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A federal appeals court ruled that banning an employee from wearing dreadlocks is not racial discrimination. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a case brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Chastity Jones, a black woman in Alabama refused to cut off her locs as a condition of employment with an insurance company. Essence.com reported, the EEOC […]

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It is becoming more evident with each passing day that many feel that just about everything regarding black people needs to be policed and/or regulated. In the latest case of attempting to diminish our value, worth and beauty, and appeals court has ruled that employees who opt to wear dreadlocks do not have a legal […]

The tweets set off a firestorm of reaction, just one month after Burns gave a bizarre benediction at the RNC, calling Clinton "the enemy."

A video captures a Black woman confronting a White Man about his dreadlocks, accusing him of cultural appropriation. The incident happened on San Francisco State University's campus. School officials are investigating.

A seventh-grade student in Virginia was told he must cut his dreadlocks in order to remain in his private school.

The mother of a White Utah teenager claims her daughter is being discriminated against at her charter school for sporting dreadlocks.

Zendaya has heard all of Giuliana Rancic’s apologies for making a crack about her dreads, and she had one more thing to say. The actress…

Actress Zendaya showed up on the Red Carpet at the recent Academy Awards wearing a beautiful gown and wearing her hair in beautiful neat thick locks.  E television host Giuliana Rancic made some televised offensive remarks about a possible “smell” to Zendaya’s hair. Then Zendaya unleashed her feelings about those offense remarks via twitter, citing […]

President Obama said jokingly Thursday that he might go back to wearing dreadlocks when his presidency is over. Read more: washingtontimes.com

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Jaguars defensive end Jason Babin pulled out a handful of dreadlocks after tackling Arizona Cardinals running back Andre Ellington. Luckily, Ellington’s hair was not pulled…

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Jacque Reid goes “Inside Her Story” with Miranda, the mother of Tiana Parker, 7, a young girl who was reprimanded by her school because she…