[Frit]

Flipping hair in and of itself is not a prejudiced action. Many people of non-black descent assume black people want long, stringy hair, especially when they see black chicks with hair weaves. What I have noticed accompanying the hair flipping at any given time is eye rolling, sighing, a negative attitude, etc. Some of these chicks even go as far as to flip their hair at or on you before walking away. Granted some just need to get the hair out of the way; no prob. But what one should be looking at is the attitude, the conscious and unconscious intent of the action. In my experience, there are many things that white people do that offend minorities across the board due to unearned privilege and lack of empathy. In the end, often the situation is trivialized into something that everyone else is too uptight about., i.e. the simple action of flipping hair, when that is really the surface issue and the result of being inconsiderate.

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Name : Frit, City : Richmond, State : VA, Country : United States, 

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