I think we need non-discrimination protections for hair style and texture. Afrodescendants often get an unnecessarily hard time in employment for our hair style and texture.

In fact, here are some detailed protected classes to suggest in the future:

• Hair color, style and texture
• Lip size and shape
• Nose size and shape
• Eyelid shape
• Eye color

Skin color is already de jure protected from discrimination, but not to the furthest point that renders such discrimination impossible to treat with respect. Dark-skinned women are treated either horribly or ignorantly in much of society.

I want to see dark-skinned women receive equal treatment to lightest-skinned men. I want to see dark-skinned women’s physical features recognized under the law as sacrosanct from any attempt to demand their change. Dark-skinned women should never have to change themselves to get and maintain a job, buy/rent a home, take care of themselves and their families, and enjoy their day anywhere in the country without being harassed, threatened, abused or neglected over their epidermal features.