizens. Picture the dirtiest dreadlocks becoming a “protected” class.
1 posted on 05/29/2023 7:13:18 AM PDT by fwdude
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Congress already has anything goes hairstyle. Not professional but nobody does anything about it.


2 posted on 05/29/2023 7:17:32 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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.....wellllll....does this mean that some fast-food outlet, having pretty strict rules regarding hair length for its workers, will now have to allow these same workers to come to work with dreadlocks or cornrows or whatever it is the minorities like to fashion hanging out from their hairnets or caps or whatever...? ....yes, disgusting....go ahead; chip away at businesses’ right to have clothing rules and standards...


3 posted on 05/29/2023 7:20:31 AM PDT by TokarevM57
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To: fwdude

Unbelievable. The invasion of illegals and all of the Demonic/RINO bullcrap that’s going on in the state, and Abbott signs law restricting hairstyles. Where’s the effort to faciltate the pardon for the man who protected himself from the BLM scum? Gutless, ball-less POS...


4 posted on 05/29/2023 7:20:41 AM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: napscoordinator

What is James Traficant’s opinion on this?


5 posted on 05/29/2023 7:25:45 AM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: fwdude

See, tolja Abbott has his priorities straight!


6 posted on 05/29/2023 7:25:47 AM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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I had to work with an electrician in a factory where it was 100 degrees plus in the buildings. He had dreads down to his waist, which had to be put up in a bag on his head for safety reasons (getting caught in moving machinery). The awful stink made me gag. The sweat, oils, and filth was too much to take. I fully respect black hair issues for that community. It’s very difficult to manage, but some folks with nasty stinky dreads need to find a different look.


7 posted on 05/29/2023 7:25:49 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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Dreadlocks. Don’t wash their hair. Long nasty fingernails, can’t do normal body hygiene. Marching into the future while falling back into primitive social norms.


8 posted on 05/29/2023 7:27:45 AM PDT by 9422WMR
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Hmmmmm...If nothing's living in it....
9 posted on 05/29/2023 7:27:48 AM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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Is this garbage OSHA approved? Seems like dreadlocks around conveyor systems is a recipe for disaster...


10 posted on 05/29/2023 7:28:25 AM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: blackdog

God made them dance good because He messed up their hair.


11 posted on 05/29/2023 7:31:34 AM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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This legislation must have been a priority item with Speaker Dade Phelan, right? /mega-sarc


12 posted on 05/29/2023 7:34:14 AM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: fwdude

Congress is probably going to have to build the Donald J. Trump Memorial Fence to prevent Americans from fleeing south.


13 posted on 05/29/2023 7:34:19 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: PubliusMM

added protein at the butcher shop


14 posted on 05/29/2023 7:35:03 AM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: Bounced2X

How would you know that?


15 posted on 05/29/2023 7:37:48 AM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: 9422WMR

I worked w a black woman w what must have been 6-7 inch fake nails.

I wondered how one would be able to wipe their ass effectively with such things.


16 posted on 05/29/2023 7:39:17 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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I’m glad to see they’ve got their priorities in order, down in Texas.


17 posted on 05/29/2023 7:40:31 AM PDT by TheElectionWasStolen
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To: fwdude

My neighbor is a roofing contractor.

He and a relative land contracts.

Teams of subcontractors do the roofing work.


18 posted on 05/29/2023 7:40:47 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: fwdude

In the 19th Century department stores had leased departments.


19 posted on 05/29/2023 7:42:24 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: fwdude

Wait until states and the feds codify the John Fetterman dress code for elected officials.


20 posted on 05/29/2023 7:42:37 AM PDT by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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