The Fuller Cut barber shop in Ypsilanti, Michigan cuts hair. Lots of hair. But as reporter Jennifer Guerra points out over at NPR, parents bring their children to the working-class town for the truly inspired $2 discount.
Jozef came for the mohawk, but his dad, Keith Jason, chose this barbershop over all the others in Ypsilanti — a working-class town just outside of Ann Arbor, Mich. — for a different reason. At the Fuller Cut, kids get a $2 discount if they read a book aloud to their barber.
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This program made its way to Ypsilanti because of Ryan Griffin, who's been cutting mohawks, fades and tapers here for 20 years. He says he first read about a similar literacy program in Harlem, N.Y., so he asked his boss if they could replicate it. Within a few weeks people in the area were donating books to the cause.
According to Guerra there are similar programs in Houston and Iowa and Ohio. The barber shop specializes in black hair and the book selection tries to accommodate, featuring books with black protagonists and luminaries. There are very few things as sublime as watching a child read or listening to a child read out loud. You can go show your love to the men at The Fuller Cut over on their Facebook page.