Would love to see more stories like this. For example, how did Koreans come to dominate the black haircare industry?

Also wish the nail industry was healthier for these women to work in. It still seems to be a place where a lot of newly landed Asian immigrants find work and I wonder about the long-term health effects of working with those fumes. I knew a manicurist who suffered miscarriage after miscarriage -- surely the toxicity of the nail shop she owned may have had something to do with it. I have also heard, from someone who works at Sephora's corporate office, that nail polish is so flammable it is not allowed to be shipped by air. Harsh chems.