Hair is everything. For many, it is part of one’s identity. And when it’s a child’s hair, parents can be very protective. Case in point… Redditor throwRAcurlyhairrr wanted to discuss his experience and get some feedback. So naturally, he came to visit the “Am I The A**hole” (AITA) subReddit. He asked: “AITA for flipping out […] More
Hair. To many… It’s everything. It can be a big part of what helps define a person. So why and when people choose to make drastic hair changes is a major life topic. And it can be a minefield for parents with opposite thoughts. Case in point… Redditor isabellaj8383 wanted to discuss her experience and […] More
Racism comes in many insidious shapes and sizes. One less well-known form of racism is actually the way that society markets and sells products for Black people’s hair-care. Redditor Aitathrowaway6922 found herself and her child at the receiving end of some subtle racism perpetrated by her husband, who refused to take the child to a […] More
Family dynamics are hard for all of us to deal with from time to time, but it can be especially hard with toxic environments and other complications, like differences in income. One family struggled with being a blended family, according to the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit. Specifically, Redditor Plane-Tadpole3888 was cornered repeatedly with issues of […] More
Redditor greenapple543 is a 24-year-old White mother of two biracial children who experienced some drama with a friend who is a hairdresser. When the Original Poster (OP) was called out for her negative reaction to the situation, she visited the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit. She asked: “AITA for telling my friend that I […] More
A terrible lesson many of us have had to learn is the people we love most can still disappoint us. This isn’t even because we have more faith in them, but because they do something genuinely, horribly wrong. A woman on the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit experienced this when she reflected on her […] More
With the world becoming more and more of a melting pot every day, assuming someone’s race or ethnicity is highly frowned upon. But doubting someone after they tell who they are because it doesn’t match who you think they should be definitely crosses a line. For Redditor TransportationOK1288, some rude comments about his family by […] More
One’s racial identity is massively important to their experience of life within our complex, often biased society. At their deepest, most essential core, each person carries the combined histories of their mother and father. Two long lines of cultural viewpoints developed over generations collide, mix, and create. All the struggles, maneuvers, and achievements of each […] More
A man who is of mixed-race felt like he bonded with a guy he had been talking to on Tindr enough to go out on a date. But when they met, the person with whom he subscribes to the same political views was not at all what he was expecting when his date made an […] More
A young woman on Reddit recently found her head spinning after her boyfriend made a concerning comment about their relationship. The comment regarded the interracial nature of the relationship. She is White and he is Black. And, as she assured in her post, that was never a big deal for the two of them. But […] More
