Twenty years ago every large and paying baber shop over the country was in the hands of black men; today in all the large cities you cannot find a single large or first-class barber shop operated by colored [black] men. The black man had a monopoly of that industry, but had gone on from day to day in the same old monotnous [boring] way without improving anything about the industry. As a result, the white man taken it up........
In Washington's first sentence, he states that black baber shops have disappeared in the twenty years betwwn 1875 and 1895. Is this a fact or an opinion, give me one reason as to why it is a fact or an opinion.
Also, in his second sentence, what explanation does Washington give for the disappearence of black barber shops?
Are there any other possible easons that a black barber shop might have had trouble staying in business in the 1890's?
I did read all 3 chapters but just need help with this part!