<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2021/discrimination-and-hairstyles.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>12/14/2021</pubDate><title>‘Hair Has Nothing to do with Competency’</title><description>As part of my “Public Health Law” class, I explored the discrimination many individuals face because of their hair, as well as some important legislation prohibiting such discrimination. I hope for more widespread legislation, and that Black women will no longer be asked or pressured to change their natural hair.</description><hide-description/><author>Candace Laster ’19, ’21 MPH</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>December 14, 2021</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2021/claster.png" alt="Image of Candace Laster ’19, ’21 MPH"/></image><image-caption>Candace Laster ’19, ’21 MPH</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2021</tag></tags></item>