I finally found a black barber. Can I move him to Austin?

So, I've spent a lot of space on this blog complaining about a lack of black barbers in my neighborhood. And to some, its a pretty important topic. In the last few weeks, people have come upon my blog after they've typed in keywords such as:

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What I haven't told you is I finally found a guy who could cut my hair. The day before the Feb. 28 Cowtown Marathon, I was walking around downtown Fort Worth and saw this place called Shelton's Barber. I walk in. There was an old black guy and a young black guy manning the chairs. I'm happy because I know these guys will know what to do with this nappy stuff on my head. The young guy's chair is open and in 30 minutes, I've got a fresh haircut.

The thing I noticed is that both of the barbers had white customers as well. And because the shop was downtown, I'm pretty sure most of their customers are white. So the question is, if black barbers had to learn how to cut black and white hair, how come the white establishments don't make their people learn how to cut black hair?

Hmmmm.

I've been back to this barber three other times. He only charges $13 and I give him a $7 tip. Why so much of a tip? Well, those places like SuperCuts or ProCuts charge about $17 for a cut and I tip them $3 bucks. And they don't even deserve a tip.

So, its nice to have finally found a place to cut my hair. Of course, the bad news is, I'm moving to Austin and will have to find another barber. And the neighborhood I'm moving to, just south and west of downtown Austin and a few miles away from Westlake, doesn't look like it's teeming with black barbers, or barbers who can cut a black man's hair.

Hopefully, it won't take me a long time to find another place like Shelton's.