Survey shows 1 in 4 Black women in U.S. are denied job interviews because of their hair

LOS ANGELES, March 27 (Xinhua) -- A recent survey showed that one in four Black women in the United States believe they have been denied a job interview because of their hair.

According to the 2023 CROWN Workplace Research Study, co-commissioned by LinkedIn and Dove, Black women's hair is 2.5 times more likely to be perceived as unprofessional and over 20 percent of Black women, ages 25 to 34, have been sent home from work because of their hair.