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Dustlawyer

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1. I think they are both right, pardon the pun but it is not a black and white issue.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:39 AM
Apr 2016

As you can see, white people do not know how to care for black hair. My wife is black and I'd always pointing this out to me. It's true, the poor kids hair looks like it does in the picture all of the time. The first lesson my wife taught me when we were dating is DO NOT EVER GET WATER ON A BLACK WOMAN's HAIR, EVER! You could be killed!

All not exactly kidding aside, being in a mixed race relationship in the South is hard. This couple is learning just how bad rasicim really is. I hear from white people about how they are tired of hearing/seeing the "race card" played. That is because they are not on the receiving end of it and don't see it that often. White people have no clue how often it comes up for real in black people's life. They may not be actively racists so they don't think it could be as bad or as much as claimed. Well rasicim happens a lot because real racists are proud of their rasicim and commit acts of it frequently.

I am sure they love their daughter and are starting to get the understanding of how hard it will be for the child they love when she starts going to school. They get the looks out in public every day I am sure. My wife and I get it when we go out. When me and my daughter go out and she says "Dad" in front of others you ought to see the looks we get before they regain control over their expressions. For most people it is something you would have to experience yourself to understand it completely!

Hope they start taking her to a black beauty shop for her hair soon!

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