this type of hair is associated with being beautiful and preferable to other hair texture, in this instance, natural African hair."(Oyedemi 546) This article, shows the unfortunate and telling truth of how African girls feel about their own hair, a perception that demonstrates a lack of self acceptance. This perception is reversed in another experiment, this time performed in the United States. Published in 2016, the article entitled, African American Personal Presentation: Psychology of Hair and Self Perception, gave the rundown of an experimental procedure conducted in America, using data from five urban areas across the country and females ages 18–65. A questionnaire was administered which determined how "African American women internalize beauty and wearing of hair through examination of locus of control and self-esteem."(Ellis-Hervey 879) The results showed a positive correlation between high internal locus of control and wearing hair in its natural state. American women have a feeling of empowerment when it comes to wearing their natural hair. In 2019, the California State Assembly unanimously voted to pass the CROWN Act, a law that would prohibit discrimination based on hairstyle and hair texture. This was followed in coming years by similar laws in New York, New Jersey, Washington, Maryland, Virginia, and Colorado. In 2022, a similar law, the CROWN Act of 2022, was passed in the US House of Representatives. In other diasporic African populations During the 19th century, throughout the West Indies, the teachings of Jamaican political leader Marcus Garvey encouraged an active rejection of European standards of beauty. The resulting Rastafari movement of the 20th century has maintained that the growth of freeform dreadlocks is related to spiritual enlightenment, largely informed by the Biblical Nazirite oath. The Rastafari movement has been so influential in the visibility and subsequent popularity of dreadlocks, throughout the Caribbean and in the global African diaspora, that the term "rasta" has become synonymous with a dreadlocked individual. Today, dreadlocks are common among Afro-Caribbeans and Afro-Latin Americans. Styling Over the years, natural hair styles and trends have varied from media influences and political climates. The care and styling of natural Black hair has become an enormous industry in the United States. Numerous salons and beauty supply stores cater solely to clients with natural afro-textured hair. The Afro is a large, often spherical growth of afro-textured hair that became popular during the Black Power movement. The Afro has a number of variants including "afro