American Mustache Institute - Discrimination

Discrimination

Efforts by AMI have included a 2007 campaign against "widespread and unacceptable discrimination in the workplace and society", as chronicled by media including the Daily Telegraph and The Learning Channel. In December 2007, AMI lobbied the Royse City, Texas School District on behalf of student Sebastian Pham, who had been forced by a teacher to shave his mustache, which in the opinion of Pham's family and AMI had violated his civil liberties. Additionally, the New York Times cited AMI as an example of modern online community building.

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