Seriously, what is this world coming to?
After encountering some things on the internet, I figured I'd throw my thoughts out there. In this video, I basically try to go off on an intellectual rant to help people understand some very simple things, so hopefully it'll help someone out there.
MY VLOG ON THE SUBJECT
Basically, even asking a question like "Should white people have dreadlocks?" is extremely racist in my opinion. Think about it for a minute. The question is basically, "Can we restrict the freedom of individuals based solely on their skin color?" I thought this is what we were fighting against.
Unfortunately, many people with associate or disassociate with others based solely on their skin tone. As far as I'm concerned, there is ONLY ONE RACE, the human race. I don't believe in racist Darwian evolution and I do not believe that different "races" are at different evolutionary levels, which basically means that some people are less evolved and more "monkey," which can supposedly be determined just by looking at the color of pigment in their skin.
There are NO WHITE PEOPLE and there are NO BLACK PEOPLE as far as I'm concerned, and I won't bother attempting to label people as such. So, if we rephrase the title question to ask, "Should people of a lighter skin tone be free to dread their hair?" there are only two answers... The short answer is "YES" and the long answer is "YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS." I hope that the video makes sense to you.
Until next time…
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@papa-pepper, I think that people should be aloud to do what they want to do regardless of skin tone. I am a social out cast as you have probably worked that out for your self by now.
I am a 36 year old male, I wear a baseball cap backwards and I were a vest, people look at me gone out when I go shopping, it isn't until I open my mouth that is when people know me as a nice guy.
Why do I dress the way I do?
One short answer, I am free to do what ever I choose and there is no one out there who can tell me to dress or wear other wise. and I think that goes for dreds as well buddy. :D
I agree. The world would be a better place if people minded their own business and stopped trying to control other people.
I think it's all about control, and if you don't fit in with the crowd your the odd one out if you get me.
Bullying at school plays a big part in how people dress, if you don't have the right shoes or trainers, designer clothes then you are singled out.
Who gave any one the right to say whats right or not for people to wear what they wear or have their hair as they want to have it.
Society sucks, and free will should be aloud.
I think I understand what you're saying here.
Everyone should have dreadlocks, regardless of race.
People should certainly be free to choose. Thanks!
I've been thinking about cultural appropriation as well, got a pretty good discussion going about cultural appropriation, with due respect for the sacred, perhaps being a good thing ;p
Individual liberty may be the most important culture ever appropriated!
Amen Papa Pepper! Preach on! Patriots have no skin color.
Nice images!
And me too, I dislike both racism and tribalism. Anyone can go with what he or she like.. So long your comfortable
Nice attitude~
Hi,
Anyone should be allowed to wear one's hair any style as long as the hair is clean.
And you can't forget, this post is Proof-of-Equality. :)
oddly enough.
I just got a haircut/beard trim
WTF for sure ! U.N.I.T.E.
@papa-pepper nice post
I say no to racism. my response to the question is YES people of lighter skin tone are free to dread their hair....
Thanks
It's very cliche to say, "I don't see color." We all do. The difference is how we treat people who are different. So please see my color and respect it.
Oh, I see your color, and won't treat you better or worse because of it. However... if I was to look at a color sample of your skin tone and classify it based on my knowledge and understanding of the color spectrum, I would never call it "BLACK" any more that you would call the coloration of my skin "WHITE," and that is part of the problem. Just like GOOD and EVIL, BLACK & WHITE are polar opposites. I think that there is a reason that people have been labeled with these terms, since it subtly places the two against one another. This isn't really a "black and white" issue now, is it?
Thanks @ty2nicerva, and I do get your point.
I 100% agree with why the colors were used that way. Alot of words get used that way. Like conservative or liberal. I don't know anyone who is 100% conservative or liberal, but we divide ourselves by that, and ride with the whole agenda of the group we choose. It's sickening how far gone we are from our animal nature.
I refer to seeing color as 'color aware.' Many people pride themselves on being color 'blind,' but I think that implies a level of ignorance that they do not really mean. Not seeing something (being blind to it) is very different from seeing and recognizing (being aware) the issues associated with various tones.
