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Black Barbershops Face Divide Over Reopening During Pandemic
Businesses across the country have been reeling from closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. Black barbershops, in particular, have been struggling to survive as their businesses have come to a standstill and their options for relief are increasingly limited. CNN reports that as more states begin to ease restrictions, black barbershops have been divided on…
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Tennessee Barbershop Partners With Vanderbilt to Provide Basic Healthcare Services
Black men, historically, are reluctant to go to the doctor. I mean just speaking for myself I’ve only recently been proactive about going to get checkups and all that good stuff. Instead of waiting for us to come to them, doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have taken the initiative to come to us. WSMV…
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An Ode To The Realest And "Wokest" White Dude Ever: The White Barber At The Black Barbershop
Finding a truly and thoroughly “woke” White guy is like finding an albino alligator. Or a Kappa with dignity and tact. They’re so rare and so elusive that the search for them often ends up propping up pretenders and a few contenders who are trying waaaaaaaay too hard and end up actually being “overwoke” like they’re freebasing espresso.…
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10 Things You Need To Know About The Black Barbershop
1. Breaking up with a barber is the most traumatic break-up a Black man will ever experience. One, because barber relationships usually last much longer than the half-assed, Tinder-generated exchange of Netflix passwords and seminal fluids you people call “relationships.” But also because the usual break-up excuses — “It’s not you, it’s me” and “I’m…
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