sagesart413: lagonegirl: Esp. at work. You have to decide quickly what stress you want: the stress o
sagesart413:lagonegirl:Esp. at work. You have to decide quickly what stress you want: the stress of having your space violated or the stress ofstanding your ground and dealing with the white fragility fallout.#DontTouchMeI went to touch my friends hair the other day, we are close enough to be able to touch each other’s hair and she’s been in my personal space a few times so it didn’t seem like anything to me, she had just dyed her hair and I just went to touch it, it was a reflex, and the face she made made me feel like I was reaching for her breast or something. I couldn’t help but think, if I would’ve been another white girl, her race, instead of black. Would she still have had the same reaction she did? -- source link