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Salon Accused of 'Black Hair' Surcharge [charge black people more than whites]
Washington Post ^
| Sunday, May 29, 2005
Posted on 05/30/2005 10:00:15 AM PDT by Asphalt
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:00:16 AM PDT
by
Asphalt
To: Asphalt
Go to any barber shop and you will see the same amount charged for a kid with a full head of hair as the old guy that's balding. Big deal...
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:01:54 AM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(Get all the incumbents out of politics!)
To: isthisnickcool
It's a private enterprise, as stupid as I think it is, people should have the right to do what they want, whether it be hiring their dad to work for them over a more qualified black person, or charging males more, or whatever.
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:05:35 AM PDT
by
Asphalt
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To: Asphalt
If I'm treated unfairly over a hair cut, I just don't go back.If they had a problem with the price that should have been settled beforehand.
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:06:01 AM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rearview mirror.)
To: isthisnickcool
I usually get charged less. See my name!
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:06:05 AM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(God has blessed Republicans with really stupid enemies.)
To: isthisnickcool
you will see the same amount charged I think that is the point of the lawsuit and from your comment, you are on the side of the plaintiff.
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:06:52 AM PDT
by
staytrue
To: Asphalt
So, the result of the lawsuit will be that Dillards will raise the price of services for non-"Black Hair", so everything's equalized. Problem solved.
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:07:03 AM PDT
by
savedbygrace
("No Monday morning quarterback has ever led a team to victory" GW Bush)
To: Balding_Eagle
Balding
:)
It's God's way of making men more appealing to attract the most intelligent mate.
:D
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:08:09 AM PDT
by
bannie
(The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
To: Asphalt
"Officials in Arizona, California, Florida, Maryland and Massachusetts have already addressed race- and sex-based pricing differences at hair salons."
How?
Why is this even news that different racial types require different practices?
9
posted on
05/30/2005 10:08:38 AM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: isthisnickcool
I wonder if Old English Sheepdogs get charged more than Labrador Retrievers at the groomers?
10
posted on
05/30/2005 10:09:24 AM PDT
by
cowboyway
(My heroes have always been cowboys.)
To: Asphalt
people should have the right to do what they want Not really. I think you would be upset if the store charged you more for the same thing as the next guy. In simple terms, it is an un american practice.
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:09:33 AM PDT
by
staytrue
To: isthisnickcool
My father owns a barber shop, that is true.
How does that excuse a company charging more to blacks...?
The old bald guy's rate is incorporated into the cost of dealing with the hairy youth.
This practice, if prov en, is an unfair trade practice.
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:11:15 AM PDT
by
mmercier
(in my not so humble opine)
To: staytrue
yes, but there will always be people that are fair, if a guy want to rent a jetski to his girlfriend for fifty an hour, and to me for two hundred, then tough luck for me, I can find another place that will rent them to everybody for only 150.
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:11:35 AM PDT
by
Asphalt
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To: staytrue
I think he is saying that he pays just as much as someone with a full head of hair, even though he has fewer hairs.
Perhaps they should charge on a per hair basis.
That would be fair. But it would take much longer.
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:13:00 AM PDT
by
teenyelliott
(Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
To: savedbygrace
But the lawyers will all have new Mercedes.
And that is the dynamic of the legal profession. Period.
Anything goes as long as you can show them the money.
The rest of the country should look closely at the referendum that was voted into law in Florida, limiting legal fees in all civil cases.
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:13:25 AM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: savedbygrace
<< So, the result of the lawsuit will be that Dillards will raise the price of services for non-"Black Hair", so everything's equalized. Problem solved
Give that man a cigar.
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:14:26 AM PDT
by
mmercier
To: savedbygrace
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:16:08 AM PDT
by
Asphalt
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To: cowboyway
I wonder if Old English Sheepdogs get charged more than Labrador Retrievers at the groomers? It's much worse than that. Some groomers refuse to service particular breeds because they find their hair difficult to work with. So if this lady thinks she has it bad, she ought to talk to a poor Shih-Tzu-American or a Lhasa-American.
To: Asphalt
Hmmm O.K. It's not a big deal. My wife (who is black) has been told by numerous hairdressers that they can't do her hair not because she's black but because they do not have enough experience to do it correctly.
At first we got all our hackles raised but one hairdresser calmly expalained that we'd be alot more angry if he screwed up her hair than if he just refused and refered us to someone who could do a better job.
So I can see why someone would charge more, nothing to do with racism at all.
Nothing to see here.
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:18:03 AM PDT
by
dominic7
To: mmercier
"This practice, if prov en, is an unfair trade practice."No, it is not!
I also own more than one business, and it is the only fair way to conduct business.
Your father's incorporation of fees to all is totally unfair to those that do not require that level of service, but guess what? He has the right to be unfair.
Are you crazy, or just a communist?
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posted on
05/30/2005 10:18:49 AM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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