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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]Prism
(5,815 posts)During the bit about the McKinney pool party. It's a common thing.
Weirdly, I get the same thing more often than one would think. I have medium brown hair that goes kind of golden red in sunlight. When Uber driving, maybe once or twice a week, I'll have a passenger try to touch my hair if it's showing red. Every single time, it is an Asian passenger from Asia. And usually guys (I assume gay. Maybe they're hitting on me. I have no idea).
A black friend of mine constantly has this problem. Tourists from Asia are always stopping him in San Francisco, wanting to touch his hair, wanting to take pictures with him. He takes it good naturedly, but you can tell it wears him down over time. And some days he is just not. in. the. mood.
I don't blame him.