Comments on: Black Hair Business – Are the Koreans Unfairly Targeted? http://www.chocolatecity.cc/2009/10/03/black-hair-business-are-the-koreans-unfairly-targeted/ Arguably The Best African American Blog, Socio-economic, Justice, Politics, Fashion, Book Review, and Black Artists Blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:56:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Benjamin Ferguson http://www.chocolatecity.cc/2009/10/03/black-hair-business-are-the-koreans-unfairly-targeted/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Benjamin Ferguson Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:10:37 +0000 http://www.chocolatecity.cc/?p=1609#comment-495 <span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">What is most disappointing, is why we don't educate our people on how the Koreans became such a force in the hair care industry. Most don't know that many of the Koreans were funded by the US Government with grant money. Money that they used to buy into our neighborhoods. Economic power, is the power of change. Since we don't own it, we can never change it. If we want to change things for good, we need to buy back the " Hood ", by using the same tool that the Koreans used, UNITY Please read my book " From Ghetto To Global " @ Barnes&Nobles.com</span></span> What is most disappointing, is why we don't educate our people on how the Koreans became such a force in the hair care industry. Most don't know that many of the Koreans were funded by the US Government with grant money. Money that they used to buy into our neighborhoods.

Economic power, is the power of change. Since we don't own it, we can never change it. If we want to change things for good, we need to buy back the " Hood ", by using the same tool that the Koreans used, UNITY

Please read my book " From Ghetto To Global " @ Barnes&Nobles.com

]]> By: cooke http://www.chocolatecity.cc/2009/10/03/black-hair-business-are-the-koreans-unfairly-targeted/comment-page-1/#comment-490 cooke Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:09:55 +0000 http://www.chocolatecity.cc/?p=1609#comment-490 <span style="font-family: 'verdana', 'sans-serif';color: black;font-size: 10pt">The only thing I hear about in black forms and websites is how the Asians robbed or took control of the black hair industry. They did not take control they can not make a beautician buy their products. The only reason a black beautician would buy an Asian, Caucasian or Mexican product is it’s of the same quality and cheaper. Remember business is about making as much money as possible in the shortest amount of time. The consumer/ customer are interested in purchasing a product or a service at the lowest and best price. When you put these elements together a black beautician is forced to buy products at the lowest price possible to stay in competition with the operator next to her. If one beautician is charging $135.00 for the same hair style that the chair next to them is charging $95 for, who do you think that customer is going to next week. Business only has one color green and green business means you earn the most money by what ever means possible. The price of labor in the U.S. is to high, 10 to 15 dollars per hour for a black hair products manufactures to produce their product and stay in competition with the Asians. The Asians are paying a labor rate of 3 to 5 dollar per hour, at that labor rate U.S. Black, White, Green or Gray businesses can not compete with Asian hair products. If the black manufactures want to be competitive they will have to go to a 3rd world country to have their products manufactured. If Ford, GM, General Electric, Microsoft and hundreds of others moved their base manufacturing to a 3rd world country I say this to black hair manufactures it’s time to get out of Dodge and go to a another production strategy. I promise you the Koreans are more than likely having a lot of their products manufactured in China and Black manufactures can do the same thing. I have a friend that goes to China and buys laptop computers 10,000 at a time he brings them in and sells $1200 brand new units for $425 and he's black and he sells them from a home based business. Big businesses is not black, white or yellow its green and the color green sees no other color. If a black beautician can buy Asian products at a lower price and by doing so earn $40,000 more a year and that’s the difference between riding in a Benz to work rather than the bus. If that's the case I'm getting in the Benz. If over a span of five years I could earn an extra $40.000 a year and you multiply that times 5 years it adds up to $200,000. That’s the difference between living in a 4 room hut and a 4 bedroom house. Do you see the picture? </span> <span style="font-family: 'verdana', 'sans-serif';color: black;font-size: 10pt">Back to the statement that “Asians took control of the black hair products business” that’s just an excuses from black manufactures and suppliers because they don’t know how or can’t produce their products at the same price as the Asians. Here is who really took control of the industry. The independent black beauticians took advantage of the Asians low price products so they could ride in a Benz and live in a 4 bedroom house. Here’s my message to Black Business Owners. Re-think, re-strategize and re-plan your business concept and quit crying about the Asians. (By the way I’m a black business opportunist with green blood, deep green)</span> The only thing I hear about in black forms and websites is how the Asians robbed or took control of the black hair industry. They did not take control they can not make a beautician buy their products. The only reason a black beautician would buy an Asian, Caucasian or Mexican product is it’s of the same quality and cheaper. Remember business is about making as much money as possible in the shortest amount of time. The consumer/ customer are interested in purchasing a product or a service at the lowest and best price. When you put these elements together a black beautician is forced to buy products at the lowest price possible to stay in competition with the operator next to her. If one beautician is charging $135.00 for the same hair style that the chair next to them is charging $95 for, who do you think that customer is going to next week. Business only has one color green and green business means you earn the most money by what ever means possible. The price of labor in the U.S. is to high, 10 to 15 dollars per hour for a black hair products manufactures to produce their product and stay in competition with the Asians. The Asians are paying a labor rate of 3 to 5 dollar per hour, at that labor rate U.S. Black, White, Green or Gray businesses can not compete with Asian hair products. If the black manufactures want to be competitive they will have to go to a 3rd world country to have their products manufactured. If Ford, GM, General Electric, Microsoft and hundreds of others moved their base manufacturing to a 3rd world country I say this to black hair manufactures it’s time to get out of Dodge and go to a another production strategy. I promise you the Koreans are more than likely having a lot of their products manufactured in China and Black manufactures can do the same thing. I have a friend that goes to China and buys laptop computers 10,000 at a time he brings them in and sells $1200 brand new units for $425 and he's black and he sells them from a home based business. Big businesses is not black, white or yellow its green and the color green sees no other color. If a black beautician can buy Asian products at a lower price and by doing so earn $40,000 more a year and that’s the difference between riding in a Benz to work rather than the bus. If that's the case I'm getting in the Benz. If over a span of five years I could earn an extra $40.000 a year and you multiply that times 5 years it adds up to $200,000. That’s the difference between living in a 4 room hut and a 4 bedroom house. Do you see the picture?


Back to the statement that “Asians took control of the black hair products business” that’s just an excuses from black manufactures and suppliers because they don’t know how or can’t produce their products at the same price as the Asians. Here is who really took control of the industry. The independent black beauticians took advantage of the Asians low price products so they could ride in a Benz and live in a 4 bedroom house. Here’s my message to Black Business Owners. Re-think, re-strategize and re-plan your business concept and quit crying about the Asians. (By the way I’m a black business opportunist with green blood, deep green)

]]> By: WetandDark http://www.chocolatecity.cc/2009/10/03/black-hair-business-are-the-koreans-unfairly-targeted/comment-page-1/#comment-417 WetandDark Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:27:53 +0000 http://www.chocolatecity.cc/?p=1609#comment-417 It seems as if Aron Ranen, the white filmmaker has a vested interest in the black hair business. There are thousands of products controlled or dominated by the whites. Why isn't he making a documentary on one of them? It seems as if Aron Ranen, the white filmmaker has a vested interest in the black hair business.

There are thousands of products controlled or dominated by the whites. Why isn’t he making a documentary on one of them?

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