I've always wondered this. I am black and it's like ALL black families use wash cloths for bathing. Every black person I know has wash cloths in their household. It's like a given. When I was younger I would spend the night at my white friend's house and when it was time to shower, I'd ask my friend for a wash cloth and she'd say "huh? we don't have those, we just use our hands and a bar of soap"
Also, in soap commercials it always shows people in the shower with just a bar of soap, no wash cloth! The people in those commercials are non-black.
How can you get "everything" (and crevices) thoroughly cleaned and exfoliated without a wash cloth? Lol.
2007-02-16 15:46:38 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
i don't know how you can get everything clean without a washcloth, either...and i'm white, i think it is strange that some people don't use washcloths, but most of the white folks i know use washcloths, too...yet there is that puzzling number who don't
2007-02-16 15:54:41 · answer #1 · answered by captsnuf 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
I am black and from all the white people I know, they all seem to use wash clothes. In America I think most people do. However, I am married to an East-Indian woman and discovered once we got married that she had never used a wash cloth for bathing ever which was really odd to me. Beforehand I thought that everyone in the world used them. So once I discovered that she had no concept of it, I suggested that she try it, which she did and ended up really liking it. She told me that using a wash cloth is so much better as it gives you a much better clean than your hands. She says you feel much better and now can't imagine not using one. She has since been suggesting it to her family. Simply put, your hands can never do what a wash cloth can do. I mean think about it, would you wash your car with your hands?
2014-10-08 02:22:29 · answer #2 · answered by J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black Washcloths
2016-11-09 21:27:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This could be construed as racial profiling...
Just kidding. I use wash-clothes, and some don't. I really don't get that involved in others personal hygiene...
If none available, you'd be surprised how much a hand towel is like a washcloth. If asked, "I couldn't find a washcloth..." solves the problem...
2007-02-16 16:50:50 · answer #4 · answered by joopster8505 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Um... I'm white an we've always had washcloths. I can't scrub my skin without one. I have one for my face and others for my body. They are color-coded, because I'm not washing my face with the one for my feet. I've always found it wierd when people just use their hands and the bar. To me the soap goes on the washcloth, and then on my skin. Rubbing the soap bar directly on myself seems like its contaminated.
2007-02-16 15:57:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am what ever the money makers (AS.,JJ., LF. and EH.) call me. It changes over the years. It doesn't change me. If you preach to the choir...you are wasting your time. If you call a person asking for information, racist, they will cease and desist. This goes for both races. Congratulations, we (those of us trying to bridge the hate-gap) will discontinue conversation and allow the mysteries to flourish. Stay conscious, we are all in this crap together. It is a revolving door. Every once in a while open your eyes, you will find that American has more than just------ Blacks and Whites fighting each other.
2015-03-15 08:04:26 · answer #6 · answered by Cavsome 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people non black also use washcloths. The reason you don't see washcloths in soap commercials, is because they are showing the soap.
2007-02-16 17:19:31 · answer #7 · answered by Dke 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I grew up with washcloths. Best way to clean your ears. I'm Caucasian.
I think of it as an "old school" thing. Like I said, I grew up with a facecloth. Nowadays it's those puffy things, lol, what can one scrub with that?
The only washcloths I own now are dishcloths.
2007-02-16 17:52:23 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm white and I use wash cloths. I think you are a little confused. It's not just one race that uses them. Thats like saying only black people eat BBQ.
2007-02-16 16:54:38 · answer #9 · answered by courtneyscottusa 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
im a white person and wash cloths (rags) is the only thing i have ever used to get myself clean... i think that just using your hands and a bar of soap is pretty nasty... i wouldnt want to put a bar of soap on my body that had been on someone elses body... thats pretty nasty.... i just wouldnt feel clean... gotta have the wash cloths.... i guess they were just weird people
2007-02-16 16:27:33 · answer #10 · answered by twobabyboys21 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hum...I'm not black and I grew up using wash clothes to shower and bath. Today though a nice option is a poof. They're made out of nylon net.
2007-02-16 16:39:53 · answer #11 · answered by Classy Granny 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