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Hair Me Out: Why Discrimination Against Black Hair Is Race Discrimination Under Title Vii, Alexis Boyd Jan 2023

Hair Me Out: Why Discrimination Against Black Hair Is Race Discrimination Under Title Vii, Alexis Boyd

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

In May 2010, Chastity Jones sought employment as a customer service representative at Catastrophe Management Solutions (“CMS”), a claims processing company located in Mobile, Alabama. When asked for an inperson interview, Jones, a Black woman, arrived in a suit and her hair in “short dreadlocks,” or locs, a type of natural hairstyle common in the Black community. Despite being qualified for the position, Jones would later have her offer rescinded because of her hair. CMS claimed that locs “tend to get messy” and violated the “neutral” dress code and hair policy requiring employees to be “professional and business-like.” Therefore, CMS …


Of State, Market And Justice: Latcritical Challenges To Theory, Praxis And Policy, Francisco Valdes Jan 2010

Of State, Market And Justice: Latcritical Challenges To Theory, Praxis And Policy, Francisco Valdes

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Outside/Inside, Jarrett T. Barrios Jan 2010

Outside/Inside, Jarrett T. Barrios

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Alienated: A Reworking Of The Racialization Thesis After September 11, Ming H. Chen Jan 2010

Alienated: A Reworking Of The Racialization Thesis After September 11, Ming H. Chen

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Bobbitt, The Rise Of The Market State, And Race, George A. Martinez Jan 2010

Bobbitt, The Rise Of The Market State, And Race, George A. Martinez

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Beautifully Powerful: A Latcrit Reflection On Coming To An Epistemological Consciousness And The Power Of Testimonio, Lindsay Pérez Huber Jan 2010

Beautifully Powerful: A Latcrit Reflection On Coming To An Epistemological Consciousness And The Power Of Testimonio, Lindsay Pérez Huber

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


The Latcrit Task Force Recommendations: Findings And Recommendations Of A Self-Study Of The Latcrit Board, 2009., Marc-Tizoc González, Yanira Reyes, Belkys Torres, Charles R. Venator-Santiago Jan 2010

The Latcrit Task Force Recommendations: Findings And Recommendations Of A Self-Study Of The Latcrit Board, 2009., Marc-Tizoc González, Yanira Reyes, Belkys Torres, Charles R. Venator-Santiago

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Silence Compounded- The Conjuction Of Race And Gender Violence, Zanita E. Fenton Jan 2003

Silence Compounded- The Conjuction Of Race And Gender Violence, Zanita E. Fenton

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Battered Women And Feminist Lawmaking By Elizabeth M. Schneider., Molly Dragiewicz Jan 2003

Book Review: Battered Women And Feminist Lawmaking By Elizabeth M. Schneider., Molly Dragiewicz

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Making Kids Toe The Line In The Old Line State: The Disparate Application Of Public School Discipline Polices In Maryland, Allison I. Fultz Jan 2002

Making Kids Toe The Line In The Old Line State: The Disparate Application Of Public School Discipline Polices In Maryland, Allison I. Fultz

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Making Kids Toe The Line In The Old Line State: The Disparate Application Of Public School Discipline Polices In Maryland, Allison I. Fultz Jan 2002

Making Kids Toe The Line In The Old Line State: The Disparate Application Of Public School Discipline Polices In Maryland, Allison I. Fultz

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.