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State Has New Anti-Bias Hair Law. Fresno Schools Say They Comply.

Holly Mitchell had a simple motivation in crafting a law to ban discrimination against natural hairstyles like hers. “Racism,” the state senator from Los Angeles said during a recent stop in Fresno. Mitchell is black, and wears her hair in braids. Earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Mitchell’s CROWN...

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