You wanna hear something worse? I have a cousin who has had a skin condition since infancy. Perhaps it’s eczema or psoriasis. As a kid…she had rough, dry, scaly, itchy-scratchy skin all over. Now, Alhumdolillah, she’s cleared up…but it’s been an issue for her and her family.
Anyhow…when she was a kid…there was this girl in the community that people called Jameela Lice. I’m guessing because she had lice. Well…the title was hurled at my cousin as well…maybe because she was frequently scratching herself because of the skin problem. Now, that is messed up!
People assumed that since she outwardly laughed it off…that she didn’t mind what they said. BUT…you never know what’s going on inside a person. I met her again last Dec…and although she appears confident…she’s not oblivious to people’s remarks (as they might have assumed about her). People are ridiculous.
It took me years to understand that many of the people making the comments are insecure or jealous…especially if you see a pattern of this negative behavior.