Recession causing black salons to close and stylist integration: At what cost?
While a cultural experience may be lost, is a sense of understanding gained...?
From- Black Voices
The Washington Post has reported on a growing trend in integration that many in the black community never thought would happen — the blending of African American hair stylists and black hair care customers into businesses that traditionally have served the mainstream. How could this surprising evolution have come to pass? Was it some form of empathetic activism that bridged the historical divide between black and white women when it comes to beauty? No. It was something as simple as the constraints caused by businesses facing the power of the almighty dollar. The scarcity of beauty dollars being spent, that is. Jezebel.com offers an interesting summary of the events creating a world in which black and white hair care collide:
In Sunday’s Washington Post, Elizabeth Wellington writes that the recession “closed hundreds of African-American salons nationwide and stylists and business owners had to find jobs in mainstream salons.”
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