After reading a case study about dreadlock I personally believe Christopher Polk and others like him should be allowed to “violate” a grooming policy on the basis of a religious proclamation on the sanctity of dread locks. This is because discrimination against religion is illegal. Creating a grooming policy that conflicts with legal rights is wrong ethically and is itself in violation. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits job discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, religion or national origin (Thorne, 2011). One of the main reasons it was passed is because of the discrimination blacks felt (Thorne, 2011). Locs in the African American community is not usually viewed as a distraction or unreasonable. Wearing locs can be a spiritual
