The politics of haircuts

Brut America

3/25/2025

When did haircuts become a political statement?

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00:00I'm not closing the store.

00:02If they arrest me,

00:04I have someone that will keep the store open

00:06because it's our right to keep the store open.

00:08I'm going to stay open until Jesus comes.

00:10Amen!

00:12Wow!

00:14Check me out!

00:30For heaven's sake, open the barber shops!

00:38Open the hair salons!

00:40We need haircuts!

00:42We gotta buy food!

00:44We gotta go to work!

01:31Your actions were selfish,

01:35putting your own interests

01:37ahead of those of the community in which you live.

01:39I have to disagree with you, sir,

01:41when you say that I'm selfish

01:43because feeding my kids

01:46is not selfish.

01:48I have hairstylists that are going hungry

01:51because they'd rather feed their kids.

01:54So, sir, if you think the law is more important

01:57than kids getting fed,

01:59then please go ahead with your decision,

02:01but I am not going to shut the salon.

02:30Shelby's free! Shelby's free!

02:36Thank you guys so much.

02:38I'm a little overwhelmed.

02:52In the state of Texas,

02:54no one can be put behind bars

02:57because they're not following an executive order.

03:00That includes the woman

03:02that we've been reading about

03:04with the beauty salon.

03:06She's free today.

03:07Good.

03:27I've always worked.

03:29I've never looked for handouts.

03:30I don't even know what they are.

03:32Somebody called me and said,

03:34well, why didn't you get on food stamps?

03:36Well, you know, I don't want food stamps.

03:38I want to work.

03:40I want to work.

03:41And this was the whole emphasis of this thing

03:43was for me, when our governor said,

03:45you know, we're going to have another 28 days,

03:47it knocked me to my knees.

03:49I couldn't take another 28 days.

03:51I had to get back to work.

03:56In Chiawassee County,

03:58which is where this barber's shop is,

04:00we have 196 confirmed cases of COVID-19 right now.

04:03We've had 13 deaths in that county alone.

04:06And we're going to have another 28 days

04:09to get back to work.

04:11So we're going to have to work.

04:13We're going to have to work.

04:15We're going to have to work.

04:17We're going to have to work.

04:19We're going to have to work.

04:21We're going to have to work.

04:23We're going to have to work.

04:26And the protections and the work that we've done

04:29is to protect the barber

04:31as well as all of his clients.

04:34And so that's why it's really important

04:37that we continue to be smart,

04:40to do this in incremental stages,

04:43to listen to the data,

04:45to ramp up our testing,

04:47and continue moving forward.

04:56Michigan, all of you business owners,

05:00you beauticians, you barbers,

05:02massage therapists, all of you,

05:05open up your shop.

05:16Open up your shop. Stand up and show up.

05:25It's time to open up the state, folks.

05:27We need to get back to work.

05:37My concern that if some areas, cities, states,

05:40or what have you,

05:41jump over those various checkpoints,

05:45that we're going to have to open up

05:47the state.

05:48We're going to have to open up the state.

05:50We're going to have to open up the state.

05:52We're going to have to open up the state.

05:54If we don't open up those checkpoints

05:57and prematurely open up

05:59without having the capability

06:01of being able to respond effectively

06:03and efficiently,

06:05my concern is that we will start to see

06:07little spikes that might turn into outbreaks.

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