WOMAN DENIED AT JCPENNEY SALON FOR HAVING "BLACK HAIR"

[bellecheveux]

http://jezebel.com/5070932/woman-denied-service-at-jc-penney-salon-for-having-black-hair

Craziness.

 

[JustKiya]

There was a thread on this earlier this week.

Ahhh - this article gives more detail, though.

I'll have to amend my previous statement, and say they were wrong for turning her away considering she had virgin hair - I was thinking she was already double processed, considering the previous article said that she had a perm and color, already.

Two very different stories - most interesting.

 

[bellecheveux]

There was a thread on this earlier this week.

Ahhh - this article gives more detail, though.

I'll have to amend my previous statement, and say they were wrong for turning her away considering she had virgin hair - I was thinking she was already double processed, considering the previous article said that she had a perm and color, already.

Two very different stories - most interesting.

LOL. I'm always the last to know!

But regardless of texture, shouldn't beauty school teach you how to do ALL types of hair? If I can walk into Hair Cuttery and get a relaxer and blowout like at a Dominican salon, I should get the same at JCPenney.

It's not impossible to do "black" hair...

 

[JustKiya]

LOL. I'm always the last to know!

But regardless of texture, shouldn't beauty school teach you how to do ALL types of hair? If I can walk into Hair Cuttery and get a relaxer and blowout like at a Dominican salon, I should get the same at JCPenney.

It's not impossible to do "black" hair...

Totally true - but the thought was that if her hair was double-processed, that it would be - well, risky - to apply an additional chemical on top of that when you aren't familiar with the hair.

Shoot, some black stylists don't know how to handle natural hair right.

 

[aevieal]

Wow, what a sad article. I always imagined at salon school they taught their students how to properly style and take care of all hair types.

 

[Magus484]

I saw this on the news on some website.

I don't feel sorry for her. Why, as a black female, would she want someone with no experience on black hair to do her hair? Look at how many posts are here in the hair section of this forum, implyng that our hair requires special care. Our hair is structured different and requires different care. She isn't old enough to know that our hair texture is different and of higher maintenance than caucasian hair? Please! Foolishness. I am natural, and I would never let anyone who has no experience with natural hair touch my hair- no matter what race they are. Hell, many black stylists don't even know how to do natural hair. It's not a risk I would take.

If they agreed to do her hair and jacked it up, then she would probably try to sue them for that even.

I am tired of hearing this same lame story.

 

[MizzBrown]

I saw this on the news on some website.

I don't feel sorry for her. Why, as a black female, would she want someone with no experience on black hair to do her hair? Look at how many posts are here in the hair section of this forum, implyng that our hair requires special care. Our hair is structured different and requires different care. She isn't old enough to know that our hair texture is different and of higher maintenance than caucasian hair? Please! Foolishness. I am natural, and I would never let anyone who has no experience with natural hair touch my hair- no matter what race they are. Hell, many black stylists don't even know how to do natural hair. It's not a risk I would take.

If they agreed to do her hair and jacked it up, then she would probably try to sue them for that even.

I am tired of hearing this same lame story.

THANK YOU! I don't let white folks touch my hair. I don't trust them to do my makeup either. And she would've been complaining about what a hack-up job she did anyway.

White stylists SHOULD have learned how to do all types of hair but they don't. Hell the black stylists can't get our own hair down right.

I remember when i used to scan the phone book looking for a new salon and i'd call them and my first question was "is this a black or white salon?".

It's not impossible to do black hair but some folks sure cant get it right if we have this forum and horrible reviews in the Salon Review Forum.

 

[NYAmicas]

I feel bad for her because the way she describes it, she was slighted, and I probably feel that way as well. Since when does JC Penny not do AA hair though? I've never been. Perhaps they should've explained it better as to why they didn't want to do her hair. Saying, "We dont do African American hair", reeks of the 30s.

 

[MizzBrown]

Has anyone witnessed a white woman coming in your local salon? Do they already know better? Do they come in and realize it's black and then turn around?

Cause there are differences. I used to wonder why white folks get highlights with foil but black folks get highlights by using that cap with the holes in the top and they'd pull my strands through the holes and apply the color/bleach.

Black folks aint got no highlighting foils in their salon!

If they asked for a blowout, would your black stylist have the tools and products necessary to give her one?

 

[Magus484]

I feel bad for her because the way she describes it, she was slighted, and I probably feel that way as well. Since when does JC Penny not do AA hair though? I've never been. Perhaps they should've explained it better as to why they didn't want to do her hair. Saying, "We dont do African American hair", reeks of the 30s.

It depends on the neighborhood. When I used to have relaxed hair, there was a JCPenney in a predominantly black neighborhood mall. It was a black salon. Just with hair cuttery- the hair cutteries in black neighborhoods have black stylists.

 

[Magus484]

THANK YOU! I don't let white folks touch my hair. I don't trust them to do my makeup either. And she would've been complaining about what a hack-up job she did anyway.

White stylists SHOULD have learned how to do all types of hair but they don't. Hell the black stylists can't get our own hair down right.

I remember when i used to scan the phone book looking for a new salon and i'd call them and my first question was "is this a black or white salon?".

It's not impossible to do black hair but some folks sure cant get it right if we have this forum and horrible reviews in the Salon Review Forum.

EXACTLY! When I relaxed my hair and was looking for a salon, I always called beforehand. Why? To save myself the embarassment and the look of a fool. Also, the uncomfortable situation.

 

[sareca]

I want a salon that specializes in black hair. If you took a couple of classes a billion years ago, that ain't good enough. I'd rather you turn me away than jack up my hair so you can be politically correct.

The fact that there's an article about this irritates me. Would it have been news worthy if a Japanese woman had been turned away from a black salon because they didn't do thermal straightening? Nope!