“At Lance Walker’s barbershop in Chambersburg, Pa., America’s red, blue and other come together under the clippers. . With homey plaid curtains and a sign that says “No Profanity,” the shop is a place where people with different politics and backgrounds mix. A Guns & Ammo magazine sits on the coffee table, not far from a copy of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by the coffee maker. . On a recent afternoon, in this corner of south central Pennsylvania, more than half of the people in the shop came just to listen. . “I take responsibility for creating an atmosphere and being intentional about having conversations, hard conversations,” Walker said. “You see the divide that’s going in the country right now. So, if we don’t start talking and dialoguing and communicating, that’s huge.” . Link in bio. Thank you to Kevin McCorry for the assignment. Story by Laura Benshoff for WHYY. Chambersburg, PA. February, 2020. . . . @whyy #chambersburg #pennsylvania #barbershop #photojournalism #danifresh #laurabenshoff #embeded2020 @lolbenshoff @kevinmccorry https://www.instagram.com/p/B9krp1AgBKs/?igshid=lufhknidh1e5
