Thank you Chadwick Boseman for giving my little brothers and all the other black kids someone to look up to as a superhero.

shane dawson still got fans despite being a racist predator…………..that 6ix9ne freak a whole predator nd he still got fans…………………doja cat exposed as rubbing elbows w white supremacists nd she still got fans……………………jeffree star exposed as racist w bad business practices nd he still got fans………………………bts do sumn antiblack once a yr nd they not only have fans but have ppl brainwashing others into thinking that they are the ONLY kpop group that cares…………pray tell where is this cancel culture bitch everybody keep talking abt?

Asking black women if their hair is real is both invasive and racist.

I’m bringing this back as a reminder that no matter how nicely you ask or what your intentions are it’s still racist and invasive.

No. There isn’t an exception. Don’t do it.

My mom is Russian and didn’t really understand that it’s racist and invasive and bad but once I told her “Mom you can’t DO that” she understood and stopped so you don’t have an excuse to keep asking if black people’s hair is real if you’ve seen this post. You know better now.

Y would u ask anyone if their hair is real like thats just textbook rude

weird how things that are usually just rude suddenly become racist when said to anyone other than a white person

It’s almost as if white people say blatantly rude things to people of color that they wouldn’t say to a white person because of racism.

I’m… hesitant to undermine the point of this post, but I’m a person who’s mostly white (quarter Iroquois but I look very white) and I’ve been asked several times if my hair is real (it is). I don’t think it was rude, and they were fairly blunt about it. I think it’s natural human curiosity

You should have been more hesitant. I understand that this is something that people who don’t experience it may struggle to understand, but when we all collectively tell you something is racist, it might behoove you to believe us. 9/10 people ask me if my hair is real before even saying hello to me. It’s the need to authenticate my beauty. Conversely it’s often a need to other black people. We’re considered oddities and our features are unusual. It’s the same line of thinking that had us in zoos but on a smaller scale. Black women collectively are asked this question across the board, across hairstyles, and hairtypes. It happens for a reason. I’m not saying that a white person has never been asked if their hair is real, but it’s happening consistently to us across demographics for a reason. Trying to compare what may happen to you out of general curiosity to something that happens to us regularly and regardless of hairstyle due to racism is a false equivalency and I wish you all wouldn’t do it. Please allow us to be the authorities on our own experiences.

Ultimately I think it stems from a need to authenticate our beauty. White society says we’re not naturally beautiful and therefore before giving us a compliment, white people need to authenticate if we’re actually beautiful or if we bought it. No one ever asked me if my hair was real when my hair was damaged or when it was permed. But when I finally finished transitioning, I couldn’t (and still can’t) leave my house without someone asking if my hair is all mine or if I bought it. Black women with particularly beautiful hair, whether it’s straight, long, or natural, are subjected to these questions because white people find the idea that we could be beautiful to be incredulous. I’ve also noticed that these questions often come when I’m alone or if they’re in a group. People wait until my friends go to the bathroom or walk away to approach me.

Yeah they basically have to “confirm” with themselves if it’s okay to give you a compliant/see if they find you beautiful. Kind of like if they ask if you’re mixed because they find you beautiful but god forbid if they do it’s because you’re not “all the way black”

…They did what… to you? No. I will make them pay. You’re fucking mine. And nobody, nobody, lays a goddamn finger on you.

Me when I get my car back from the mechanics and the adjustment on my seat is all wrong

This is the funniest fucking addition