I have known white barbers who don’t cut black people hair just because they don’t know how and this is the defense this barber is giving.
BUT……
According to the customer he wasn’t looking for the DUKE Starting 5, but a simple shave.
Larry Thomas, 65, was arrested and charged with pointing and presenting firearms at a person.
“I asked him does he shave, Can I have a shave?’” said Arthur Hill, of Fort Mill. “He said, ‘I don’t do black hair,’” Hill recalled. “I asked him does he shave, can he shave me, and he said, ‘I don’t do black hair.’”
Hill says he had never been to the barbershop in the 2100 block of Celanese Road before. However, he says he was pressed for time and needed a shave before work. “I can’t have facial hair, I work around food,” he explained.
Hill says he asked Thomas to clarify why he couldn’t get a cut.
“I said, ‘Are you referring to African American hair?’ He said, ‘Yeah,’ and at the time I noticed he already had his hand gripped on a .38 snub nose chrome revolver.”
It shouldn’t matter if you are black, white or Kaepernick to just get a shave right?
Flip the page for the video and the barber’s explanation…