Afro hair should be made a protected characteristic, says a campaign backed by Mel B. The World Afro Day (WAD) group has written to MPs calling on them to amend the 2010 Equality Act to add the specification for afro hair.

Campaigners have called on the Government to make Afro hair a protected characteristic to prevent race discrimination in schools and the workplace. The campaign group World Afro Day (WAD) came to Parliament to convince MPs to amend the 2010 Equality Act to add the specification for Afro hair.

Mel B, who is supporting World Afro Day, says her "big, wild, curly hair" got her into scrapes as a kid. She was told to straighten her hair when she became Scary Spice, but she ignored the advice and stayed proudly curly.

Former Spice Girl Mel B is among dozens of Black Britons urging Britain’s Parliament to update the country’s equality laws and prohibit Afro hair discrimination. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File) LONDON (AP) — Former Spice Girl Mel B is among ...

The former Spice Girl is part of a campaign calling for an update to the Equality Act to make afro hair a protected characteristic

Campaigners have written to parliament this week urging it to update the Equality Act 2010 to make Afro hair a protected characteristic.