Number
200840
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. HAMILTON, COGGS, LEWIS, DODD, AND JOHNSON
Title
An ordinance relating to discrimination against people having hairstyles associated with racial, ethnic, or cultural identities.
Section
109-5-12 am
109-5-12.5 cr
Analysis
This ordinance prohibits discrimination against a person having a protective hairstyle, which is associated with a racial, ethnic, or other cultural identity and includes braids, locs, twists, and other hairstyles related to the characteristics of hair texture.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 109-5-12 of the code is amended to read:
109-5. Definitions.
12. PROTECTED PERSON means any individual intended to be protected from violations of prohibited discrimination under this chapter. This includes an individual’s sex, race, religion, color, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, lawful source of income, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, victimhood of domestic abuse or sexual assault, >>protective hairstyle,<< past or present membership in the military service, HIV status, domestic partnership, genetic identity, homelessness, familial status, or an individual’s affiliation or perceived affiliation with any of these categories.
Part 2. Section 109-5-12.5 of the code is created to read:
12.5. PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLE means a hairstyle necessitated by, or resulting from, the characteristics of a hair texture associated with race, such as natural hair, braids, locks, an afro, curls, cornrows, twists, and any other hairstyle, treated or untreated, which is commonly associated with a racial, ethnic, or cultural identity.
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
__________________________
Legislative Reference Bureau
Date: _____________________
Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
___________________________
Office of the City Attorney
Date: ______________________
Requestor
Drafter
LRB176333-1
Tea Norfolk
10/9/2020