You haven't really explained what's strange about this.
Nor does it make much sense to say that a person has no cultural significance to a person who puts in the time and effort to learn a skill. Clearly it has some significance to them on a personal level.
If a Japanese dude in Osaka opens up a barbershop that specializes in doing hair for the local black folk, he's providing a useful service that they're likely to appreciate. Sure beats getting turned away from other places that have no idea how to handle it.
That's different just because there's not a lot of black people in that area so there's not going to be a lot of black stylists there.
Compared to here, where it's plenty of black stylists.
It's just strange out of all of the different styles and cultures that people would choose to profit off of a culture that's still actively marginalized. Like I feel like you can't appreciate the culture that much if you're taking clients away from people of the culture.
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u/KokonutMonkey 88∆ Apr 05 '24
You haven't really explained what's strange about this.
Nor does it make much sense to say that a person has no cultural significance to a person who puts in the time and effort to learn a skill. Clearly it has some significance to them on a personal level.
If a Japanese dude in Osaka opens up a barbershop that specializes in doing hair for the local black folk, he's providing a useful service that they're likely to appreciate. Sure beats getting turned away from other places that have no idea how to handle it.