You stole the words from my fingertips. I wouldn't be surprised if the same casting director that thought it kosher to cast Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone was behind casting Señor Baby Wipes as one of the most influential and inspiring men of the past century.

Same here. I'd understand if this were a Black salon that happened to be located in said hipster area but a place with non-Black stylists who she doesn't even know whether they are capable of even doing her hair well while charging her an arm and a leg?

Now, I know that Warren Beatty was the Pretty Boy standard back in ye olden days (i.e.: before I was born), but the last thing that I think of when watching Splendor in the Grass or The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone is a pop-locking pop tart romancing Natalie Wood or Vivien Leigh...

Yikes. I'd like to think that it was because of her shitty relationship with her father over her wanting to distance herself from her Latina side of her family.

Precisely. It just seems as if the author is putting herself through unnecessary aggravation, thus making it difficult for me to feel any kind of sympathy for her.

Okay? Some folks (and by that, I mean those who live in NYC/have been to NYC many times) act as if Williamsburg is equivalent to Hastings on Hudson or Lake Grove or something.

By no means am I pretending that subway/bus service is a walk in the park (especially on weekends) anywhere in NYC. However, if I were given the choice of staying in my non-Black neighborhood and searching in vain for a stylist who may or may not know how to provide me with a wash & cut or getting on the bus/train to…

After all, our opting to utilize the services of a Black stylist/Black-owned salon that would actually charge us fairly over giving our business to a non-Black stylist who may not have a clue on how to do our hair is akin to a slap in the face.

I think that there is plenty of merit in actively supporting Black-owned businesses (especially in this economy).

I'd be completely on board with your POV in regards to this article if the author were in the same situation as you (living in a city with a scant Black population with the nearest metropolitan city with Black salons being miles away). Since I know for a fact that the author is a mere bus/train ride (and by mere, I…

As am I. Frankly, the only thing that I took away from this article is that the author chose to ignore traveling down the path of common sense - hereby making her foolish in my eyes.

Pretty much. I'd rather be the put-out soul who treks to the hinterlands of Crown Heights or Flatbush to get my hair done well by people who won't nickel and dime me every other weekend than the fool who'd walk around Hipsterville and attempt to find a diamond in the rough who may or may not fuck up my hair while…

As I've said, I'd be more inclined to cosign the author's point if she didn't live in a borough with a sizable Black population with plenty of Black hair salons. She does and can easily choose to resolve her dilemma by finding a Black hair salon in a nearby neighborhood, yet chooses not to because she doesn't want to…

I'll give you some Black hair stylists being annoyed at the idea of having to touch (let alone do) natural hair. However, I realize that life is too short to sit around and wait for them (or the non-Black hairstylists) to get a clue about working on natural Black hair. I'd much rather save myself the teeth-gnashing…

Because a non-"ghetto" stylist (which reads to me as non-Black) would be a superior option? Somehow, I doubt that.

Re: non-Black salons hiring Black stylists - fair enough. I actually believe that would be a better alternative than expecting a non-Black person to know how to do Black hair. However, there'd still be problem of overpricing - something that I surely won't put up with in exchange for the luxury of staying in my…

I didn't think you were disagreeing with me, but I just wanted to make it clear - lest anyone think that I was speaking from my perch of Big City Privilege.

Considering that I've never, nor would I ever, allow a non-Black stylist to work on my hair, this is one of those times where traveling to a Black neighborhood to get my hair done (as opposed to sticking around in a non-Black one where one would have to pay beaucoup bucks for the privilege of having a simple service…

Shamefully, I hadn't even thought of providing Black-owned business support when I posted this, but you've made a very good point. Goodness knows that it's imperative that we do in this age of economical discord and gentrification.