The ‘Edgar cut,’ a hairstyle with indigenous roots, thrives with Dallas’ Latino youths

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The ‘Edgar cut,’ a hairstyle with indigenous roots, thrives with Dallas’ Latino youths
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The experienced barbers at Iris Cabrera’s barbershop specialize in all types of men’s cuts, but lately, there’s been a recurring request among their younger...

The hairstyle has become an aesthetic expression to highlight and connect to Mexican and indigenous roots, said Frank G. Pérez, associate professor of communication at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Boys with straight or wavy hair can wear the style that is characterized by the straight fringe that sits above their brows. Barber Edgar "E" Montelongo, 35 prepared to give Nathan Cabrera, 12 an Edgar cut at Old East Dallas Barbershop on Dec. 2, 2022, in Dallas. It is a bowl-style cut in which hair at the top of the head is left a bit longer while the sides are tapered. The nape of the neck, sides and temple are not completely shaved but shorter than the top, which can be an inch long or more.

The South Dallas resident was a student at Duncanville High School during the COVID-19 lockdown. Once virtual learning stopped and it was safe for in-person classes, he saw more boys wearing the “Edgar cut.”“You got the Edgar cut?” his family commented, he said, when he went home rocking his fresh look., associate professor in race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio, said criticism about this haircut is misguided.

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