John Oliver: Hey, White People, Leave Black Hair Alone
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The "Last Week Tonight" host got to the root of hair discrimination.
John Oliver devoted a segment to Black hair on “Last Week Tonight” to tell white people a few things: Stop discriminating against it, don’t friggin’ touch it and stop imitating it. (Watch the video below.) The host promoted CROWN Act proposals ― Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair ― to prevent prejudice based on Black hairstyles. He offered several examples of Black people facing racism at work and elsewhere over their hair. “All Black people should clearly be able to make choices about their based on what they feel like doing with it rather than, will this get me harassed or fired,” Oliver said. “The point is Black hair shouldn’t be viewed ... or judged by white people’s comfort, because it doesn’t belong to white people, it doesn’t affect white people, and white people don’t need to have an opinion on it, and our laws should reflect that.”
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