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It isn't all "black women"; it is a specific demographic of black women. The same way hacker's news isn't a website for people with computers or Spotify isn't
by roguecoder 14y ago
It isn't all "black women"; it is a specific demographic of black women. The same way hacker's news isn't a website for people with computers or Spotify isn't for everyone with ears.
It's not that you are racist, and I didn't say you were. However, the reason you don't understand that "natural hair" is a unique identity within the African-American community speaks to your lack of experience, and that lack of experience probably has something to do with the culture you come from. That doesn't make you racist, that makes you ignorant, which is fine as long as you don't assert that your ignorance is more correct that statistics that contradict you.
This is why it matters that diverse people build businesses: there are people out there who's needs I couldn't predict because I don't have the experience to know what they are. It is incredibly arrogant, however, to assume that because something isn't a part of your personal experience it either doesn't exist, doesn't matter or is doomed to failure.