“I swear, some white people just can’t cope with other cultures. Buncha’ white supremacists with they white privilege and they good hair.”
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Sheesh, I can barely deal with my own culture. Once, in our privilege, we took our kids to the Bahamas for a couple of weeks. The oldest had stick straight, white blond hair. More than a couple of times he was surrounded by Bahamians wanting to pet his hair.
My dh went to a new high school, a new transplant from Cali to Detroit. He had on Hush Puppies and the Detroitians, also stopped to pet his shoes. Only it was more like shove the new skinny kid up against the lockers and then assault his shoes. Next day it was penny loafers lol.
Petey
In some primitive cultures, the worship of footwear is a predominant religion.
Then again, they may just have wanted to take them to the center of the village and cook them up in a big pot, just like the missionaries did, so many years ago.