FOI #25-323 (08-4-25, 7:43 am) - Subject - Charlotte Bennett November - December 2019 and the CROWN Act (aka) Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act
Name - Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W
Affiliation - Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W ORCID.: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5780-6457
What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] the legal and financial obligations that your local/state government would incur in the event a female employee in your local/state government is sexually harassed for wearing her hair in the form of a bun; [2] Charlotte Bennett as a Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree graduate of Hamilton College (Clinton, New York) who has on (or around) May 26th 2021 given sworn testimony to deputized legal representatives of the New York Attorney General attesting that she was (i) previously “yelled at” by Stephanie Benton, Melissa DeRosa, Anabel Walsh, Dani Lever and Jill DesRosiers during her employment within the New York Executive Chamber (that was headed by former Governor Andrew Cuomo); (ii) very strongly encouraged to be unpleasant towards people who were working under her supervision if they did not meet the deadlines and the standards set by the New York Executive Chamber (that was headed by former Governor Andrew Cuomo); (iii) at times unpleasant towards people who were working under her supervision when they did not meet the deadlines and the standards set by the New York Executive Chamber (that was headed by former Governor Andrew Cuomo); (iv) derogatorily referred to as “bun” during the months of November and December 2019; (v) very profoundly affected by the sexual harassment she experienced during the months of November and December 2019 following her decision to wear her hair in the form of a bun; [3] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black B.A Degree graduate of Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri) and a former Missouri state government employee (listed on Missouri’s Accountability Portal) who has witnessed his written content paradoxically being subjected to frenzy before they were filtered and distorted on internet search engines (ISE) such as AOL, Bing/MSN and Yahoo following his decision to recognize that (i) gender – in addition to racial background, sexual orientation, national origin, religious affiliation, disability status and age group structures the formal and informal ties that exists between people in American society and the rest of the world; (ii) throughout the history of the United States, society has used hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles, in conjunction with skin color to classify people on the basis of race; (iii) a clear and comprehensive law should address the systematic deprivation of educational, employment and other opportunities on the basis of hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles that are commonly associated with race; (iv) clear, consistent and enforceable legal standards must be provided to redress the widespread incidences of race discrimination based upon hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles in schools, workplaces, housing, places of public accommodations, and other contexts...