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Million yrs ago, I attended a mostly white college, in a not too diverse part of town. Month into my first term, I went with dormmates to a SuperCuts
Barber took one look at my afro and called out loud, "DOES ANYONE HERE DO ETHNIC HAIR?"
I will never forget the humiliation
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Barber took one look at my afro and called out loud, "DOES ANYONE HERE DO ETHNIC HAIR?"
I will never forget the humiliation
No, don& #39;t tag SuperCuts,..https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen"> That was a million years ago and I& #39;m sure they& #39;re better now (hopefully). Just empathising with that young WOC, & pointing out how unaware white people of how "out of the norm" POC often feel, navigating a world designed for YOU, not all of us. 2/
Not too long ago, black folk had to walk to the back of the store/aisle, to locate that one solitary shelf that contained a few black hair/shaving products. Learned the hard way, just grabbing a Gillette, didn& #39;t work for black skin. 3/
Was in boarding school from 9/10yrs old. Left home for good at 16, so a lot of self-care was learned, on the fly. A kind older black stranger sat with me in a bookstore, and taught about Magic Shave Powder, & the right kind of aftershave for beard bumps on black skin
I was 23
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I was 23
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No, I couldn& #39;t learn from regular commercials or TV shows because those were dominated by, and directed towards people who didn& #39;t look like me. Sweet as the uncles on "Full House" or dudes on "Friends" were, following skincare advice like theirs fucked me up!https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen"> /5
