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OK, here's a new rule for our non-inked friends: Either practice good hygiene or, for the love of God, stop telling black people about your bathroom habits—or lack thereof.
Comedian and SNL Veteran Kenan Thompson recently made an appearance on the The Kelly Clarkson Show to promote his new memoir and humorous advice book, When I was your age. There is a part of the book where the All these The actor gives very basic 'shower advice'. It seems like it's really standard advice that he could never give to most black people because—duh.
For example, Thompson doesn't advise people to brush their teeth while showering because, he told Clarkson, it's “unfair.” Now, obviously, there's absolutely no reason to have to explain to an adult that while washing dirt and grime from their hair and face, they probably shouldn't stick a toothbrush dipped in the same water. they descend from the scalp to their mouth, which they are supposed to be trying to clean.
But Kelly Clarkson appeared to disagree with Thompson's practical advice to avoid blatant disgust.
“Here's the thing. I don't brush my teeth regularly in the shower. I just do it if I'm in a hurry… Now, I happen to be in a hurry a lot,” Clarkson told Thompson, who looked suitably repulsed for a split second, but then gave Clarkson some grace.
“That's okay because that's where you are in the world,” Thompson replied.
Thompson then mentioned what appears to be the kryptonite to good Caucasian swimming practices—told the people that they should wash their feet.
“So take it all the way, don't just stick your ankles out,” Thompson said, to which Clarkson responded by essentially confirming a white stereotype that black people get a lot of mileage when they start throwing jokes.
“But wait – when you wash here, it washes away,” Clarkson said.
It is slowly becoming one of the great mysteries of life because so many white people have it in their heads that washing the upper body and letting the soap and water run down the lower body is washing the whole body . You're literally (or hopefully) scrubbing your upper body, but you don't think you need to do the same for the rest, Why? (Actually, another stereotype implies that white people don't use washcloths, and if that's true, then it's very likely that they don't scrub any part of their body adequately in the shower.)
“I guess I shave my legs almost every day in the shower,” Clarkson said. “Well I kind of am [washing my legs] Anyway.”
Again, this is why some people should just stop telling us things. We just don't need to know.
