chicacanella
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This happened so long ago but I thought I'd post anyway. So, my white supervisor at my last internship around the beginning of March were talking about my hair. She was saying it was so long and was wondering why I didn't wear it out more often. Then we were talking about the ladies at my internship before that and how they were talking about my hair not in a bad way...blah, blah, blah.
For some reason, I don't know how but she ends up saying, "Well, they (in reference to other black women) are probably jealous of you because your hair is so long and most black women don't have long hair." Then she went on to talk about how their hair probably breaks and snaps, while I'm wondering, "Whoaa, did she just say that about other black women?"
Then it got me to thinking, "I wonder if some white women do sometimes think that black women are jealous of them because their hair length is longer?" If she said that black women think that about me, then what wouldn't make her think black women thing that about her?
Are there black women that are probably jealous of a person's hair length...yes. But there are women all around the world that are jealous of what someone else has got and white women, who could probably easy have MBL hair can also be jealous because they don't usually think a black women could have hair "that" long. Interesting conversation to say the least but yah, "can you tell I was surprised?"
For some reason, I don't know how but she ends up saying, "Well, they (in reference to other black women) are probably jealous of you because your hair is so long and most black women don't have long hair." Then she went on to talk about how their hair probably breaks and snaps, while I'm wondering, "Whoaa, did she just say that about other black women?"
Then it got me to thinking, "I wonder if some white women do sometimes think that black women are jealous of them because their hair length is longer?" If she said that black women think that about me, then what wouldn't make her think black women thing that about her?
Are there black women that are probably jealous of a person's hair length...yes. But there are women all around the world that are jealous of what someone else has got and white women, who could probably easy have MBL hair can also be jealous because they don't usually think a black women could have hair "that" long. Interesting conversation to say the least but yah, "can you tell I was surprised?"