Why Do Koreans Own The Black Beauty Supply Business?

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» by September 27, 2010, 10:25am

It's odd but no so odd at the same time. By now, many people expect to walk into a beauty supply store and see a Korean store owner manning the register.

Whether you're in the suburbs of Houston or on MLK Blvd in Anytown, USA, you know what to expect.

And yet, walking down a street in a Black neighborhood with Black residents and Black customers buzzing about the retail shops, that image of the few Koreans in the neighborhood only existing behind the cash register of liquor, beauty supply and other retail shops is still perplexing.

But what can explain the seemingly random attraction of Black hair to Korean entrepreneurs?

Is it that they love Black hair so much? Was there a plan amongst the first wave of Korean immigrants to hone in on the black hair care industry and dominate the beauty supply store market? From a business perspective, it was no coincidence.

Click Here As The Atlanta Post Tackles This Perplexing Issue

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  • http://mindspill.bygbaby.com/ Tafari

    This story line is tired & old. If you want to complain, do so with your money & stop supporting the businesses. It's that simple.

    If Black people generally speaking were not so addicted to the artificial & economically savvy we probably wouldn't be having this conversation.

  • Omac

    Instead of buying rims and clothes perhaps Black folk need to invest in the community. It's pretty simple.

  • http://www.coolfunfitness.com/products/INSANITY.html Insanity Workout

    Well they must be really good business people and I can't knock them for that. Asians come to America and start businesses and people in America mostly try to find jobs instead of having their own businesses.

  • J

    How is this even a news story. They found something they are good at and an untapped market that *****ody else was doing and there you go

  • MIND YO BIZ

    cuz we feel like it haters

  • http://www.rhymesandpolitics.com Lady Iva

    Asians are far from dumb. They know Black women will spend their entire check on making themselves look good so Koreans go where the money is. They become their own boss and sell us hair extensions because that is a business that will never decline.

    http://www.rhymesandpolitics.com

  • Krusher Kronkite

    First of all their country manufactures most of the hair products(Hair Weave) they sell and the lack of entrepreneurial spirit within the Black community has allowed them to eat in our very own backyards.

  • http://indiaihaj.hu Peter

    Invisible Hair Weave is a long lasting method of attaching commercial hair to the natural hair. Application generally takes about an hour. It will last about 8 weeks.

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