London Company Withdraws Nigerian Graduate’s Job Offer Because She Wore BRAIDS

A young Nigerian lady claims she had a job offer revoked by a company just because her hair is braided.

Bournemouth University graduate Lara Odoffin wrote about the discrimination she had faced in a post on Facebook yesterday and was astonished when it quickly went viral and was shared over 3,000 times.

She also posted a picture of the email she had received from the company, which read: “Unfortunately we cannot accept braids – it is simply part of the uniform and grooming requirements we get from our clients.”

Ms Odoffin, who has chosen not to name the company, angrily lashed out at the discrimination writing:

“So after being accepted for a position within this company, they have TAKEN BACK the offer of a position on the grounds that if I do not take my braids out. Naturally I simply cannot work for the company. This type of discrimination should not still be happening in this day and age and any establishment still condoning such practices deserve to be shamed and criticised.

“Being a black woman means that to have a long term hairstyle that stays neat is always going to be a problem. Having braids that last for 2-4 months and can be packed neatly and styled to however a workplace requires is the solution to this problem. No workplace has any right to forbid you from this. This is discrimination and I am disgusted that I had to be subject to such behaviour in this 21st century. Please share. It is not okay.”