Is it normal take offense when black people with straight hair disrespectmyafro
I'm not sure what color my skin is. It's kind of olive but with hints of orange and pink. i guess you can call me white if you'd like, standardized test and government census forms do. i am white and i have an afro, and not one with loose curls, it's so legit that sometimes old black women will dig through it and look for my scalp, just to make sure i'm not joking on them and wearing a wig, and i think that it's cute. i don't do anything to make my hair like this, in fact until recently i didn't wash it for years but now i use soap and rub herbs and fruit in it. i didn't have an afro until puberty hit and most of my family doesn't either. it seems like every woman in my moms family has one afro headed child, like it's a skip-around curse or blessing. i know this is a long story but i guess my point is, that i take mild offense when a black person with chemically straightened hair insults me for having an afro. it's like they aren't just being hateful to me, but to themselves and their whole people, even the proud ones still in africa, and the people that were beaten up in the 1960's and 1970's that wore their heritage proudly, as i wear mine. i put up with a lot of shit anyway living in a small southern town, and i think it's fucked that i have to put up with it from black people that have put harmful chemicals on themselves and went through that discomfort to conform to the white man's standards. also it pisses me off when anyone calls it a jewfro. i have nothing against jewish people, but don't like referring to a person as "a jew", and don't think you should assume you know someone's faith or ethnicity based on one physical characteristic. i usually respond with an equally idiotic stereotype out of irony, and the person usually walks away offended. this isn't something i cry about or that i think has traumatized me, it's mostly just confusing and i want these people to leave the tiny box they live in and think. i've tried to explain it but nothing gets through. Is it normal that i get offended, by the disrespectful black people and the jewfro remarks?