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Barbershop Talk Series
Barbershop Talks is meant to engage the community to talk, but also to encourage people to listen to one another and to raise awareness from within the Black Canadian community about the negative perceptions that work against Black men and boys.
Previous Publications
Barbershop Talks: A safe place to discuss Black masculinity
Many Black men have a special relationship with their barbers. This unique connection has resulted in a series of events called the Barbershop Talks, where the “neighbourhood barbershop” is used to create a safe space for Black community members to meet.
Upcoming Events
Anti-Black Racism February 6, 2024
Despite the efforts to support Black Canadians and their mental health concerns, there remain hardships in accessing the necessary social, psychiatric, or psychological services that are culturally relevant.
One may think accessing a therapist, psychologist, or support group is as simple as walking through a door.
However, access for Black Canadians serves to be challenging because our African-descent ethnic cultures span across different modalities and intersections, which does not require a “one shoe fits all” approach. Addressing mental health concerns requires an intentional understanding that many prescriptions for healing Black Canadians are entrenched in white ideology that remains anti-Black, causing misdiagnosis to solve the many issues among Black people.
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Barbershop Talk Series January 29, 2024
Black men and boys continue to lead their lives with limited culturally sensitive, professional mental health support, where many of them are left not addressing various concerns, such as depression and anxiety.
Anti-Black Racism tied with gender biases about Black masculinities has served to create mental strain where many Black men and boys do not recognize their value and gain a sense of feeling unaccepted in their communities.
Mainstream society’s normalization and misconception of Black men and boys and their mental concerns are too often unrecognized, leaving many of them to deal with social tension and unaddressed trauma on their own, which implicates their ability to lead mentally healthy lives.
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