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Go ahead and rock those dreads. Cultural appreciation, wherever they originated from!
As long as you are actually appreciating culture, then it's fine, but many white people don't educate themselves farther than "its a different hairstyle". They aren't actually interested in the Rastafarian philosophy to name one of many, and they aren't respectful to the people who don't want their culture to be used as an accessory to be worn for an event one day and discarded the next. Natural grown dreadlocks are a lifelong commitment to some people groups and carry too much spiritual, historical, and cultural importance for just anyone to be wearing them. I've seen many black people say that they would rather people who aren't part of their culture NOT wear them because there are too many people who disrespect the entire premise of their practice of braiding hair.
I would invite anyone downvoting me to actually argue a competent reason why white people are entitled to participate in the cultural practices of people groups who's culture they don't respect and aren't educated about.
Who’s culture is it? I would like someone trying to gatekeep a multicultural hairstyle to argue a competent reason why one culture can claim a hairstyle that numerous cultures have practiced for thousands of years
No one culture has actually claimed the hairstyle, but it has cultural roots in many predominantly black countries and cultures. As I said before, viking braids like a French braid and a box braid or a dreadlock are not the same thing, and white cultures can't claim that they've been dreading their hair as a cultural practice because it's not true. You've been French braiding hair and letting it get messy. White hair doesn't lock without oil or product coating the whole strand. Black hair will natural form free-form locks if the strands are not separated.
Definitely not white ppls. A lot of y’all do it for attention bc ur aware of how offensive and gross it is. It looks out of place and ugly as shit when y’all attempt black styles. We do certain styles to protect our hair.
Y’all do it to cosplay us or straight up for attention. That’s why you see so many whites do it then post it. They love the attention and negativity they get from being disrespectful and immature
Maybe read up on some history instead of trying to gatekeep hair
I’ve already read sweetie and if you alll u got from that comment was “gatekeeping hair” u are pretty immature tbh
Nobodies marrying your daughter they don’t need to ask or uphold anything to wear their hair how they want, someone who gets offended by how someone else styles their hair is pretty stupid and immature
wow so you are literally discriminating people because of looks? that's disgusting
I would never.
your post above proofs otherwise but oh well believe what everakes you feel good. stay in your egotistical bubble
So I’m jealous of ppl that copy off of me???
wow you really took away the wrong ..... forget it cause with narrow minded people, one can not argue.
I’m narrow minded…because???
Awfully racist of you there.
the culture of being black I guess
Swing and a miss
You seem to think dreadlocks are specifically a black culture thing when many cultures have been doing the same hairstyle independently of black culture for thousands of years
Honey, white hair doesn't lock without an unhealthy amount of oil and product. Vikings never wore dreads. They had braids. That's very different. Not box braids, either