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'Not Cutting My Hair for Nobody': Black Ohio Car Salesman Was Given An Ultimatum After Being Told His Locs Were 'Getting Out of Control,' So He Launched a Legal Battle and Made Them Pay
A Black man who filed a civil rights complaint against the Akron car dealership where he worked for racially discriminating against him because of his hairstyle won his case with the Akron Civil Rights Commission last week. The commission unanimously decided that VanDevere Chevrolet violated the CROWN (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Act amendment passed by the Akron City Council in 2020, which prohibits discrimination bas…
Supreme Court Leans in Favor of Ohio State Employee Claiming Demotion Because She’s Straight
The U.S. Supreme Court seemed sympathetic on Feb. 26 to the arguments of an Ohio woman who alleges the state demoted her because she is heterosexual. The court heard oral argument in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services. Petitioner Marlean Ames, a heterosexual woman, has been employed at the Ohio Department of Youth Services since 2004. She started off as an executive secretary and, after repeated promotions, became a program administrator,…
Supreme Court hears case of woman who alleges she experienced workplace discrimination over her sexual orientation—she is straight
The complaint was lodged after a lesbian woman received the promotion Ames, who worked at the department since 2004, was also pursuing, with Ames being demoted and her old position being given to a gay man.
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