Comment by Michelle on August 11, 2011 at 12:01am

This has never happened to me yet. I guess it's more common to see black woman with scarves on so no one ever questions it. I would love to see a picture of you with your scarf on though :) Looking for some new ways to wear mine.

Comment by Dee on August 11, 2011 at 1:34am

I just wore a thin cap with a lace edge, and a very long scarf around the top and tied to the side. I will post a pic up soon :) My family said I looked like the girl on the cover of "Girl with a pearl earring" book :) I guess it is more common to see a black woman in a head scarf... or maybe me wearing a really long scarf just looked too similar. I do see a lot of the beautiful young Muslim women wear their scarves tied back instead of in the traditional way... so I guess it's similar... I think the beautiful fabrics the Muslim women wear are lovely! so I'm flattered ;)

Comment by Dominique on August 18, 2011 at 8:44pm

I used to wear a scarf when I worked at woolworths on the checkouts, just a plain black one. At least 3 times I got asked if I was Muslim. At first I was confused, but then I worked it out. I found it odd - because even if they thought I was Muslim, what exactly were they thinking that it was any of their business to ask.

Of course, I also had a woman ask me how I coped with losing my "crowning glory" while I was working in that job. I don't think people have a lot of respect for check out staff.

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