Season 2, Episode 22: The CROWN Act

Topic: Black hair and hair culture has been a form of political activism for centuries.  When black women were forced to cover our heads, we wore beautiful headwraps, highlighting our beauty. But penalized for the creativity and originality. To the 1960’s, when certain types of hairstyles were pictured equivalent to resistance. The advertising presence shifted in the late 1960’s- 1990’s, emphasizing black hair care be relaxed. Black women once again are resisting the traditional relaxed look, to its natural and cultural representation of curly/kinky hair and braids/cornrows. The US government isn’t too keen of black women being autonomous of our hair and bodies--some can make the argument about this overseas too. Schools and the military have placed discriminatory hair policies, due to lack of understanding (and cultural insensitivity) to black/brown individuals. The battle between our autonomy and black hair care remains. We will discuss the most recent piece of legislation, called the C.R.O.W.N act, which was created in support of banning these hair policies. How does this act translate to us as success in the workforce? What are we teaching our daughters about their hair? And what are teaching our sons as acceptable beauty?  Mahogany Mom of the Week: Our Mahogany Mom of the week is Karen Griffin.  Karen constantly teaches the community about the history of jazz at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City.   Her daughter says she worked full time and took care of two girls as a single mom. Karen, as her daughter praises "Is an angel, loving, giving, and God-fearing".   Thank you Karen for your brighten all of our days. Podcast Partner: If you are looking for STEM activities for your 5 and up afterschool or on the weekends look no further than HAK Electronics.  Located near Downtown Dallas and Fairpark, HAK makes STEM learning cool and affordable. Check out their classes at https://www.hakelectronics.com/ and use the MOMOLOGY at check out to receive a 10% discount.  References: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/crown-act-california-becomes-first-state-to-ban-discrimination-against-natural-hair/ https://www.thecrownact.com/research https://daily.jstor.org/how-natural-black-hair-at-work-became-a-civil-rights-issue/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/26505328?mag=how-natural-black-hair-at-work-became-a-civil-rights-issue&seq=7#metadata_info_tab_contents https://prospect.org/article/black-beautiful-hair-still-political https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/73b5/71153398d414a50f9f7649f11c9ffa627af8.pdf   Produced By: Greenville Ave. Recording Studio Continue the Discussion, Download, Subscribe, Rate, Like, Follow Us, and Share on: Website: https://linktr.ee/mahoganymomology Marvelous Mahogany Mom Nomination Form: https://form.jotform.com/Mahoganymomology/marvelous-mahogany-mom-nomination Twitter: @MMomology Insta: @mahoganymomology FB: @MahoganyMomology FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mahoganymomologist Email Us: [email protected] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahogany-momology/