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Black School Employee Files Hair Discrimination Suit in Charlotte

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Aug 07, 2019
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A Black school employee in North Carolina says that her white colleagues humiliated her regarding her natural hair.

Kimberly Tigner, who works as a career development liaison for the Career and Technical Education Department at Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools, told The Charlotte Observer that she is suing the district for discrimination.

The school district…

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