Wisconsin lawmakers aim to stamp out hair-based discrimination


Wisconsin lawmakers aim to stamp out hair-based discrimination


WASHINGTON — About a year ago, a New Jersey teen was forced to cut his dreadlocks in order to participate in a high school wrestling match. 

The wrestler, Andrew Johnson, received a hurried haircut after he was told by a referee that his hair violated wrestling rules. He won the match and state officials opened a civil rights investigation, The New York Times reported

Now members of Congress are trying to make sure that never happens again.

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