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04-30-2014, 08:43 AM
U.S. Military Will Review 'Racially Biased' Hairstyle Regulations
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The United States Department of Defense will review new hairstyle regulations for all branches of service after female African-American soldiers and members of the*Congressional Black Caucus called new U.S. Army hair rules "racially biased" when the new policy was instituted in late March.
"During the next three months, each service will review their hairstyle policies as they pertain to African-American women to ensure standards are fair and respectful of our diverse force, while also meeting our military service's requirements," Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon's press secretary, said Tuesday in a statement (http://www.defense.gov/Transcripts/Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID=5421), echoing an order by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/military-review-hairstyles/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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"During the next three months, each service will review their hairstyle policies as they pertain to African-American women to ensure standards are fair and respectful of our diverse force, while also meeting our military service's requirements," Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon's press secretary, said Tuesday in a statement (http://www.defense.gov/Transcripts/Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID=5421), echoing an order by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/military-review-hairstyles/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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