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34. My reference to "race"

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 08:04 PM

Dec 2017

had to do with cultural perceptions of a particular situation such as this and the assumption of what might be going on. And the fact that AAs are not generally as prone to lice is part of the reason why, but not ALL of the why.

In some cultures, "grooming" is paramount and often done immediately... not unlike seeing a woman's bra strap or slip or clothing tag "showing" and letting them know or gently correcting the malfunction (although nowadays the millennials and younger seem to like that type of thing as a "style" ).

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FAMILY BOOTED FROM DISNEYLAND FLIGHT OVER FALSE LICE ALLEGATIONS [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2017 OP

I hope the airline picked up the hotel bill because if they did not I would be demanding that they cstanleytech Dec 2017 #1

Don't the airlines realize by now that these actions will only result in.. Laffy Kat Dec 2017 #2

+1 nitpicker Dec 2017 #15

OMG! True Dough Dec 2017 #27

Nice to know corporate surveillance is steamrolling along bucolic_frolic Dec 2017 #3

hmmm...it sounds like you are trying to avoid suspicion...very suspicious yurbud Dec 2017 #20

Its really important to me to know if this family was African-american. Anon-C Dec 2017 #4

My thought 100%. marble falls Dec 2017 #7

I was wondering the same thing. Chemisse Dec 2017 #18

If they weren't white, the race would definitely be mentioned. nt B2G Dec 2017 #19

same here gopiscrap Dec 2017 #22

It was my understanding during our "lice years" that A-A families don't tend to have lice issues underpants Dec 2017 #26

Why was that ? Did it have to do with texture and it being less likely JI7 Dec 2017 #31

Yes. djg21 Dec 2017 #36

Fake cooties? Fullduplexxx Dec 2017 #5

Damnit, Southwest was supposed to be one of the good ones IronLionZion Dec 2017 #6

in what universe are they supposed to be good? getagrip_already Dec 2017 #9

I've always had good experiences with them and I'm brown IronLionZion Dec 2017 #11

With just under 2.5 million miles under my belt, Sailor65x1 Dec 2017 #12

frequent fliers get treated well.... getagrip_already Dec 2017 #17

I'm not talking about how I'm treated Sailor65x1 Dec 2017 #24

Yup, all I ever Fly is Southwest if I can help it ... they're always good-to-great mr_lebowski Dec 2017 #23

Was the flight full? Perhaps some standby wanted the seat. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2017 #8

Odd. I have flow SWA for years, many of which with psoriasis flare ups with no problems Freethinker65 Dec 2017 #10

Well, that's pretty weird, picking stuff out of her daughter's hair and looking thru it. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #13

If you are white with stringy straight hair your assertion might apply. BumRushDaShow Dec 2017 #14

I'm over 60. I've certainly been around a lot of races of all different ages. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #25

It doesn't matter how old you are BumRushDaShow Dec 2017 #32

Oh, come on. There's a description in the article... Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #37

You apparently have some cultural missing links. BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #39

The only thing you are supposed to pick at in public is your nose snooper2 Jan 2018 #43

Don't forget this BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #44

Or maybe . . djg21 Dec 2017 #33

My reference to "race" BumRushDaShow Dec 2017 #34

I agree. This isn't about race. I don't even know the race of the child. nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #38

The fact that the impacted family's child did NOT have lice BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #40

I have no idea why you think culture or anything of the kind enters into it. Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #41

You are insistent on blaming the victim. BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #42

No doubt, many people believe that cursory examinations of one's children is pretty weird, indeed. LanternWaste Jan 2018 #45

The lice is in your post. milestogo Dec 2017 #16

Flied lice ? OnDoutside Dec 2017 #30

Lice Unca Jim Dec 2017 #21

I hoped someone called the True Dough Dec 2017 #28

lice enid602 Dec 2017 #29

The truth is, as travelers, we don't know what kind of ''creepy crawlers'' surround us. YOHABLO Dec 2017 #35