BISMILLAH

As-Salaamu ‘Alaikum Beloved and Beautiful Asiatic Sisters of the Planet Earth!

I am a single mother of a son and he has to always look good. That means he must be clean, neat and well-groomed at all times. Tight haircuts are essential to being a clean, neat and well-groomed Blackman.

We must teach our boys at a young age that they have to have their hair cut on a regular basis and it is something that they will have to do for the rest of their lives. We must get them to the point where they feel uncomfortable if their hair gets too long.

The hair is one of the first things people see whenever they look at a male because of its proximity to the face, so it has a big impact on one’s impression. We must make sure our son(s) and husband always have fresh haircuts.

Being a single mother, getting my son’s hair cut every week can be very costly. Barbershops charge $15 for a haircut nowadays and that is more than I can comfortably afford. So, I looked into alternative ways to keep my son looking sharp.

Someone suggested that I take him to the Barber College. The charge is only $5 per cut and $3 for a line-up. So, I took him and I was very pleased with the results.

After about two years of taking him to the Barber College and watching the students learn, the idea came to me that if they could do it, why couldn’t I? So, I began watching closely and finally decided to buy some clippers.

I told my son’s regular student barber what I had in mind. He was very supportive and even went with me next door to the beauty supply and helped me select a pair of clippers. They were less than $20.00. I bought some used T-Outliners for the line-up but they didn’t work right so I just threw them away and haven’t bought another pair. So, he just uses my razors and lines himself up.

btw Some Barbershops are offering $5.00 haircuts now, but I went to one of those places and it was jam-packed. My time is valuable. I don’t feel comfortable sitting in a Barbershop for two and a half hours with a bunch of men watching filth on television. So, we left.

I’ve been cutting his hair in our kitchen ever since. It is so much more convenient. I don’t have to go anywhere. I can do it at whatever hour I want. I put the hair directly in the garbage as soon as I cut it, so cleaning up is minimal. And best of all, IT’S FREE!