Sit down. I have the floor. Sir, you're avoiding the fact, and I know personally as a person with my hair, that I have had people tell my employer that I was an embarrassment sitting in the front office because of the way my hair looked. And so to avoid a deep conversation about discrimination that has an impact, particularly on African Americans, you talk about everything else. It's wrong, you're not engaging, and quite frankly, you're not being honest. (00:59–01:09)
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Asserts personal experience of workplace discrimination based on hair appearance.
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