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Is Touching Black People's Hair a "Microaggression"?
A video recently went viral on TikTok that featured a black woman shielding her niece from an elderly white woman who was attempting to greet—and evidently touch—the child. Was this an example of a racist “microaggression,” as I once would have thought, or a completely innocent interaction? Let’s get into it.
Amala Ekpunobi