White people with dreadlocks
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Anonymous
| Perfectly fine hair style choice or inappropriate/insensitive cultural appropriation? Does it matter if the wearer is 25 vs. 45, or male vs. female? Curious about AA people's opinions... |
Anonymous
If it was inappropriate, the all the AAs that STRAIGHTEN their hair are just as guilty. I personally this the AA curls are awesome. |
Anonymous
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Ridiculous appropriation. Utterly cringeworthy. |
Anonymous
| I'm AA and I dont like dreadlocks on anyone (white or black). I just dont like them (for strictly superficial reasons). |
Anonymous
+1 they tend to look dirty to me. |
Anonymous
| Utter tools. |
Anonymous
| I'm a black man and don't have an issue with it or see it as inappropriate/insensitive cultural appropriation its not an infringement upon my cultural heritage - if that's what you're wondering then more specifically you should ask Rastafarian's for their opinions, but outside of just satisfying curiosity if you wanna do it I say go for it. It's 2015 - do you. |
Anonymous
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Highly racially offensive!
Exhibit One - Rachel Dolezal. |
Anonymous
| Hair turds. |
Anonymous
Smelly too. On white people who have straighter hair they tend to look worse because the dreads are neat and tidy like those with curlier hair. |
Anonymous
if this guy is your style icon, go for it
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Anonymous
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I was just talking about this with a black friend of mine, who has had dreads in the past. We are in our 40s if that matters. She doesn't have a problem with them. Sees them as hippy-types. In her experience they are generally less bigoted and more welcoming of different types of people. But her husband HATES it when white people wear them. He feels there is so little that's "ours," why are you taking more?
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Anonymous
| I think it's hot on a thin, blonde hippie chick. |
Anonymous
| I don't see it as a "Culturally-Insensitive-Appropriation-Of-Black-People's-Heritage-And Experiences-And-Oh-My-God-How-Could-You?" kind of thing, but I DO think it's fucking ridiculous looking. |
Anonymous
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Not AA, but I used to make fake dreads (you know, the gothic kind). Most caucasian hair is just not suited to dreading. Natural dreads in most caucasion hair is very messy and ratty looking because of the texture. By weaving or tying in fake dreads, caucasians can have nice, smooth, clean looking dreads.
I don't see it as any different than people of African descent straightening their hair, so I don't think it's culturally insensitive. |