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What 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 hai
by ikeyany 8y ago
What 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 8y 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 8y agoOn what basis do you say it's imitating reality?
- c0vfefe 8y 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 8y 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 8y 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 8y 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.