Proposal to ban discrimination over a person’s hair passes first legal hurdle

A customer has her hair trimmed in a hairdressing salon in Paris (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Lawmakers in France’s lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a bill that would ban discrimination over the texture, length, colour or style of someone’s hair.

The bill’s authors hope the ground-breaking bill sends a message of support to black people and others who have faced hostility in the workplace and beyond because of their hair.