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A student petitions Parliament to review school bans on dreadlocks, arguing they infringe on cultural identity and personal ...

Employers may refuse to hire someone whose hair is in dreadlocks, a court of appeals has decided. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the civil rights suit against Catastrophe Management ...

Refusing to hire someone who has dreadlocks is legal, thanks to a recent ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had filed a lawsuit against ...

Justin Bieber (seen at left in early April) debuted dreadlocks for the second time on Sunday (right), sparking ire on social media. Instagram It’s too late now to say sorry. Five years after being ...

A federal appeals court has ruled that banning an employee from wearing their hair in locs is not racial discrimination. In a 3-0 decision, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a cased brought ...

The U.S. Navy has ended a long-standing hair policy that critics say unfairly targeted women of color in the service. Last week, the naval branch announced via Facebook that it will now allow ...

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DeAndre Arnold was told to cut his dreadlocks in order to walk in his high school graduation in Texas Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her ...