I read an interesting article that barbershops are effective outlets for disseminating health-related information and services among black communities. Many are skeptical of the healthcare system after many decades of abuse/racism/abhorrent things but barbershops can help reduce the barrier to trusting. Are barbershops ideal places for this? Absolutely not. But if it works… maybe it’s a bridge to a more ideal future. Same could be held for churches.

It’s pretty eye opening when you read the big subreddits. It’s pretty clear they’re full of vocal white people with strong opinions who have never talked to anything but the token black person in their life. They view everything through the lens of their somewhere in the middle class white suburban upbringing. And while their views are total valid for growing up in boring ass Ohio, the experience in many Baltimore neighborhoods is totally different.