15 of my Congressional colleagues on the Congressional Black Caucus sent Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel a letter Thursday objecting to the Armys ban on certain hairstyles, which has been criticized as racially biased against black women. The members of the CBC signing the letter are Reps. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Corrine Brown (D-Fla.), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), Donna Edwards (D-Md.), Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Terri Sewell (D-Ala.), Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) and Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), as well as Delegates Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Donna Christensen (D-V.I.).
Posted on: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:00:01 +0000