According to Coleman, the TSA and the ACLU reached an agreement in January. The agreement will involve training designed to prevent black women from being singled out for hair searches.

The TSA confirmed the agreement to BuzzFeed News in an email Friday:

TSA reached an informal agreement with the ACLU to enhance officer training. Racial profiling is not tolerated by TSA. Not only is racial profiling prohibited under DHS and agency policy, but it is also an ineffective security tactic.

In a letter sent to Coleman and posted online by the ACLU, the TSA further explained that it will retrain officers to stress “race neutrality.” The training will place “special emphasis on hair patdowns of African American female travelers” and will be designed to avoid discrimination.

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