Woman shares a of how her braids made her loose job

Lara Odoffin shared the post on Facebook, which
was accompanied with a letter from the company.
Read her story below:
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.

I thought i'd post a status to save time
answering questions.
Firstly I'd like to say thank you to everyone
for the support. What I intended to be a
vent of my feelings towards the company
and maybe be shared a couple of times has
exploded and touched/angered a lot of
people in way I genuinely could never have
imagined.
I am not currently naming the company (as
much as i'd like to right now out of
indignation and anger) because I do not
intend to destroy someones livelihood and
business, and I don't really want a lawsuit
on my hands either... however it does not
deter from the fact now that I have
chanced upon an opportunity to correct
blatant ignorance and discrimination, and it
is a fact that I certainly will keep going
until it is put to rest. If it does result in me
having no choice but to completely expose
the company, I have no problem in doing
so.
This policy needs to be eradicated
completely, there is no room for such rules
in this day and age- across any sector.
More than anything it just made me upset.
I had the right experience, they were happy
to have me... it was just about my hair.
Kind of silly really. I will be speaking to a
lawyer about this tomorrow and will be
contacting the company. As I have now
learnt social media is a very powerful thing
and I would not want to misuse it!
Again, thank you very much for the
surprising but amazing level of support, I
will keep you posted.
It has really made a difference so please do
keep sharing so I hear ram