Yesterday I went to the bank and the bank teller I got was a black woman around my age (late 20's). When I got to her window she said "How's your transition going?" I told her that I wasn't transitioning anymore and that I was fully natural. My hair was in a puff but I had slicked my edges with ors edge control.
Anyway, she told me she was transitioning under her weave and we chatted about hair for a while. I was so excited to meet someone in real life that was into hair until she started in about good hair/bad hair. After telling me her regimen she says suddenly "You must have good hair because even though the top is nappy your front and sides are wavy" I didn't know what to say to that. But she just kept on talking about how she only wears her hair out in the winter when there's no one around and weave in the summer because she wants to look cute.
The worst part? She went on to say that when she wakes up in the morning she looks like she just got off the slave ship. She was talking really loud and was the only black teller in between 2 white girls. When she made the slave ship comment one of the girls looked at her and smirked. She looked back and said "you wouldn't know nothing about that because you got that good straight hair. I'm gonna cut it off" erplexed And white girl tugs on her own hair and smiles like yeah I know I'm the ish. I was dumfounded.
I guess I just wanted to vent because I've never experienced anything like that. I wanted to tell her off but at the same time just wanted to get away from her. I was so embarrassed. After thinking about it more later on I got really mad. I wanted to run back to the bank and tell those white girls that black women don't envy them like this one right here was doing. But of course I didn't. I should have said something though.
Anyway, she told me she was transitioning under her weave and we chatted about hair for a while. I was so excited to meet someone in real life that was into hair until she started in about good hair/bad hair. After telling me her regimen she says suddenly "You must have good hair because even though the top is nappy your front and sides are wavy" I didn't know what to say to that. But she just kept on talking about how she only wears her hair out in the winter when there's no one around and weave in the summer because she wants to look cute.
The worst part? She went on to say that when she wakes up in the morning she looks like she just got off the slave ship. She was talking really loud and was the only black teller in between 2 white girls. When she made the slave ship comment one of the girls looked at her and smirked. She looked back and said "you wouldn't know nothing about that because you got that good straight hair. I'm gonna cut it off" erplexed And white girl tugs on her own hair and smiles like yeah I know I'm the ish. I was dumfounded.
I guess I just wanted to vent because I've never experienced anything like that. I wanted to tell her off but at the same time just wanted to get away from her. I was so embarrassed. After thinking about it more later on I got really mad. I wanted to run back to the bank and tell those white girls that black women don't envy them like this one right here was doing. But of course I didn't. I should have said something though.