I related to this part of the article wayyyy too much. I put a lot of energy into my home.

I got a new car last year, and its the first car I've ever really owned and it was a complete mindfuck to realize that not only was it my first car, but my first new car, AND the first brand new car that anyone in my family has had - my parents, etc always bought really old used ones.

Fuck her. While many "poor" people are kind and respectful after a life of hard work, there are many that are jealous and bitter. In situations like that, I would just troll her, and pretend that I am more privileged and spoiled than I already am.

Tracy, your article has forced me to acknowledge that class is actually a big deal in my relationship.

So here's my question. Does white privilege travel? I used to live in China and I had a white (redhead with freckles) friend complain of frequently having her hair and skin touched when she would use public transportation.

Why is he 'Rob' and not Kurt or Kameron or Kenneth?

THANK YOU! I don't know why I'm so all caps about it, but yeah, that was horrible. She was a monotone asshole about selling his parents' house asap too. All things considered Scott kept it together fairly well.

I don't know, he lost me when he was eating candy like it was going out of business and refused to go to the dentist and Kim could "smell" his cavity.

Kourtney was unbearable throughout the Hamptons series though. I know pregnant women go through hormones but I don't think I've ever met a pregnant woman as rude as her.

She does a spot on impression of a 34 year old though.

Ha yes as a redhead, that is just bollocks. :) I do not get the type of intrusive examination, objectification and invasion of boundaries that WOC experience. Some people are curious and others are repulsed but I am still white and people treat me as such. Nobody asks me "is it real?".

Sigh. I wish more people understood that "privilege" does not mean "easy."

Seriously, they are full of crap b/c no one treats their curly white hair like it's not hair. They do that ish to us ALL. THE. TIME.

No one should be touched without their permission. But for one's hair to be touched as a white girl in the Bahamas or India (examples from threads below) or for one's curls to be "sproinged" as in the Ramona books (another example from a thread below) is not the same. A white tourist in a post-colonial country…

is that Jason momoa? What is this from? I need to know..for science...

I kid you not...two days ago someone asked me "is that your hair?" I responded with, "are those your teeth?"...along with The Stare. SHE was insulted.

I couldn't have said that better. When people touch my natural hair, it's just the way they touch it. They pat it like I'm a puppy. My hair is fragile, don't touch!

Yes, I'm sure it's annoying. The difference is the "othering" that black people get, especially regarding our hair. Someone with hair texture similar to your own may admire your curls if their hair is straighter. They may admire the thickness of your hair versus their fine hair. However, when some people go to touch…

I think you took this to a place that it didn't need to go. You come off as extremely ignorant and offensive in this comment.