That's racist!

[tumscalcium]

If you’re in a room full of people and single out the black person as “different” and start trying to touch her hair, that is discrimination

I bet you think a room full of black people is a diverse room.

 

[SLICKYINC]

Black women always comment about my black hair and green eyes.

I feel so dirty.................. Um, disrespected...

 

[0nelilreb]

Black women always comment about my black hair and green eyes.

I feel so dirty.................. Um, disrespected...

When I was in school I had blacks girls always touching my hair and running their fingers through it because “ it’s soft like a baby’s hair “. seriously , if people are always thinking someone is racist then they have issues . I don’t understand some people .

 

[NashVol11]

The fact that people are responding to the video by saying “black hair is the worst hair anyway, it’s a turnoff and looks like pubes” without noticing the irony is hilarious to me. Next people will start talking about how they do like black girls, but only the light-skinned ones.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Who wants to touch pubes on somebody's head?

Oh no he di'nt!!!

 

[Carl Pickens]

Black women always comment about my black hair and green eyes.

I feel so dirty.................. Um, disrespected...

Like an animal at the petting zoo I bet

 

[TheDeeble]

White people like touching a black person's hair?

In my 38 years of living in Memphis I've honestly never heard this one.

 

[Obsessed]

White people like touching a black person's hair?

In my 38 years of living in Memphis I've honestly never heard this one.

I’ll be 44 in Halloween. I, myself, also living in Memphis (area) have never heard this one either.

 

[DancingOutlaw]

Black women always comment about my black hair and green eyes.

I feel so dirty.................. Um, disrespected...

I had a black usher at a Braves game ask how I had brown hair but a red beard. I have no idea who won the game because I spent the rest of it crying.

 

[1972 Grad]

Oh no he di'nt!!!

It had to be said.

 

[NashVol11]

Always the victim.....

It’s not it about victimhood, and no one is comparing people touching a black person’s hair to KKK members. It’s mostly harmless; most everyone does racist things sometimes, though you wouldn’t know it by how defensive certain people get when it’s mentioned. But in terms of whether these types of interactions are positive or negative, society has started to favor the latter, and there are a lot of holdouts on this board who are struggling to accept that.

 

[joevol33]

The fact that people are responding to the video by saying “black hair is the worst hair anyway, it’s a turnoff and looks like pubes” without noticing the irony is hilarious to me. Next people will start talking about how they do like black girls, but only the light-skinned ones.

Maria Taylor is dark, and she's absolutely beautiful to me. I'd like to touch her hair, but it has nothing to do with it being different

 

[TennTom]

Who wants to touch pubes on somebody's head?

Don't ever hold back, Pops.

 

[tumscalcium]

White people like touching a black person's hair?

In my 38 years of living in Memphis I've honestly never heard this one.

Apparently it’s an epidemic.

 

[Grand Vol]

Maria Taylor is dark, and she's absolutely beautiful to me. I'd like to touch her hair, but it has nothing to do with it being different

I already called dibs, Joe.

 

[InVOLuntary]

It is. That symbol he flashed? Its been used in the military for DECADES as a joke. If you look at it you're supposed to get punched. You understanding of military culture, and the military in general, is on par with a childs.

Unless you can stick your finger in it. Then you get to do the punching.

 

[1972 Grad]

Don't ever hold back, Pops.

Somebody had to do it. I have never heard of (or felt) the urge to touch anyone's hair. I would imagine that it would feel like one of those mats at the driving range., especially the ones that simulate the rough, or deeper fake grass, but who really gaf what it feels like.

 

[McDad]

When I was in school I had blacks girls always touching my hair and running their fingers through it because “ it’s soft like a baby’s hair “. seriously , if people are always thinking someone is racist then they have issues . I don’t understand some people .

Similar on my end. When my hair is long it grows in ringlets like Shirley Temple. Very common for people, including black females, to touch it and feel it. Daughter's hair is red with strawberry blond highlights and same happens to her from white and Hispanic girls. On her study abroad trip this summer, many Indians and Japanese came up and took pictures with her.
No racism. Appreciation of the features which make us unique and different.

 

[McDad]

White people like touching a black person's hair?

In my 38 years of living in Memphis I've honestly never heard this one.

I like squishing the afro-puffs of little kids no matter their race.

 

[FLVOL_79]

White people like touching a black person's hair?

In my 38 years of living in Memphis I've honestly never heard this one.

Its a myth perpetuated by perpetual victims and people with White guilt.

The fact that people are responding to the video by saying “black hair is the worst hair anyway, it’s a turnoff and looks like pubes” without noticing the irony is hilarious to me. Next people will start talking about how they do like black girls, but only the light-skinned ones.

Every black dude I know says this.....

 

[Carl Pickens]

I like squishing the afro-puffs of little kids no matter their race.

I've always wondered if a big fro is extra head protection when football players put their helmets on. Does it mash down and act as additional padding?

 

[Orange_Crush]

Similar on my end. When my hair is long it grows in ringlets like Shirley Temple. Very common for people, including black females, to touch it and feel it. Daughter's hair is red with strawberry blond highlights and same happens to her from white and Hispanic girls. On her study abroad trip this summer, many Indians and Japanese came up and took pictures with her.
No racism. Appreciation of the features which make us unique and different.

Goto Thailand some time and have all the locals constantly rub the hair on your arms and legs. Without asking. Lol

It's not racist. It's human nature as curiosity.

And as to the argument that it's become wrong due to societal change, let me translate: that means it isn't wrong, it's just not preferred by some.

 

[McDad]

I've always wondered if a big fro is extra head protection when football players put their helmets on. Does it mash down and act as additional padding?

My brother had a massive fro. He graduated in '81. It was so large and he wanted it in the school annual that the photographer had to zoom out. Made his face really small by comparison. Looked really weird compared to the other kids' pics. In his defense, it was a beautiful fro.

 

[volinbham]

I've never touched (other than a date) or even contemplated touching a black person's hair because it's "different". Proof I'm not racist. Thanks Nashvol for providing this handy test.

 

[McDad]

I've never touched (other than a date) or even contemplated touching a black person's hair because it's "different". Proof I'm not racist. Thanks Nashvol for providing this handy test.

"Handy" test. Teehee