#blacklivesmatter racism is a human problem

There's been the occasional story in the Hackney Gazette about black girls being told by their schools to change their hairstyle over the years, but I didn't realise there was actually discriminatory legislation in the US about African hair:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/01/virginia-crown-act-black-hair-law-bill

In Louisiana in the 1700s, Tignon Laws even forced Black women to wear head wraps. Their natural hairstyles were considered a threat to the beauty of White women.

Afros are great. All power to natural hair.

In this same article, the Grauniad manages three different spellings of Bimi Fairyqueen's/Mimi Fairyqueen's/Mimi Fairqueen's name.