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While France has no report on the subject, Guadeloupe MP Olivier Serva has announced that he wants to file a transpartisan text in order to fight against distinctions linked to textured hair.
The wearing of natural hair, when it is not smooth, has become in recent decades a very strong societal and cultural issue. He even has a salon – the Natural Hair Academy – which has been dedicated to him in France for more than ten years, the 2023 edition will take place at the Parc Floral in Paris on June 3 and 4. Initiatives in favor of the enhancement of textured hair are legion. Kelly Massol, successful entrepreneur at the head of Secrets de Loly, launched her campaign at the end of the year “My Hair, My Power”. And yet the subject of hair discrimination struggles (still) to impose itself in the media and politically. Small glimmer of hope: Olivier Serva, Liot deputy for the Guadeloupe constituency, wants to submit a bill aimed at modifying the penal code and the labor code, to “fight against all forms of discrimination related to the texture, length, color and cut of the hair” in business and in school. The ultramarine city councilor will table a transpartisan bill in the National Assembly in the coming months.
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