The U.S. Army is coming under fired for changes to its grooming policy.

Some say it discriminates against black women with natural hairstyles. 

From Al Jazeera:

Army Regulation 670-1 has not been published or made official yet, but the new rules were detailed in a PowerPoint presentation that was leaked on March 20. Among the grooming regulations are updated restrictions on how women soldiers can wear their hair.

Read more at Al Jazeera

Women inside and outside of the service have expressed outrage at the policy. A White House petition with more than 3,000 signatures has called for the policy to be changed.

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