Korean ownership, Black dollars. Let’s talk about Beauty Supply Stores
Doesn’t it bother anyone else how the beauty supply industry is ran? A new beauty supply store opened in my city and it’s massive. It looks like a Sephora but it’s Korean owned and nearly all the customers are Black. I don’t know if anyone remembers the EBIN controversy with the black lady that spoke out about her mistreatment at the Korean owned company but that truly stuck with me. There was a moment where we all actually decided to boycott the brand but years later we’ve completely done a 180 and continue to buy and promote their products online. We really need to do better as black people.
Remember that these purchases don’t just create profit but they also create thousands of full time jobs salaried with benefits for exclusively Korean people who don’t care about you at all but what you have in your pockets. Everyone and I mean everyone profits off us and it’s genuinely so upsetting.
How can we change this?