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As a white male, the barber shop is one thing I always envied African-Americans. Seems nice to have a place where you can always drop by for some loose banter w
by codebolt 7y ago
As a white male, the barber shop is one thing I always envied African-Americans. Seems nice to have a place where you can always drop by for some loose banter with the local guys.
- mac01021 7y agoLast year I walked into a McDonald's at 8am and a bunch of old white guys seemed to be using the place as just such a venue.
- nozzlegear 7y agoI live in a small, predominantly white town in northwest Iowa and this is true here as well. Every morning, all of the tables and seating areas at every gas station in town are full of older men sitting around chatting about the town, school, sports, politics, etc.
- dajohnson89 7y agoI live in a chinese neighborhood, and bakeries serve the exact same function for older locals.
- ikeyany 7y agoWhat a strange stereotype...is this something people get from TV? How many black people do you know that use their barbershop as a place other than to get a haircut? Black people go to their friend's house or a bar, just like white people do.
- c0vfefe 7y agoI would guess that's fiction imitating reality. I'll only generalize about my own race's behavior here, by saying that most people reading this are probably white and therefore less likely to have useful input into your question.
- ikeyany 7y agoOn what basis do you say it's imitating reality?
- c0vfefe 7y agoI found some more information on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wCbRfoWgmQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wCbRfoWgmQ https://www.ted.com/talks/joseph_ravenell_how_barbershops_can_keep_men_healthy https://www.ted.com/talks/joseph_ravenell_how_barbershops_ca... https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-empowering-evolution-of-black-barbershops/ https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-empowering-evo...
- codebolt 7y ago> is this something people get from TV? Well my wife is Nigerian, and she claims they have similar type barbers in her country. But mainly through TV, yes. I recently watched the latest Barbershop movie (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3628584/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3628584/) which really made me think about it.
- ikeyany 7y agoAsk your wife how often Nigerians men hang out at their friends or a bar, versus how often they hang out at a barbershop.
- azernik 7y agoAnd rich WASPy men also do those things. Doesn't remove the special significance of the country club as a social space in that society.
- MicahNance 7y agoThe barber shop is a "third place" after work and home. https://theartofcharm.com/art-of-personal-development/what-is-a-third-place-and-why-do-you-need-one/ https://theartofcharm.com/art-of-personal-development/what-i...