White Women Do It, Too: 8 Things Black Women Can’t Get Away With
5. Walking around straight-faced.
Stereotyped as angry, bitter and flat-out mean, black women have to put in a little work to be perceived as personable and friendly. If we aren’t smiling, potential suitors assume we are unapproachable or upset. We have the burden of fighting a stigma. A straight-faced white woman translates to the public much differently. In fact, they don’t really think much of it; and, it’s not something that deters an interested brother.