Rodriguez, who has a mixed racial background, often wears her crown of brown hair in a ponytail. Even when she undid her ponytail and shook her hair out at the security gate, the agents said they would have to check her hair with their own hands, she said.
“They don’t seem to understand that it’s deeply offensive and invasive,” said Rodriguez.
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