> This is something that people are unaware of (sort of on purpose), but barbershops in black communities become ad-hoc community centers, where black men can j

> This is something that people are unaware of (sort of on purpose), but barbershops in black communities become ad-hoc community centers, where black men can just go and be among other black men. This isn't specific to blacks. I've seen it first hand in every culture that has barber shops. Which is every culture. The key ingredient is that the barbers are members of their community and there's work culture (or lack of work culture depending on the individual) that provides enough free time to actually congregate.