Unfiltered Story #259132

(I’m a natural redhead. Since Florida is a very sunny state, when my husband and I go there for vacation, I make sure to take sunscreen. I apply it before we go to the theme park and reapply it every two hours, stopping at the benches dotted throughout the park. At one point while I’m reapplying sunscreen, a man sitting across from me decides to talk to me.)

Man: I see you got yourself some sunblock.

Me: *nods* Yeah, I’m really fair so I have to reapply this stuff constantly so that I won’t burn.

Man: *scoffs* Yeah, well, if you had any melanin you wouldn’t be needing that sunblock.

Me: *wondering if I heard him right* What?

Man: White people don’t have melanin and that’s why you need the sunblock to protect you from cancer.

Me: *blinking in confusion* What?

(At that point the man laughed again then got up and walked away. My husband, who was sitting next to me throughout the whole exchange, looked at me and shook his head.)