Random Thursday Thought...

I like white people.  I think they are interesting.  

 

(ok,  yeah, this is the only pic i didn't mind putting up...it's actually kinda funny)

I don't want to scare the only 2 white people that I know may read this, but since this is Random Thought Thursday, I figured I'd discuss white people since the little white lady got herself eaten/mauled by a killer whale recently.

There are different types of white people, just like there are different types of black people.  As per Chris Rock, there are black people and then there are n----s.  Black people are just everyday people, but n----s are the ignorant folks that keep the club shut down...Grand Opening, Grand Closing.  N----s are the folks that newscaster ALWAYS want to interview because they are, for whatever reason, the sole witness to a crime/event.  They usually speak with poor English, the men wear their pants well below their bottoms and the women are usually big busted with rollers in their hair.  As a black person, I typically become embarrassed for my race because it appears that there are never any other credible black people to interview...only the ones that look like they stay on welfare as a hobby/career choice.

Anyway, I've had a few instances with white women that have ruffled my feathers.

Instance #1:  As I walk through my neighborhood Super Wal-Mart in the mecca of civilization known as Opelika, AL, I had a white woman ask me if I put something in my daughter's hair to make it do whatever it was that it was doing.  Now, please be advised that my daughter may have been between 6-12 months old and so I really don't know what I could have put in her hair other than lotion and water...white people, please be advised that there aren't too many black women that will put a relaxer in a baby's hair and that our hair textures do change from the time we are born until we hit and come out of puberty.  Anyway, I looked at her like she had to be the dumbest nut on the face of the planet and proceeded to explain to her that no, i didn't put anything in my child's hair as it would be foolish and that her hair was naturally doing whatever it was that it was doing.  The last thing i needed to do was to become "the angry black woman."  Remember black women...never become "the angry black woman" in front of white women/men.  they will become scared and scared white people NEVER result in anything positive for black people (i hope I'm not scaring you, white friends :) )

Instance #2:  Once again, in Opelika, AL, I'm going through the neighborhood Wendy's drive-thru.  I politely place my order and I speak clearly so that 1.) they don't jack up my order and 2.) they don't spit in it (yes, I've been witness to that...NEVER be rude to your drive-thru order takers, especially late at night).  When I got to the window, the white woman there immediately started gushing about how I speak so well: she thought I was a white woman.  She actually told me that she thought I was a white girl in the most southern trailer-trash drawl possible. That had to be the funniest thing she encountered in her entire life.  What gets me is not that she thought I was white simply because I articulated myself in an educated manner, but the fact that she thought it was ok to tell me so.  It has come to my attention that no matter how rude the comment/thought is, white women don't seem to mind  sharing it with you...but please, refrain from turning into the angry black woman in response!!

Instance #3: Fast forward to my daughter's first grade parent/teacher conference.  I'm walking around the room bored to death and hoping the torture will end soon when a white woman politely comes up to my daughter and proceeds to place her hands in my child's hair.  Mind you, I don't know this chick from a whole in the wall, but she thinks it's ok to put her body parts on my daughter.  Before I can tell her to cease and desist, she starts with "oh my gosh, your daughter's hair is so beautiful..." (wait for it, wait for it) "is all of this hers?"  After seeing the astonished look on my face and hearing my frightening tone when I ask her "what are you talking about?" she continues to place her foot further into her mouth by saying "well, you know how THEY go and use other stuff in their hair."  I could see the fear forming in her face because I could feel the anger swelling on mine.  I told her "I don't know who the THEY are that you are referring to, but my daughter's hair is all hers."  And, like most white women who feel that they are entitled to do/say whatever pops into their simple minds, she became indignant (and yes, scared because "angry black woman" was starting to form) that I would be offended by her stupidity and she walked away.

This question is for my 2 white friends (I guess we're friends, I don't secretly hate you and try to mastermind your destruction and you don't act like you're entitled to ask me fool-a** questions):  why do white women do this?  I know that you don't know every white woman in America, but maybe you can make a generalization for me because I just don't understand.  Enlighten a sista.