Can I Go to A Black Hair Salon?

They are one of the most sought after natural hair salons on the East Coast and specialize in tangled and shapeless textures. Many stylists don't need to be trained in texture, and many salons don't employ anyone who knows how to work with wavy and textured hair.    ^{Show Source Texts}

The problem is that there are only a small number of professional stylists who know how to work with all types of hair and the intricacies of black hair mean that people with natural textures are often excluded from the conversation. Some salon owners and stylists say black hair is uncontrollable, while others simply refuse service. We are dealing with a lack of training in the salon service for natural hair and, on top of that, we often find ourselves in situations where we feel humiliated and belittled by a stylist who tries to pack texture into a box or method.    ^{Show Source Texts}

The beauty industry is committed to inclusivity, but stylists are not trained in all hair types, including the texture of hair common to black women. I've done some footwork on products in different salons, but most products for black women want to take your hair out of its natural state and make it something else. As someone who has sat in the salon chair, I know that it can be difficult to find a black natural hairdresser in a salon.    ^{Show Source Texts}

When I moved here last year and had to find a new hairdresser, I decided to go to a nearby black women's hair salon to have my hair cut in the hope that it would be good for curly hair. Now that. I live in Atlanta, there is an upscale black salon in downtown Chicago where white and Hispanic women come every time to get hair extensions and. I always recommend that white women go to black salons to get their hair done. I recommended to one of my white friends to go to a black salon to have her hair dyed.    ^{Show Source Texts}

After being accused by white friends of appropriating black culture, she sought and found it OK to go to a black hair salon. At one point a 30-year-old woman who shared a challenging situation on the subreddit r / Aita realized that black hair salons were the only place she shaved her hair when she wasn't looking. They could have their hair cut and dyed, do a better job and charge much less than the white salons to which one of my white friends regularly went.    ^{Show Source Texts}

The business of hair salons and beauty schools should involve all people. Black women with natural curly hair share products and hairdressers YouTube videos. That being said, this article was shared by a black natural hairdresser in a salon to get the following support.    ^{Show Source Texts}

Knowing how to look after your hair is a complicated and private matter for many black women. For me, hairdressing salons exist as a place where I can find a community where I can double up as a minority and go every day and see similar faces.    ^{Show Source Texts}

I am certain you have heard hundreds of horror stories of women to vent into department stores hair salons and emerging less hair, chemical burns and bad styles. At the beginning of my employment I was told to send black women with coarsely textured hair to less black salons on the street. But I didn't go to a black hair salon, at least not to my neighborhood or a small shop.    ^{Show Source Texts}

More and more white women are going to black salons for hair extensions. There are many white women with thick hair who could have their strands dyed in my salon.    ^{Show Source Texts}

In a perfect world, I'd go to a salon to get my hair done and get paid for an hour or two. The only reason why I go to the salon is to cut my hair and shape it, which happens about every six months.    ^{Show Source Texts}

Carol, a white mother who works full-time in Denver, Colorado, wanted to get a place and experience the way to cut black hair. I learned it was a luxury to have my hair done when I was a college student with a job, and I couldn't afford to go to the salon every other week. I spent my first time in a black hair salon crying and in agony as I braided my hair.    ^{Show Source Texts}

The author of these stories is not uncommon, and we urge you to ask your salon about their policies and demand that they ensure equality of hair by hiring only those who have the knowledge to work with black hair. At an upscale, black-run salon in downtown Chicago, white customers, including white women, come to get hair extensions. One of my white neighbors went there for some reason and asked why they did not rank them. There's a big difference between black and white hair (for lack of a better term), and I don't think it's racist that we are in hair salons and hairdressers segregated.    ^{Show Source Texts}

Beauty salons have become more than a place to get your hair done, they have become teachers. My knowledge was imparted by watching the First Lady of a nearby church buy groceries for a homeless man who was in the salon while he had his hair done.    ^{Show Source Texts}

Hair salons can serve as a much-needed reboot from the stress that accompanies life as a black femme. If you go to a hair salon, you can only get away from work or parenthood for an hour or two. 

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