‘Black Body Language for Dummies’
<p>One widely noted example of how black people react when white people passively aggressively invade our bodily spaces is when they touch black hair, to ‘see how it feels’ (read, I’ve heard you’re so different from me I just want to confirm for myself just how exotic & unrelatable you are, like all those wild safari animals on National Geographic…) Insert long suffering eye roll here. Make it gracious.</p>
<p>Why is Prince leaning further away, as the famous interview host is leaning in? Apart from Ms Walters history of toxic interviews with other stars like Diana Ross or Michael Jackson, which could have made Prince wary, and he’s very perceptive, it’s also usually never okay when a powerful white person leans in to your space, and touches your body in a reassuring way.</p>
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