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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Nereida Moreno | WBEZ

The Edgar haircut is one more thing kids, parents disagree on

Xavier Ramirez gets an Edgar haircut by barber Manny Urquizo at Empire Cutz in McKinley Park. (Manuel Martinez/WBEZ)

Picture a bowl cut but with the bangs straight across — and the sides shaved clean.

At a barbershop on the Southwest Side of Chicago, the owner says kids request the somewhat divisive haircut with Mexican and Indigenous roots on a near-daily basis. It’s called The Edgar, and it has gained widespread popularity among Gen-Z Latinos in recent years.

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