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In reply to the discussion: Dear white people, please don't touch a black person's hair....or anyone's hair without permission [View all]bettyellen
(47,209 posts)16. Really? I've heard black women talk about this my whole life! It's funny because I have an unusually
thick and tempting head myself, so I've had some people ask me if it's happened to me.
It did only once, to a drunk who thought it was a wig and tried to swipe it off my head!
But yeah it's a thing.
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Dear white people, please don't touch a black person's hair....or anyone's hair without permission [View all]
Cali_Democrat
Jun 2015
OP
Really? I've heard black women talk about this my whole life! It's funny because I have an unusually
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#16
Ask next time you're hanging out with a bunch of black women- because I've never heard of it NOT
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#64
I have heard the comment - "I wonder what it feels like" so I believe this post.
jwirr
Jun 2015
#125
No, that would be okay because... institutional racism. Oppression. Something.
SMC22307
Jun 2015
#133
You need to get out more, lol. And stop gaslighting people when you are obviously out of your depth.
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#17
"I'm sure that it's not a big deal to the jerk who's doing the grabbing."
Behind the Aegis
Jun 2015
#29
Dear Black People, I have never done that and never would, nor do I know anyone else who has or
whathehell
Jun 2015
#33
Was the OP about you? I thought it was about the experiences of thousands of black women- silly me!
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#41
Lol, if you think your individual denial is somehow relevant to the issue raised....
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#69
What baloney. Do you get upset at every PSA directed at humanity when it doesn't apply to you?
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#84
"Get help" is demeaning bullshit, and coming from someone admittedly ignorant on the topic but oh so
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#118
Oh my, I'm not one to grab a persons arm but I find tattoos pretty interesting!
DawgHouse
Jun 2015
#45
It's a known fact that unwanted rubbing of peoples' heads is a sign of socioapathy.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#50
White people arent used to being called out, period, let alone by a Black Woman
randys1
Jun 2015
#80
This is a manners thing. I have NEVER touched anyone's head without permission.
JanMichael
Jun 2015
#59
I still think it was about the hair. (Without information telling me otherwise.)
Snobblevitch
Jun 2015
#127
No excuses, but it sounds like perhaps diminishing mental capacity was at play.
ScreamingMeemie
Jun 2015
#120
How many old white men have hair-related "add on" as part of their vocabulary?
SMC22307
Jun 2015
#131