SHOULD WHITE PEOPLE HAVE DREADLOCKS?
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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I totally agree.Human race answers it all.The ultimate and superior race
Amen to that!
@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!
Back in the day, this was called Scandofari (at least in the Twin Cities), a mashup of Scandinavian and Rastafarian.
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
Hi,
Anyone should be allowed to wear one's hair any style as long as the hair is clean.
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.