Posted on 05/30/2005 10:00:15 AM PDT by Asphalt
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- An Alabama woman is seeking class-action status for a lawsuit against a Dillard's Inc. hair salon for allegedly charging black women more than white women.
Debbie Deavers Sturvisant alleges that a hair salon in a Tuscaloosa, Ala., Dillard's department store charged $35 to wash and set her hair, while white women paid $20 for the same service.
Sturvisant's lawsuit could bring a whole new level of attention to the general practice across the country of charging differently for hair care based on ethnicity.
Officials in Arizona, California, Florida, Maryland and Massachusetts have already addressed race- and sex-based pricing differences at hair salons.
"The stereotype is that all black hair is the same. But that's erroneous...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
That was part of the joke.
LMAO
This is why I now do my own hair at home. No salon, white or black,can get it right.
Easy solution. Itemize the bill based on the materials used and the time per client. That would be the fairest method.
Yes to OE Sheepdogs costing more than Labs. And yes to Labs getting groomed, since baths and nail trims are part of grooming.
I agree, very funny.
So i now have the right to file lawsuits against brand name makers because they charge mote than the generic store brand?
Who are you to judge that I can't spend my money more if I wish for a premium brand or less for the crappy version. Who are you to make me a slave to make premium brands for the price of generic versions. That's American? You must mean pre Civil War American.
Blacks had a right to shop for bargains where they can find them. Salon keepers have a right to charge what the market will bear and a right to charge more if the effort is greater. Nothing in the article says that working on black's hair is the same effort it takes to work on a white's hair.
It really depends on the stylist. You have many in the trade that are out for a quick buck, and you have those who have a genuine interest in keeping their clients and taking care of their hair...I am fortunate to have a stylist in the latter category, who also attends my church. She's been my stylist for at least a dozen or so years.
...As for going to a major department store salon, FORGET it! I made that mistake once with JC Penney back in 1988. Never went back.
-Regards, T.
I would never go to a department store. I mean the local JC Penny's has one. I get my brows threaded at a Lemon Tree. One day I was too lazy to wash my own hair (I have big hair) and asked the lady how much to wash and set my hair. She started asking me twenty questions and I said in my mind 'you must be kidding she'll turn my head into a bird's nest'. The price wasn't higher I wasn't confident and willing to test the claim that Lemon Tree sux :-)
I have no problem with this practice as long as they charge everyone of any race extra to deal with their tight curly hair.
I also have long, coarse, thick hair (I'm a white chick) - I am routinely charged $10 - $15 more than the usual cost of a cut, and am usually charged double for things like highlighting and coloring, because it takes twice the product and time for the colorist.
It's not unfair - it's just sensible. Dillard's will probably pay her off, though, and raise prices for everyone.
You deserve a Gold Medal for stating the obvious.
...Methinks this Trial Lawyer wants a big Pay Day.
-Regards, T.
Let me try this one more time. you would be upset if the store charged you more for the SAME IDENTICAL IN EVERY WAY thing as the next guy
In addition, I have heard that a black person's hair has to be treated differently, hence the special section of hair care products for black people.
Why don't stores charge more for larger sizes? My wife is a petite, and she pays the same for pants or a shirt as an XXL, and those have like twice the material. Not only that, but they clearly weigh more and take up more volume, all adding costs to production and shipping.
WHY?
I DEMAND JUSTICE!
(yes, I am freaking kidding....but curious)
I mean we all pay more for S M L sodas, etc. Why not for clothes? The variable costs based on size are probably much greater in clothing than drinks or fries. I demand all Small Medium and Larges all cost the same....or all cost differnt.
Do you feel that it's an un-American practice for women to be charged more than men to have their hair cut, even though it may take considerably longer to cut a woman's hair?
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