Draft law, which also affects redheads, blond people, and those with dreadlocks now goes to upper Senate
France’s lower house of parliament has approved a bill forbidding workplace discrimination based on hair texture, which the draft law’s backers say targets mostly black women wearing their hair naturally.
Olivier Serva, an independent National Assembly deputy for the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe and the bill’s sponsor, said it would penalise any workplace discrimination based on “hairstyle, colour, length or texture”.
