[ SECRET POST #3288 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3288 ⌋

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Comments

Re: What phrases trigger PoC

[(Anonymous)]

One that I'm familiar with is "can I touch your hair?" Mostly see it with black ppl, but some native american tribes don't like it either (I just find it a weird question to ask of someone you aren't intimate with, but that's just me //shrug)

Re: What phrases trigger PoC

[(Anonymous)]

Right? I mean, why would you even ask that of a stranger?

Re: What phrases trigger PoC

[(Anonymous)]

That is such a weird, weird thing to ask of people and I don't get what goes through people's minds.

Re: What phrases trigger PoC

[(Anonymous)]

That happened to (blonde) me in Japan and China a few times, actually. So it's not just something POC deal with, it just depends on what the hair structure of the majority population is like and when you have different hair (in colour or structure) it makes people curious.

Re: What phrases trigger PoC

[(Anonymous)]

okay, except the context is completely different.

blond hair doesn't have an "unprofessional" or "dirty" reputation. people with kinky hair are told their hair smells, that they should replace it with wigs/weaves (and are also shamed for wearing wigs/weaves), they're told wearing their hair naturally isn't suitable for a workplace, that they're dirty, that 90% of traditional hairstyles look "ghetto" and etc. your experience might have been out of novelty, for black men/women it's more like they're viewed as animals in a petting zoo.

Re: What phrases trigger PoC

[(Anonymous)]

For blonde women in Japan, the "animals in a petting zoo" analogy's actually pretty close. Animals or prostitutes, depending. The cultural baggage is different, obviously, but it's not a remotely complimentary or harmless thing.

Re: What phrases trigger PoC

[(Anonymous)]

That, and you get frequently insulted as a dirty gaijin, especially when people think you can't understand them.