Thread by @monaeltahawy

.@rerutled & I walk into DC hotel lobby

Random white woman: Where are you from?

I ignore her, do a happy double take when I see Assata Shakur on TV screen

RWW:This hotel is v racially diverse

Translation:everyone who works here is Black & I need to tell another white person

I ignored her and walked to the check in desk. So I missed all that stuff she told @rerutled.

I was in no mood and had not enough energy for a fucking “Where are you from?” conversation. It clearly went nowhere good.

After incredulous “Excuse me?!” x3, @rerutled walked away.

As I was checking us in, I could hear her at the side and I thought it was weird to have some random white woman in the lobby ask “where are you guys from?” Was it some kind of greeting service?

No.

Just a white woman who wanted to find another white person to panic with

So afterwards, @rerutled tells me what she said, and wow fuck

https://twitter.com/rerutled/status/1218307854941278208?s=21

Who the fuck thinks they can just walk up to people, ask them where they’re from, basically say oh my god everyone here even the manager is black wow it’s not like that where I’m from?! Who?!

RWW.

I might just start a series: RWW

Note: I refused to talk to to her. Walked past her. She still wanted to know where @rerutled was from.

I suppose she wanted another out of town white person who could be as sacred/surprised?