TONIGHT AT 5-30 AT SILOAM SPRINGS CITY HALL. HAPPENING TODAY-- THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS IS HOSTING A LECTURE ON HAIR DISCRIMINATION AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. 40-29'S LAKYRA BANKS IS LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH A PREVIEW OF THE EVENT. PROFESSOR D. WENDY GREENE, WITH DREXEL UNIVERSITY, WILL DELIVER THE 2024 HARTMAN HOTZ LECTURE. SHE'LL FOCUS ON THE ROLE HAIRSTYLES- LIKE AFROS, BRAIDS AND LOCS- HAVE PLAYED IN THE EFFORT TO ACHIEVE RACIAL JUSTICE FOR BLACK PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR. GREENE IS WELL- KNOWN FOR WORK IN GROOMING CODE DISCRIMINATION-- AND SHE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE "HASHTAG FREE THE HAIR MOVEMENT"-- AS WELL AS A KEY FIGURE IN THE FEDERAL- "CREATING A RESPECTFUL AND OPEN WORLD"-- OR "CROWN ACT." USING THAT BACKGROUND- GREENE PLANS TO HIGHLIGHT THE HISTORICAL DISCRIMINATION P-O-C HAVE FACED BECAUSE OF THEIR HAIR- AND THE REFORMS UNDERWAY áNOW TO STOP IT. <> ("we may feel some pressure, whether it's implicit or explicit pressures, to have to straighten our hair, to have to change or alter either chemically or permanently or temporarily alter our hair textures because we're trying to avoid discrimination" <> ("unfortunately, under federal law, federal law here in the United States, oftentimes that that freedom of expression, the right to express our racial and cultural identities has not been treated as a civil right.") THE LECTURE IS FREE AND OPEN TO áANYONE TO ATTEND. IT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE U OF A SCHOOL OF LAW'S E-J BALL COURTROOM AT 4
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University of Arkansas lecturer to speak on Black hair and civil rights
Professor D. Wendy Greene will deliver the 2024 Hartman Hotz Lecture
The University of Arkansas is hosting a lecture on hair discrimination and the civil rights movement. Professor D. Wendy Greene, with Drexel University, will deliver the 2024 Hartman Hotz Lecture. Green is known for her work in grooming code discrimination and founding the “#Freethehairmovement.” She also worked as a legal architect for the proposed federal, “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair” (CROWN) Act. Using her background, Green plans to highlight the discrimination people of color have faced, throughout history, because of their hair. “We may feel some pressure, whether it's implicit or explicit pressures, to have to straighten our hair, to have to change or alter either chemically or permanently or temporarily alter our hair textures because we're trying to avoid discrimination,” said Greene. “Unfortunately, under federal law, here in the United States, oftentimes that freedom of expression, the right to express our racial and cultural identities has not been treated as a civil right.”The lecture will have a primary focus on discrimination on predominantly Black hairstyles. That includes styles like braids, afros, and locs.Greene said those hairstyles have been stigmatized in professional and educational settings.“So many African descendants are losing jobs for which they're qualified," she said. "They're losing the economic security that flows from those jobs in those occupations, on the basis of their natural hairstyles that really have nothing to do with their abilities or their competencies, their qualifications and their talents."The lecture will take place Tuesday night at 4 p.m. at the University of Arkansas School of Law E.J. Ballroom.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. —
The University of Arkansas is hosting a lecture on hair discrimination and the civil rights movement. Professor D. Wendy Greene, with Drexel University, will deliver the 2024 Hartman Hotz Lecture.
Green is known for her work in grooming code discrimination and founding the “#Freethehairmovement.” She also worked as a legal architect for the proposed federal, “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair” (CROWN) Act.
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Using her background, Green plans to highlight the discrimination people of color have faced, throughout history, because of their hair.
“We may feel some pressure, whether it's implicit or explicit pressures, to have to straighten our hair, to have to change or alter either chemically or permanently or temporarily alter our hair textures because we're trying to avoid discrimination,” said Greene. “Unfortunately, under federal law, here in the United States, oftentimes that freedom of expression, the right to express our racial and cultural identities has not been treated as a civil right.”
The lecture will have a primary focus on discrimination on predominantly Black hairstyles. That includes styles like braids, afros, and locs.
Greene said those hairstyles have been stigmatized in professional and educational settings.
“So many African descendants are losing jobs for which they're qualified," she said. "They're losing the economic security that flows from those jobs in those occupations, on the basis of their natural hairstyles that really have nothing to do with their abilities or their competencies, their qualifications and their talents."
The lecture will take place Tuesday night at 4 p.m. at the University of Arkansas School of Law E.J. Ballroom.
