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Friend of my grandfather told me a story about when he went to upstate NY for grad school:
During orientation, the guide tells them all about the town they're in, where to eat, get a drink, buy clothes, get a haircut etc.
After traveling, he's looking like
so he's trying to get that haircut.
He's from VA, still very much segregated so he's all
cause NY is integrated.
But he's still very much suspicious about this barber shop. He's the only black guy in a group full of whites, so he figures maybe the guide didn't wanna single him out and embarrass him. So after the tour he goes up to the guide privately and asks
"where can I go to get a haircut?"
Guide tells him the same spot as before.
So he gets directions, goes into town, thinking 1950's upstate NY is this multicultural oasis.
He gets to the barber shop, and it's all eyes on him like
Inside,
but he sits down in the chair and waits his turn
Eventually the barber looks at him and goes
"...I guess you're up..."
He hops in the chair, barber puts the cape on him, turns him around to face the mirror, grabs the scissors, does a few perfunctory snips. Stops.
Hesitates...then says,
"Look, you're gonna have to tell me what to do here..."
Takes the cape off, hops out the chair, and dips.
Friend of my grandfather told me a story about when he went to upstate NY for grad school:
During orientation, the guide tells them all about the town they're in, where to eat, get a drink, buy clothes, get a haircut etc.
After traveling, he's looking like
so he's trying to get that haircut.
He's from VA, still very much segregated so he's all
cause NY is integrated.But he's still very much suspicious about this barber shop. He's the only black guy in a group full of whites, so he figures maybe the guide didn't wanna single him out and embarrass him. So after the tour he goes up to the guide privately and asks
"where can I go to get a haircut?"Guide tells him the same spot as before.
So he gets directions, goes into town, thinking 1950's upstate NY is this multicultural oasis.
He gets to the barber shop, and it's all eyes on him like
Inside,
but he sits down in the chair and waits his turnEventually the barber looks at him and goes
"...I guess you're up..."He hops in the chair, barber puts the cape on him, turns him around to face the mirror, grabs the scissors, does a few perfunctory snips. Stops.
Hesitates...then says,
"Look, you're gonna have to tell me what to do here..."Takes the cape off, hops out the chair, and dips.
