From BlackEnterprise.com
“Mary L. Harris is flipping the script on the black hair care industry.
It’s a pretty well known fact that the vast majority of black hair care products sold in the U.S. is not manufactured by black-owned businesses. Why does this matter? For starters, it means our spending dollars are being quickly funneled out of the black community rather than circulating within the community first and financially empowering those within it.
However, about 9,000 miles from American shores, Harris is doing her own thing and accomplishing in South Africa what was once accomplished (and lost) in the U.S.—ownership and control of the black hair care products.” (Read more…)
My wife actually breaks down how many weave hair manufacturers have been running a complete game on our sistahs when it comes to their hair—all while we call keep buying it up. Check out the latest BeautyLifestream.com podcast.
