🚨NEW🚨: The hair salon & barbershop is a safe space for many Black people. Amid the mass convo around pubs re-opening after the Covid-19 lockdown, we explored the importance of these Black businesses to communities.
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"There’s a lot of things that Black people face that can impact our quality of life, so we need one another – and hair salons and barbers are key places where we can talk,” one salon owner said. @HuffPostUKLife https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/black-hairdressers-barbers-reopen-coronavirus_uk_5f05a9bfc5b67a80bc00f7ec
More Than A Haircut: Why Black Salons Are Needed More Than Ever After Lockdown

The hair salon is a safe space for many Black people. Here, owners discuss the importance of their role in the community.

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"If politicians - like @BorisJohnson, @PritiPatel – visit Black hair salons - they’d get an education!” one owner said. “They’ll see a different side, how people really think; at the moment they don’t engage with the Black community."
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