That of course was at the end of school.

Ana had worn her hair out, which for her means this great afro (does one capitalize that?) or, as she is inclined to call it, "poofy" hair.

As we were leaving the school, a (black) woman in a car talking to the security guard caught sight of Ana's hair... and proceeded to call out a long (long) list of comments starting with "Great hair!" and ending with "I'm so proud of you for wearing your hair like that, sweetie!"

Which I guess was well-intended, but a. Ana as a general rule doesn't like people complimenting her appearance and b. it was really every bit as creepy and intrusive as random people trying to touch her hair. Being as J. Q. Random Caller was herself black I at least would hope that she'd know better than to do that, but honestly, I'm not so certain.