I find this documentary problematic, especially the supposed outrage over "giving all our money to them," (i.e., Koreans). I understand that the people in the film are reluctant to see black hair care culture under the thumb of on an ethnic 'other' -- such dependency may understandably evoke bad memories. But color-based discrimination against store owners shouldn't be the message. How is this different from refusing, in disgust, to frequent stores owned by Jewish people? Either you're in favor of racial discrimination, or you're against it. Furthermore, this constant air of a shocking exposé in this film is silly. The main conceit seems to be "black people are heavy consumers of such hair products -- so why do Koreans exclusively provide them?" I might as well ask, rich suburbanites are heavy producers of garbage, so why is their garbage taken by garbage men? And you know, absolutely NONE of the car mechanics in my area have graduate degrees from an Ivy! Come on people, I demand to be served by like-minded folks!The group consuming a product or service is often different from the group providing it. How is this unusual?
I find this documentary problematic, especially the supposed outrage over "giving all our money to them," (i.e., Koreans). I understand that the folks shown in the film are reluctant to see black hair care culture under the thumb of on an ethnic 'other'. But color-based discrimination against store owners isn't a fair solution. How is this different from refusing, in disgust, to frequent stores owned by Jewish people? Either you're in favor of racial discrimination, or you're against it. Furthermore, this constant air of a shocking exposé in this film is silly. The main conceit seems to be "black people are heavy consumers of such hair products -- so why do Koreans exclusively provide them?" I might as well ask, rich suburbanites are heavy producers of garbage, so why is their garbage taken by garbage men? And you know, absolutely none of the car mechanics in my area have graduate degrees from an Ivy! Come on, I demand to be served by like-minded folks!The Korean ownership issue is interesting, sure. I just don't agree that it's horrible, or even particularly scandalous. The group consuming a product or service is often different from the group providing it. This is actually the norm in society, if you think about it.
Quote from: Dr. Gonzo on July 22, 2006, 11:43:48 AMI find this documentary problematic, especially the supposed outrage over "giving all our money to them," (i.e., Koreans). I understand that the people in the film are reluctant to see black hair care culture under the thumb of on an ethnic 'other' -- such dependency may understandably evoke bad memories. But color-based discrimination against store owners shouldn't be the message. How is this different from refusing, in disgust, to frequent stores owned by Jewish people? Either you're in favor of racial discrimination, or you're against it. Furthermore, this constant air of a shocking exposé in this film is silly. The main conceit seems to be "black people are heavy consumers of such hair products -- so why do Koreans exclusively provide them?" I might as well ask, rich suburbanites are heavy producers of garbage, so why is their garbage taken by garbage men? And you know, absolutely NONE of the car mechanics in my area have graduate degrees from an Ivy! Come on people, I demand to be served by like-minded folks!The group consuming a product or service is often different from the group providing it. How is this unusual?did you even watch the documentary? you're coming off like an ass. there are all sorts of unfare business practice, copyrite, trademark issues in this documentary. the problem is that one group is trying to take over an entire industry by undercutting another group at every turn. did you see the part about azure products?!? oh, and your analogy sucks too. jsia
why do some people delete their posts when they are shown to be wrong. this is exercise in argumentation. just because you lose doesn't mean you can erase the record of your defeat. just like some people!
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