Is it me, or is there an overwhelming amount of racist jabs on social media these days?
Throughout the month of October 2013 I saw one too many racial
insults in my Facebook news feed. One post in particular got more than 50
comments. The gripe was about Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards being
accepted in hair salons.
At first I wondered, “Why would food stamps be accepted at a
hair salon?” As I read through the comments I realized that I wasn’t the only
one who was thinking the same thing. “Does (the owner) have the business listed
as a salon/food store,” one Facebook user asked. “You are selling food at the shop now???” Those
comments made me realize that I wasn’t crazy and in fact, there is no correlation between
food stamps and hair salons. But then the comments started to get repulsive and
in my humble opinion, flat out racists.
Some comments went from taking cheap shots at women who
prefers to wear protective hair styles, “O shit weaves on EBT?” One FB user took
their best shot of mimicking Ebonics, “Girls got to get her hair did.” After
reading the comment about “bringing in the China man to do nails,” that was my
cue to log off and shut down my laptop.
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