So, I have come to a very simple conclusion: White people don’t use wash cloths. Or if you are the sophisticated type, face cloth. Is this true? How can using a wash cloth have any cultural bias whatsoever? I mean seriously, it’s a wash cloth. Or for all of my homies, a wash rag. That’s right, I just used the word, homies. But based on all the homes I have stayed in and showered in, I have to conclude that white people don’t use wash cloths. At least not in the shower. Maybe nowhere, I just don’t know.
If I stay at someone’s house and they are of the Caucasian persuasion, and they are a well-prepared host, they will have linens ready to go. However, 9 times out of 10, I will have to request a wash cloth. And 9 times out of 10 they will look at me strangely, as if I just requested shower shoes. And for some of you out there, shower shoes would not be a strange request. You know who you are. Clean it up!
What is even more interesting, I have had people ask me if I wanted a wash cloth, but they made the request in a weird way, as if to say, “I normally don’t use one of these things, but I think I read somewhere that your people do, so I’m going to see if you want one.” Now it makes me wonder, if I get offered a face cloth, does that make them racist?
Seriously, I want to know. If you are white, do you use a wash/face cloth in the shower? If not, why the heck not? Every black person I know uses wash cloths. How can this possibly be a race thing? I am sorry, but wash cloths just make sense. I need to know.
PS – Dry off before you get out of the shower. Yeah you got a shower mat, but stepping on a soaking wet shower rug is just gross. I don’t think this is a race thing, but it’s my thing.
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