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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]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)I can totally believe black women deal with this constantly, as when I was pregnant people constantly touched my belly. Total strangers did it. EW! By the time I was pregnant with my 3rd I would stand in such a way as to avoid anyone being able to accost me. The worst was when, with my first, my husband's dad's old friend ran up to me, got down on his hands and knees, and starting rubbing and stroking my belly while talking to the baby. He was a stranger to me - I had briefly met him once before. I was so icked out.
I'll have to ask my SIL if people do this to her. She's half black but we live in an area that is very diverse and she said she's never experienced any racism at all. So I'll have to ask her about this. I do know neither me nor my kids have touched her hair - and we know her pretty well, LOL. It's called respecting people's personal space. Apparently that is a very difficult concept for some people.