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The Guardian - UK
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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

France urged to outlaw hair discrimination against afros and braids

Sibeth Ndiaye (left, pictured with Emmanuel Macron in 2017)
When Sibeth Ndiaye (pictured with Emmanuel Macron in 2017) became spokesperson for the French government her afro hairstyle was targeted by racists on social media. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images

France must introduce a law banning hair discrimination against natural afro hairstyles and braids, a lawmaker from Guadeloupe has argued as he prepares a cross-party bill to be presented to parliament in the autumn.

“Just as the Republic’s motto is ‘liberty, equality, fraternity’, this is about allowing everyone to be as they are and as they want to be, whether in it’s in the workplace or anywhere else,” Olivier Serva told France Info radio.

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