Jonathan Davis and other members of his heavy metal band Korn sport dreadlock styles. Davis has been cultivating his dreads for years.
Singer Ani DiFranco is known for her natural, hippie style. DiFranco wore her hair in dreadlocks for many years but has gone back to a straight hairstyle lately. Jason Castro is one of a few former "American Idol" contestants who have worn their hair in dreadlocks.
She finished in second place. John Travolta wore dreadlocks for his role as Terl in the film "Battlefield Earth. Pink dreadlocks have become Lana's signature hairstyle. Story highlights Two students' confrontation over dreadlocks sparked conversation One SF State student says the other was appropriating black culture with his hair The other student contends that dreadlocks don't belong to just one culture.
So when whites choose a traditionally black hairstyle such as dreadlocks, it adds another layer of complexity to the issue. Take the latest case in point: a viral video showing a black woman calling out a white male student at San Francisco State University for his dreadlocks.
The video touched off debate over whether dreadlocks on white people constitute cultural appropriation or appreciation, a fashion faux pas or some combination thereof. Neither party responded to CNN's requests for comment, so there's no way to tell what happened before or after the second video.
Their conversation led to a physical confrontation that is being investigated by the university. The tense encounter focuses on the origin of dreadlocks, which both parties seem to agree is Egypt. The woman contends that dreadlocks belong to "my culture," and the man says "it doesn't matter. Dreadlocks are essentially entangled locks of hair achieved through various means of rolling hair. Alongside the discussion about this particular incident there was also a lot of chatter online about the politics of hair.
Yesha Callahan, an editor at The Root, a website aimed at African-American readers, told BBC Trending radio that she didn't agree with the woman's actions, but can understand why some people are uncomfortable with white people with dreadlocks.
She sees someone with a hairstyle who's wearing it freely, who probably doesn't get as much push back as she would, if she had the same hairstyle. Sometimes people call dreadlocks 'dirty' or 'ghetto' if they see them on a black person. Callahan, who blogged about the video , said hairstyles are an occasionally popular and sometimes thorny topic of conversation amongst The Root's readers.
People choose braids, dreadlocks, choose to straighten or weave - and a lot of people bring up these choices. Are black people appropriating white culture by straightening their hair? Well, there's a difference between assimilation and appropriation.
Callahan says she once dated a white man who had dreadlocks. She had no problem with the hairstyle, but rather the slapdash way he pulled it off. Reporting by Emma Wilson. Blog by Mike Wendling. It does it everyday, all day. Black people, with any hair style, wear their hair natural but they manipulate it to make it how they want it.
Just because you didn't comb your hair for 5 months doesn't make your hair any better than a black person. Rell more than 2 years ago. Look it up on the web. We are all one if you leave any hair a lone for long enough it will locs. The locs process belong to the universe it will do as it pleases. Qbass more than 1 year ago. While I appreciate the article, I really don't care how people choose to wear their hair. All should be free to wear, color, cut, braid, loc, or do what they please regardless of what culture it emanates from.
They also shouldn't have to explain or apologize if they are wearing a style that is outside of their own culture. Is blonde hair exclusive to white people? Would a black, Asian, or Indian person have to explain if they decided to dye their hair blonde? Savanah more than 3 years ago. Your "color blindness" discourse is informed by whiteness and literally kills people.
Do get anti-racist education and stay quiet until then. Dreadlocks have a certain context in the West, generally associated with African heritage and Rastafarianism in particular. But dreadlocks also have deep historical roots in South Asian culture. They're associated with the god Shiva and are commonly worn by religious mendicants. Matted hair is also sported by so-called householders who have no particular religious connection.
For some of these folks there's a nod to the godhead, and for others it's just a fashion statement or way of expressing individuality. Oxblood Ruffin more than 3 years ago. I thought dreadlocks were a part of Rastafarian culture. Which isn't black culture, it's a religion.
Anyone can follow any religion they please. Anyone can believe anything they please. My only problem with dreads on white people is that they usually smell of patchoulie and that smell makes me gag! We are all the same. Crying about a white person having dreadlocks is like a white person complaining that a black person shouldn't wear trousers because white folk invented trousers, they should be naked like an African villager which, technically, we should all be, since we're all descendents of the same people No people should have any exclusive treatment, isn't that what all this is about?
And yes, I know how shitty black folk in America get treated, and yes, I know about slavery. But black people were not the only people to be slaves. What about the Irish? If a black guy dies his hair ginger is that then cultural appropriation, should the decendants of Irish slaves be upset?!? Can you not see how stupid this all is? If we want everyone to be the same, to be accepted as equal, we need to stop this kind of petty bullshit.
There are things we should definately be concerned about, like the racism that puts four times as many black men in prison as white, but fussing about how a person chooses to wear their hair?! I was in London a few years ago, standing outside a pub with some Americans white Americans when a girl handing out flyers for a party walked passed wearing a feathered head-dress.
The Americans started screaming at her, insulting her, telling her she was a bitch. So dumb. She wasn't pretending to be a Native "American", she just had a part of their traditional costume on to help her advertise a party. I was embarrassed and had to step in to prevent a fight.
You can't have a world of free-speech if you don't let even asshole Nazis have their say. You can't say "refugees welcome" and then discriminate against the refugee with dreadlocks. If you have long hair and don't take care of it, it becomes matted. It's likely all hunter gatherers had dreads. It's not something exclusive to afro hair.
Slavery isn't exclusive to black Americans. Learn world history. Cycling home tonight I passed a graffiti that said "stop racial profiling".
Five minutes later another that read "Smash the white male patriarchy". I felt like adding the words "stop racial profiling" underneath, because I'm tired of being told I'm the cause of all the worlds problems because I happen to have "white" skin and a penis.
But hey, I'm trying to accept that all people are the same, no matter what colour their skin, where they were born, the amount of money they have in the bank, what their genetic make-up is or what they choose it to be Dave more than 3 years ago.
Nobody needs your opinion. Ffs more than 1 year ago. Dom more than 1 year ago. Skip to main content.
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