PurpleLette
Ancestral Truth Teller
That's one experience. I know countless others where they were talking about us. And condescending. And unkind to Black people outside of the workplace.They're always nice to me, and I know Vietnamese and they're most likely not talking about you lol.
You're paying for a service... of course they betta put some act right on it, but there behavior towards Black people within their social norms is not that.
Please understand the fight for justice is to ensure that Black people are not just taken advantage of monetarily, but given space to be and bring our full selves without restriction or constant judgement. And to have some say so over our communities. The salons, liquor stores, beauty supplies, corner stores that were allowed in our community had no oversight or approval from Black people. Now its just normal for them to be there. We had Black owned business in our communities. They were giving subprime loans, bad loans, higher prices in goods, insurance and real estate. Our ability to produce for our community was not our undoing.
If you remember the train incident with the Black women who were laughing too loud... Asians too have historically discriminated against us, while building wealth from us.
I have not been to asian nail shop in over 15 years... I have been to a spa, but it was not staffed with asians, and I'm not sure what the corporation make up was/owner what not.
There are Black nail technicians, beauty supply stores in almost every major city. If not open a salon, open a beauty supply. Stop giving lifetime money, generational money, legacy wealth to a community that will never support you when you need it.