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Hair aware
Many women of person of colourNichtweiße(r); hier: Schwarze(r)colour feel the need to straighten their hair in order to look “professional” at work, according to a surveyUmfragesurvey by the haloHeiligenschein; StrahlenkranzHalo Collective. The organization has now created a code of conductVerhaltenskodexcode of conduct to end such hair discrimination.
“There is a widely held belief that black hairstyles are inappropriateunpassendinappropriate, unattractive and unprofessional,” Edwina Omokaro, one of the organizers of the Halo Collective, told The Guardian. “We’ve been to suspend sb. from sth.jmdn. vorübergehend von etw. ausschließensuspended from school, held back in our careers and made to feel inferior by racist policies and attitudes.”
Businesses and schools that follow the “Halo Code” promise to give the black community the “freedom and security to wear all afro-hairstyles without restriction or judgement”. Unilever, the British consumer goods giant, is one company following the code. “We know it’s really important for people to be able to be themselves in the workplace,” said Richard Sharp, vice president of human resourcesPersonalwesenhuman resources at Unilever UK & Ireland.