My English professor since January has always worn a cloth/scarf/garment on her head, she is a 55 year old white woman with a german sounding last name, I considered she might be a muslim, but I wasn't sure, I considered that maybe she was a cancer survivor and used it to cover her baldness from chemo, or maybe it was just personal preference or a cover for natural hair loss, so anyway after class I dun forgeted up. I asked her exactly this
"Hey I was just curious, what is the purpose of the rag you always wear?"
at this point I realized I forgeted up, but I waited for a response like I hadn't said it and hoped she'd understand, I probably could've used any word other than rag and I would've been fine. long story short she didn't understand
"Who wears a rag on their head that's ridiculous." she said.
"Sorry, I misspoke."
"Well sorry, there are things going on in this country right now that make words extremely important, you cant just be offensive like that, going around quoting hate media."
" I stuttered, trying to come up with a reply, but I finally said
"Im sorry, is it a religious thing?"
"Yes it is, and I would've been glad to have a conversation with you about it had you been more considerate."
"I totally respect that, I was simply curious, I thought that perhaps you were a cancer survivor or otherwise, sorry again for the mix up."
"We can talk later, I have other things to do."
this was also in front of two girls in the class that have had her before and are close friends with her but they didn't say anything. I guess come Thursday Im going to have to patch that up If I want an A in the class lol
still, even though that was the wrong word, I think a sane person would answer my question something like this
"I'd rather you call it something else, but I wear this because of my religious beliefs."
I would've apologized and it would've been peachy, but instead she stood there for two minutes and treated me as If I'd just called her a raghead, college life. Also, the women's issues now cult was giving out free condoms today and they had a sign that said "Roses are Red, Violets are blue, and I'd like to deconstruct the patriarchy with you."
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