Chose to look into white dreadlocks instead of delving deeper into that tool's blog.
There is contention. There is certainly contention.
And for once, I have a strong opinion. I've got something to say. And that's that white people shouldn't be wearing dreads under 95% of all circumstances.
They are a bad idea because they tend to look really silly unless you have very dense, curly hair, not because it's offensive. Seriously, any culture of people with long, thickly-textured curly hair has at some point come up with forming it into tight braids out of practicality, whether East African, Mediterranean, Viking or whatever.
If it's the AJJ song I'm thinking of, it's not a parody so much as an homage. It's hard to parody something that already gives so few fucks about anything.
It is, in no uncertain terms, another example of white culture taking from black culture for reasons that are generally disrespectful.
Bob Marley brought Rastafarianism into the American eye through reggae, and you took the dreads and the less serious music and the colors and disposed of all the heavier stuff in the trash.
Do you lot have any idea how contentious dreadlocks are in Jamaica? To have dreadlocks is to have stock in Rastafarianism. My cousin's father, a Protestant preacher, wouldn't let her dread her hair because that has implications. It would appear irresponsible. A politic-religious statement, even.
And over here in the States, it's a way of keeping your hair natural, which is a struggle for many Black girls because the norm is perm'd hair. And having dreads nets you the stereotype of having unwashed hair, on top of the other crap that you have to deal with for being a Black girl with natural hair.
And then they copy what they see without digging any deeper, and they don't want anyone to dig for them because, hey, they're not like those hippies who wear them for hippie reasons and, hey, they make sure that they clean their dreads and, hey, they have a black girlfriend or boyfriend so of course it's okay!
If it's the AJJ song I'm thinking of, it's not a parody so much as an homage. It's hard to parody something that already gives so few fucks about anything.
I usually do a little parody whenever I post something with 'I've got something to say' in it. It is our wizardy way.
the only white people i can think of who have dreads besides "the college freshman with a bob marley poster who owns two reggae albums" type folks are are crust punks
It is, in no uncertain terms, another example of white culture taking from black culture for reasons that are generally disrespectful.
Bob Marley brought Rastafarianism into the American eye through reggae, and you took the dreads and the less serious music and the colors and disposed of all the heavier stuff in the trash.
Do you lot have any idea how contentious dreadlocks are in Jamaica? To have dreadlocks is to have stock in Rastafarianism. My cousin's father, a Protestant preacher, wouldn't let her dread her hair because that has implications. It would appear irresponsible. A politic-religious statement, even.
And over here in the States, it's a way of keeping your hair natural, which is a struggle for many Black girls because the norm is perm'd hair. And having dreads nets you the stereotype of having unwashed hair, on top of the other crap that you have to deal with for being a Black girl with natural hair.
And you White people dread your hair and you don't want anybody to complain because, hey, you're not like those hippies who wear them for hippie reasons and, hey, you make sure that you clean them and, hey, you have a black girlfriend or boyfriend so of course it's okay!
QUATSCH
Y'know, you have some really good points here, and I generally agree that most white people over here who have dreads are clueless as to the significance (although elsewhere it may be a different matter; consider English punk culture circa 1977-1984), but I find the use of "you White people" here really obnoxious. I know why you're doing it, but still, it's a really unproductive rhetorical move, particularly when you are talking to people who want to hear what you have to say.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Before I forget about it: The other night, I was listening to Heart in Motion by Amy Grant, and for an album that was a huge hit in 1991-1992, it sure sounds like it's from 1989 once you get past the two big hits! There's a whole mess of M1 on it.
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Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
...dreadful????? :D
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
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what's funnier?
a bat?
or thirty bats?
richard perkins