Inside the 'Black hair deserts' that exist all across the United States. TheMelaninEdit
; she says she's the only Black professional stylist with a brick-and-mortar salon in her area. Serving such a large community means that Ford-Washington is booked up at least two weeks in advance. Originally from the Twin Cities, Ford-Washington's experience servicing her Duluth, Minnesota, community has been taxing.
Feeling uncomfortable about getting your hair done by a stylist who doesn't share your texture or skin color is a common sentiment among Black women, especially those who havein the past. "As a Black woman, I want to see a Black woman doing my hair. That's my preference," adds Jones. "I'm not confident that a white or non-Black person can style my hair, and [that’s] rooted in a racialized trust.
Ford-Washington believes a significant portion of her clients would not be able to trust non-Black stylists in the area with their hair and would choose to travel instead. "No matter how much [a non-Black stylist is] educated, some of my African-American women, because that's who I pretty much serve, are just not buying that," she says.
But the trial of finding a Black hairstylist isn't just for those remote areas where the Black population is next to none. For Ambar Johnson, a 27-year-old creative and urban and transportation planner currently living in Boston , where andto access hair care are extremely important. Johnson, who has oscillated between "the urban Northeast and the rural South" for most of her life, has never owned a car.
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