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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Aamna Mohdin Community affairs correspondent

Mel B among Britons taking fight against afro hair discrimination to parliament

Mel B in conversation on stage
Mel B: ‘My big hair didn’t fit the pop star mould.’ Photograph: Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images

The Labour MP Paulette Hamilton and singer Mel B are among leading Black Britons urging parliamentarians to make the UK the first western country to introduce a law to end afro hair discrimination.

The World Afro Day (WAD) campaign has written an open letter to MPs, calling on them to vote for the recognition and prevention of afro hair discrimination by updating the Equality Act 2010 to make afro hair a protected characteristic.

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