Why do so many people assume curly hair means you’re Black?

[Anonymous]

If celebrities like Howard Stern and Gene Simmons have curly hair and they aren’t black.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

They don’t. They assume you’re black because of your skin. Maybe you’re using too much fake tan

[Asker]

Indians are dark so are some Hispanic people and middle easterners

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Okay, are you any of those things?

[Asker]

Yes like are people just stupid

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

So you’re hispanic, indian, and middle eastern? What an eclectic family tree you must have. No wonder people confuse your ethnicity so frequently

[Asker]

Not that dumb to assume I’m black.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

So people don’t assume that you’re black because you have visibly darker skin and curly hair?

[Asker]

I’m not that dark I’m a light brown/ tan color.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Then why are you upset? It’s not as if being mistaken for black is somehow insulting, is it?

[Asker]

You’re asking me questions trying to get me banned.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

I mean, you can’t deny this comes from a racist place lol

[Asker]

So being ignorant on other peoples ethnic backgrounds isn’t?

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

In a society of white supremacy, or any ethnic supremacy values really, the idea of someone mistaking your ancestral geographic location seems like such an insult. Yes, our differences should absolutely be celebrated, but it’s not as if they wished death on your mother by asking if your ancestry is based in Nigeria or Ghana when they have zero acquaintance with your culture because, up until that moment, it was never relevant to the conversation.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Besides, knowing the EXACT race of someone based on nothing but their looks is a whole different kind of racist, like Cotton Hill lol

[Asker]

If you assume that either a Hispanic or Indian person is black they would look at you like you are stupid. That goes with anybody.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Sure, but I would also have to say it out loud for them to know that, which means we would need to talk about it, which we haven’t yet. If you’re upset that someone couldn’t figure out your culture based on nothing but your appearance because you never told them about your ethnic background, doesn’t that kind of seem like you’re just mad at the fact you’re not one specifically clear ethnicity?

[Asker]

I don’t know what you’re talking about.

[Asker]

Look at Rosie Perez and Rosario Dawson people say that they are black when they are actually Hispanic.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

You’re angry that someone was ignorant about a piece of information relating to you. The only person who could have told them about that was you. You’re mad at something you have total control over.

[Asker]

No I was giving an excuse that some people are idiots if you go based on skin color someone’s ethnicity then you are ignorant. Clearly there are other ethnic backgrounds of people who are brown besides black people.

[Asker]

Not excuse an example *

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Okay, so who are you mad at, then? Nobody’s mistaken your ethnicity, according to you. This isn’t a problem you’ve experienced and holds no real effect in your day-to-day life and we agree that someone mistaking a brown person for black is ignorant, but an innocent ignorance. Not inherently malicious. The only reason I can think of that you would be upset about being mistaken for black is if being perceived as black is something you see as inherently negative, which would be expected and “correct” in a society that has ethnic supremacy values and your response is just a byproduct of being raised in that environment.

[Asker]

So if someone thought you were black you wouldn’t care?

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Even though I was born black, I have been called the n-word once before. I thought it was funny lol

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Whoops, I meant white, not black

[Asker]

Well if you speaking in general bleach your skin like Michael Jackson did will they assume that you were white by then?

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

I’m already bleached lol

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

And yes, most people would probably believe someone with completely pale skin, bleached or otherwise, is white.

[Asker]

People are idiots then

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

That’s how much ethnicity matters in the real world outside of that system of white supremacy. You just have to look white and you get to reap all the benefits of being white

[Asker]

If you based someone’s ethnicity on skin color than you don’t know anything.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

That’s like… all ethnicity is based on

[lightbulb27]

don't know, curly hair means you are far more intelligent.

thats what my momma told me... that's why I got a perm too...

[Still-alive]

Sounds like a self tell on yourself there. nobody else thinks this lol

[Asker]

I came across people on here that think that it’s common that black people have curly hair.

[Asker]

I don’t know I find that to be weird on why people think it’s only African Americans that have curly hair like no other ethnic group of people can have curly hair.

[Asker]

Yes some people do

[Asker]

Report the question over nothing.

[Asker]

You’re an idiot and report that

[purplepoppy]

There's a more obvious clue when looking at people.

[Asker]

I don’t like you.

[purplepoppy]

No problem. I've enough followers

[Asker]

You can go away now.

[jazzy34]

A person may be “white”, but you don’t know their full ancestry.

[FunkyMonkee]

I never heard that one, before.

[Dargil]

Or Italians and Irish?

[In_Trance]

Both jews

Nobody makes that mistake

[SmokinAces2000]

Nobody assumes that