Bryant Keith Alexander, dean of Loyola Marymount University’s College of Communication and Fine Arts, is quoted in this article discussing the neighborhood barbershop as a sanctuary for Black men. “There are so many different messages about what it means to be a Black boy, what it means to be a Black man, and performances of masculinity,” he says. “But I think the barbershop is one of the first essential cultural spaces of invitation to a set of possibilities in our community.”

Source: The Good Men Project