FIRST OF ALL, WHERE DO PEOPLE GET THE
NERVE TO ACTUALLY TOUCH A
STRANGER? AND WHY DID MY SIBLINGS (YES YOU
LIL LIGHT SKIN) NOT WARN ME THAT
RANDOM AGGINS WILL TRY TO
PET ME ONCE I GAVE UP THE
RELAXER-CRACK...I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO GO OUT IN MY "
YES
I'M
NATURAL
AND
NO
YOU
CAN'T
TOUCH" TEE. I DID NOT SIGN UP FOR RANDOM PUBLIC
GROPINGS (IT'S NOT EVEN THE
WHITE PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAY THINK)...THEN AFTER I'M
FOLLICLY VIOLATED, I WILL ALMOST ALWAYS HEAR "OOH IT'S SO SOFT," (
BITCH WHAT WERE YOU EXPECTING A
BRILLO PAD?) I THINK ITS MY DARKER COMPLEXION THAT THROWS PEOPLE OFF WHEN THEY SEE A
MOUNTAIN OF SPIRAL CURLS ALL OVER MY HEAD, AND I'M ALWAYS ASKED IF I HAVE A
JHERI CURL (
EYE ROLL, REALLY PEOPLE...IN
2009?) OR "WHAT ARE YOU
MIXED WITH?" WHY
CAN'T I JUST BE
BLACK AND
BLESSED WITH GREAT
GENES?