Undercut: Being Black in BC

Barbershops and hair salons have always been cultural safe spaces where people from different generations can speak frankly about tough issues. In our new series Undercut, we send three young skaters to get their haircut in different parts of town to explore what it means to be part of a diverse community in the current political climate.

In our first episode, Ty visits Ice Kol Kuts on Commercial Drive—one of the few neighborhoods in Vancouver with a high concentration of black-owned businesses—and learns more about what it means to be underrepresented in an already marginalized community.

Undercut episode 2: Racism in Richmond, BC
Undercut episode 3: Rising Tension in BC’s South Asian Community
Undercut episode 4: Moving Forward

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