Barber Shop:Free Speech, Truth, History of Civil Rights

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Greetings Brethren,
"There was once a scribe who told the Truth as God had witnessed. Many people previously knew of this Truth. However they told the scribe why did you have to say it or write it?"

The record shows that Rosa Parks was tired that day of Rebellion. We also know from the reliable sources of media etc. that Jesse resides at Charlatans Row. Are Reparations a ruse and guise by some to promote an anti-Black cause and line personal pocketbooks? Can a man in the flesh that claim he is god, be wise about anything? The record also speaks of the sowing of many seeds by Martin Luther King.

"Meanwhile the scribe noted that many have come to benefit their Brethren. They have also been human and prone to human mistakes. However men that claim to be messengers of God have a special responsibility. So did the positive deeds of the Honorable Elijah
Muhammad and the positive deeds of Martin Luther King Jr. out weigh the negative conclusions of whoremongering? Why didn't' we also use Jesse Jackson in the last equation?"

Peace and Love,
Carl Patton writing for the FreedomJournal October 5, 2002 in the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

THE MOVIE BARBER SHOP
(FREE SPEECH, TRUTH, HISTORY CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT)

INTRODUCTION

In the name of Jehovah God, Master of the universe, Ruler of the earth.

As the days of life turn and twist the turn for Truth is seen. We also note that the multitudes have also seen and heard the wishes for the unwise and unrighteous. Meanwhile the scribe's role and mission as assigned by the most High God is to respond and bring up for review questions and concerns that effect the salvation and life of humankind.

In this world that often frowns on the role of dedicated and responsible intellectuals in matters of religion and social science many questions are at times brought to the table by other characters in the world. We see those in athletics taking on the role of activists in days past and gone and days to come. We also see those that are performers and entertainers
speaking on various questions sometimes in song and lyrics as comedians and as actors. Some know and some do not know.

Therefore, is there an expressed or unexpressed role of people with high name recognition such as entertainers, and sports legends? With that in mind we now look briefly at an institution in the Black community. The FreedomJournal notes there are three basic institutions in society. Thus the home, church, and school are seen by most scholars as three basic institutions whereby humankind comes to know of life. However, we move to add another unit to this equation. We see the environment in which we live as an all-encompassing institution of society. Within this environment is a community and within this community is a Barber Shop (s).

For the record before the arrival of the Civil Rights Movement there were various Black businesses throughout the Black communities of North America. However as the mood of Black inferiority fueled the move to an Integrationist philosophy the decline of Black businesses took a downward and Hell-bound descent. Presently we have only three remaining Black businesses that Black people patronize. One is the Black funereal home.
The other is the Black Hair Salons, and of course the now infamous Black Barber Shop.

Let the record show that in the last ten years more or less there has been a move by White entrepreneurs to monopolize the Black business of burying the dead. Since then we have seen large chains of Funeral Homes owned by White business men buying up Black Funeral Homes throughout the United States. They have used prominent Black people to
assist in identifying and closing many of these deals. Still, most Black people do not know of the sell-out because they keep the original owners on as hired help.

If this sell-out was not one of the worst economic crimes committed against the Black community, the sell-out of Black Hair Care Salons and the sell-out of the Black Hair Care manufactures takes the cake, cookies, pudding, pie and anything not sweet but sour. We see Asians (Koreans) owning Black Hair Care Salons. The Asians know that Black Hair Care
and the products used is a multi-billion dollar industry. They also know that Black people are world-wide.

How can the Blacks that created and manufactured Black Hair Care Products sleep at night when they know that if they want to buy some hair oil they have to buy it from an Asian? How in the world did a group of people that do not use any of these products nor did they create them initially now virtually control the Black Hair Care industry along with the big White Cosmetic conglomerates?

Will Korean men and women eventually be doing Black Hair exclusively in the next few years? Can Black Hair Dressers compete with the Koreans if they teach them how to do Black hair? Why would Black Beauty Shop owners allow Korean nail technicians in their shops when there are available Black nail technicians?

Will the Black Barber Shop survive? Will the Black Barber Shop maintain the status of being Black owned and a bastion of Black intellectual thought? We do not say this in jest. The Barber Shop has a distinct place in the Black community. However, what is that role? Can Black men in the Barber Shops talk about anything and not be held accountable?

Cont. Part 2: The Barber Shop A Place of Free Speech, Slander & Keeping It Real
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