Overview of the CROWN Act - Part II
Presented by Tracy Sanders Rucker
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Course Description
Length: 60min Published: 2/25/2025 
This continuing legal education (CLE) seminar provides an overview of the CROWN (Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Act, which prohibits hair texture discrimination in the workplace and schools.
Presently, the CROWN Act has been enacted in twenty-four states. Accordingly, this continuing legal education seminar (CLE) will benefit employment law attorneys (representing plaintiff and defense clients in employment discrimination lawsuits), judges, and law students.
Additionally, attendees will learn more about best practices to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace and schools.
Learning Objectives
* Review relevant legal terms, elimination of bias, and hair texture discrimination laws in the schools
* Examine federal, state, and local hair texture discrimination laws in the schools
* Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) tips for allies in the workplace and schools
* Evaluate the CROWN Act as pending federal legislation in the United States Congress
* Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) tips for allies in the workplace and schools
Speaker Q&A
Question
What about hair extensions or if the dreads are too long?
- NadineL
Answer
The CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair) is a California law, which bans discrimination based on natural hair, natural hairstyles (protective hairstyles) in the workplace and schools.
The California CROWN Act (SB 188, 2019) amends the California Education and Government Codes to clarify that the term “race” includes traits historically associated as follows:
“hair texture and protective hairstyles,” such as braids, locks, and twists.
To mitigate the risk of litigation, employers in California should not enforce grooming policies that disproportionately burden employees or students because of their natural hair, natural hairstyles, (protective styles. Regardless of hair length or artificial hair extensions related to hair texture -natural hair or natural hairstyles (protective hairstyles), the CROWN Act may prohibit appearance-based discrimination at work or school.
- Tracy Sanders Rucker
Presented By:
Tracy Sanders Rucker
Los Angeles, CA
323-209-5575
sanderstracyL@yahoo.com
