reason number 18,745, 231 why i need to live in a major (diverse) city

Now those of you who know me well know i am a southern girl at heart or a "g.r.i.t s." (GirlRaisedInTheSouth) and have even poked fun of my southern ways from time to time. However, it is due time i take a bow and depart from the region below the Mason Dixon. I have spoken to some of you about feeling stifled in spirit, intellect, etc.

So today, not unlike most days, i received other reminders of why it's time to "throw 2" and be out.

#1 white, female middle-aged elementary school teacher of mostly minority students (you can feel the entitlement, right?) says to me, "ya know, i just LOVE your hair! i just wish mine would do that!" obviously, i have the "bitch please" look on my face. how could i NOT?! so she sees the look on my face and an in an attempt to soften the blow, starts talking about a friend (i use the term VERY loosely) of hers who has "dreads" (locs) and the friend's sister who has hair more like mine (described by the teacher as "wild" and "free-flowing")...blah, blah...
...then she realizes i still ain't going and says, "well, i guess it's like what Oprah says, 'if you don't have black hair, then you really have nothing to say about it.' "
my response, "exactly." as i walked away...

HAD ENOUGH? no? okay good, there is one more...

#2 white, female borderline elderly (see a trend?) parent advocate who likes to see me in the hallways at various schools and grin excessively from ear to ear and come running to me every time she sees me. (we are not friends. at all.) IF/WHEN she is with someone else, she makes it a point to introduce me as "the articulate, well-spoken, helpful, knowledgeable, poised, etc, etc, etc (fill in yor share of words she would never take the time to use if i were a white woman).

it's just getting old. sorry ya'll.

be on the look-out for #18,745,232...i'm sure i could make this a daily post.