Said I was from Utah! That was good for a few laughs and some interesting dialogue :) I should have asked them if they had read the SL Trib essay about the priesthood ban :)
I was recently in Philly and I had a conversation with an AA about being from Utah. She looked at me like it wasn't even a real place lol. We never got to the Mormon part.
LOL...I told my barber that the skiing was great...to sum it up he said...ok, UT is great if you like skiing...or if you're Mormon...he obviously could see any other reason UT would be on the map...he was shocked to hear that I lived in a prominently politically Democrat precinct...SLC has sure changed over the years.
Hahaha, I had a similar experience. A man from the DNC asking me for money, somewhat annoying, but anyway, he was surprised he was calling anyone in Idaho. He was under the impression we were all KKK members. He was surprised to find out that where I live, Boise Idaho, is overwhelmingly democrat and our immediate member of the senate representing downtown Boise happens to be a black woman. Teaching people one at a time, hahahaha
The literal fact that African-Americans prefer to patronize a shop that has expertise in the preferred styles and cuts they desire, rather than patronizing a shop that does not specialize in them? Would you be offended if I took my VW to a mechanic who specialized in German cars too?
Finding offense in everything must be exhausting, no?
Like black churches, black barber shops are an important part of black neighborhoods. And as has already been pointed out, black hair care is a specialty. It's been an issue when white people who had no clue how to deal with the needs of black hair adopted black children. Don't look for things to be offended about.
I didn't mean it as offensive...actually quite the opposite...they specialize and are very good at what they do (best straight razor head shave of my life)...it is a very positive piece of cultural America
anybody Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Many black hair stylists can do white hair but not > the other way round.
I was in desparate need of a haircut on a Sunday afternoon, and the only place that I could find was one that specialized in black hair-care. I asked the two people there if they could cut mine, and one said that she had some experience with fine straight hair, but "probably wouldn't do as good a job as [my] regular barber." I took a chance, and she did just fine.
Overall, on my mission to the West Indies in the mid '80s, about 1/3 of the barbers could do a decent job. Most of us just broke the rules and cut each other's hair.
I used to live in Ohio. When I told people I was moving to Seattle, I was stunned at some of the comments.
1.Isn't that in Alaska? 2. Washington has a coast line?! 3. Is that on the way to Hawaii? (technically yes) 4. Aren't you afraid to live so close to Mexico? 5. I've heard Indians still live there. (Yes, they do)
These shops really do exist and are an awesome place to get a haircut or shave (or if would like to take part in some good dialogue). The place I went "Esquire" is mentioned in the link below.