As a former teacher in an urban setting, I could not treat my students as if their skin color did not affect their daily experience. Instead, I had to learn how to be aware of those differences and reach each student accordingly. For example, as a white person I rarely think of whether I will be questioned, much less arrested or attacked by police officers if I've legitimately done nothing wrong. However, that is a reality my students faced daily.
One student, a ninth grader, was pushed to the ground and had his face stomped into a curb by a police officer because he was suspected of stealing something from a convenience store because he happened to be black, just like the person who actually stole the items. He lost several teeth in the incident and switched schools to avoid the embarrassment of returning. Both of those things will have a lifetime impact on him as a result of something he didn't even do.
Another time, a group of students was harassed at a public park simply for being in a group. The students had just come from school, and the school had a dress code so they were all dressed similarly in black slacks and white button down shirts. A woman actually called the police on them for acting suspiciously at a public park. The students received a clear message that they were not welcome at that park.
If I were to act like skin color doesn't matter, I'd be doing these students a disservice. It matters. It colors many aspects of their daily lives in a negative way. I feel it is my job to be color aware and fight back against those who seek to discriminate based on melanin.
With that being said, yes, I think white people should feel free to wear their hair however they please.
Ouch! That sounds terrible. I used to live in "the black pearl" which is a specific area of New Orleans. Frequently there was a loud message that I was not welcome there by various community members, but when I did not move, they learned to deal with me. It's a sad state of the world that we live in when skin tone plays such a large role.
Is it racist to ask about whether genetics factors (kinky hair vs straight hair, meletonin in the skin) play any factor in how a person should treat their hair and scalp?
This in itself would take away the freedom of an individual to choose what they want to do, wouldn't it? Even if there was something that was going to have a negative effect on someones hair and scalp, wouldn't they still be free to do it? I think cigarettes may have a negative effect on ones lungs, but people are still free to do it.
Good point. To each their own in how they wish to treat their own body.
Thanks, plus, as I mention in the video, all hair types will dread is allowed to. I do appreciate your thoughts and question though! ;-)
I have a view/opinion on this, started to write a comment, and have decided to write a post about this instead. My short answer to this post is simply, Yes, if they want to. I'll drop by later and leave a link to the post I write, if you're interested!
Just checked it out, thanks!
Holy cow, @papa-pepper! For a second there I thought you had gone racist! I am glad you clarified this in the video. I believe that this kind of question should never be asked in the first place. I think as a society we are devolving instead of evolving! I thought that in 2018 this kind of question would never be asked of anyone!
We can also rephrase that question to include religion, sex, or anything else you can think of that people are prejudiced against. God created man in His image, therefore, are they saying that God made a mistake and some are inferior to others?
Btw I love your dreadlocks! I think I might like to try this...
Dreadlocks are a lack of proper hygene. They are disgusting to look at and smell of body odor. I would expect to see this on a buffalo or some other beast of the field, however, on a human, it is a disgusting display of bad hygene.
Interesting opinion. Thanks for sharing it man!
Back in the day, this was called Scandofari (at least in the Twin Cities), a mashup of Scandinavian and Rastafarian.
What happens to people who feel the Rasta culture in their veins but were born white? they should simply live and enjoy the culture they want, I think that a person looks good when it is natural and if their naturalness is being rasta that they enjoy it has nothing to do with a skin color ... good dilemma here
If people can be born one gender and think they are a different one and have this premise accepted by supposedly sane people, then I guess anything is possible.
Hi @papa-pepper, thanks for sharing your views and opinions on this controversial topic. I see where you are going, and I am grateful that their are persons out there in the world, who don't judge people by their race.
Nevertheless, the question "if a person should wear it or not because of his/her racial background" isn't just a question to pride in their own cultural background. You see, the question "if a person should wear it because of the racial background" is a really complex one.
On the surface it might be a racist question floating above while the density to this question lies underneath. Trying to understand, why a person would even pose such a question, gives an answer to what we have been looking for. The answer to why this question was posed in the first place is because, the person asking isn't sure if there was a loss of information on the way trying this new "style".
Did they do their homework first, read up where its origin lies?
Do they appreciate other cultures as much as they do their own?
Or are they just copying because of the new wave splashing all over the social media networks?
