She gave me the once over and went to the other side of the play area. You should have seen how she warmed up when she realized we went to the same ls, etc. It's just something about LA that you have to live here to understand, I think. Maybe other LA naturals can better explain what I am getting at.
Did she linger on your head? Or did she do anything specifically to show that she did not like your hair?
It just sounds like to me that she was hanging out by herself, you tried to talk to her, and she didn't want to talk back, at least not until she realized that you two had things in common.
I feel like that happens all the time, and it can have nothing to do with hair. Sometimes, people just don't like to talk to strangers.
Or like I said before...she's laid off...she obviously has kids to be taking care of, and then some random lady comes sidling up, trying to chat. Maybe she just didn't want to.
And I don't think I have to live in LA to understand. Discrimination against natural BW by other BW is not something that only happens in LA. I've seen it in lots of other places too with my own eyes. Once, I read this blog (I don't remember the name), but it had stories from natural ladies who had relatives, friends, SOs, bosses, and random strangers off the street being mean to them because of their hair. It really is a global issue...not just an LA thing.
This just doesn't smack of it to me, especially if she warmed up after a bit. Generally, people who don't like natural-haired people aren't going to talk to or be kind to you unless you cease to be a natural-haired person.
I don't want to fight or anything, but I just want to understand why this woman deserved to be put on blast on LHCF.
