Sandra Rawline with her lawyer Robert Dowdy. [AP]

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A Houston, Texas employee sued her employer for age discrimination, claiming she was fired over her refusal to dye her silver locks, the Guardian reported Sunday.

Sandra Rawline's hair turned grey when she was in her early 20s. She stuck with it, proudly displaying her shoulder-length locks with their natural silver streaks.

In August 2009, her boss told her to present a more "upscale image" to go with her real estate firm's move from the Houston outskirts to a more central commercial area.

Rawline, 52, said she was told to come to work wearing "younger, fancy suits" and lots of jewelry. Also, she had to dye her hair. Her boss even offered to do the coloring.

When she refused, she was fired within a week and replaced by a woman 10 years her junior.

She has sued for discrimination in the Houston courts.（点击英国《卫报》查看原文）

女子因拒绝染发遭解雇

       英国《卫报》周日消息，美国德克萨斯州休斯敦市的一名雇员起诉她的老板年龄歧视，称她由于拒绝给自己的一头银发染色而遭解雇。

       这位名叫桑德拉•罗兰的女性在20岁出头的时候头发就已经变白。但她一直坚持本色，很自豪地展示她自然泛白的齐肩长发。

       2009年8月的时候，她的老板让她注意一下自己的形象，因为她所在的房地产公司要从休斯敦的郊区搬到商业中心区去了。

       现年52岁的罗兰说老板让她工作时穿“更年轻、更时尚”的套装并要佩带首饰。老板还要求她必须染头发，甚至要亲自给她染头发。

       在拒绝了这一要求之后，罗兰一周内就被解雇了，接替她的是一位小她十岁的女性。

       她以遭受歧视为由将公司告上了休斯敦法院。

(China.org.cn July 13, 2011)