Wouldn't it be a discriminatory question if a broker told a random guy, who never put the effort in looking up how the system works, has the money, but wants his gains as fast as possible, - if he is sure with what he is doing?
In my opinion people tend to not appreciate where these "new trends" come from, be it because the media doesn't give any disclosure where they have their influence/inspiration from, or be it because some people just want to stand out as much as possible without any pre-knowledge of what or why they are doing it.
-And as recently surfacing (2016), the well-known cornrows are being called "boxer braids" by elitists and the media, clearly re-naming a style they took from the urban culture and re-branding it as their own.
So to make things clear, I think white people can wear dreadlocks how much they want, however respecting the culture it comes from is a must, and acknowledging that by using/wearing something from a different culture must be respected and appreciated as they do their own culture.
Thanks for reading.
The origin of what "culture" dreadlocks come from would be highly, highly debatable. Personally, I'd say that there are only two possibilities. Either they originated with Adam and Eve and their ancestors, or with Noah and his wife, and their ancestors. Either way, I'm part of their ancestors, so I guess it is appropriate.
In response to doing research or just following a trend, I think we should also fully realize that people are free to as educated, or as ignorant, as they wish, so those points aren't really valid at all.
Thank you for checking this post out and replying with your insight and views!
You have a point there. And yes of course, people are free to be as educated, or as ignorant. - but being ignorant just brings up this whole debate over nothing. And when the debate starts, people tend to take sides and use race an excuse to argue about things. It wouldn't even be part of a controversy if people weren't ignorant, but that's just how people are.
Also, maybe to back your argument, the fact that cultural trends that have been there for decades get rebranded only to make it more appealable to the mass isn't quite right. Why not leave it as it is? People whichever race can still use these kinds of "trends" without giving washing it out from its origin. @hippie-with-a-gun states my commentary. It's all about acknowledging the other half and respecting them as equals instead of dividing them.
Thank you for replying.
Saying white people shouldn't wear dreadlocks is like saying that blacks shouldn't wear white style clothes or straighten their hair. It shouldn't bother you what someone else does or doesn't do. If it does, then you have far too much time on your hands and need to get a life!
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así es querido amigo buena reflexión
Well I am from Jamaica and knowing the meaning behind dread locks it does not matter the color of your skin. It is all about having a clean heart and love for all which is the Rastafarian way.
A lot of people just wear it as fashion but it has more spiritual meaning to RASTA.
Unclean hearts should not wear dreadlocks, dread locks should not be worn as fashion.
Only racists start screaming about cultural misappropriation. It's always minorities squawking about it too. You don't hear white people saying that other races shouldn't be driving cars or using computers or iphones because white people invented it and it's cultural misappropriation. Only low IQ immature people feel the need to play these games. I call this whole phenomenom the tyranny of the minority.
we are all part of the human race regardless of your color.we have the same number of brain cells,genes,bone structure.and yes,totally agree with you.
My hair fell out thinking about issues like these, problem solved for me at least ;)
LOL! Nice reply!
One race...the Human race!
YES! Exactly.....thanks @papa-pepper!
I could not agree more – and eloquently put. It is total madness. You could get the crazy situation where a very light-skinned black person with African American parentage is slated for having dreads. Or it could lead to Rastafarians of African heritage being slated for having dreads because dreads originated in India (which I think is the case). Madness. People should be free to take up any cultural aspects that interest them.
Actually I can see where this "cultural appropriation" concern comes from, as when cultural aspects of people who have been oppressed are used by people in the "dominant" culture without them noticing or taking on board the actual oppression of those people, it is very frustrating. But rather than trying to prevent these cultural aspects being used, which is utterly ridiculous in my opinion, it should instead be used to open dialogue and discussion.
For example, my hair. When I was growing up as a mixed race person in Scotland, I used to sometimes get racist abuse (thankfully things have changed). It was usually when my hair was looking particularly wild and more "Afro". Yet at that time it was the fashion for people to have perms - ie, white people were having their hair made to look more Afro, and some of those people were the ones giving me racist abuse! Yet from a wider perspective, that was a time when different cultures were actually mixing more and learning more about each other - that is the bigger picture.
"I don't believe in racist Darwian evolution" lol STAY IN SCHOOL KIDS!