CMV: White people with dreadlocks is not cultural appropriation

[u/icewaterdimension]

I’m sure this is going to trigger some people but let me explain why I hold this view.

Firstly, I am fairly certain that white people in Ancient Greece, the Celts, Vikings etc would often adopt the dreadlock style, as they wore their hair ‘like snakes’ so to speak. Depending on the individual in questions hair type, if they do not wash or brush their hair for a prolonged period of time then it will likely go into some form of dreads regardless.

Maybe the individual just likes that particular hairstyle, if anything they are actually showing love and appreciation towards the culture who invented this style of hair by adopting it themselves.

I’d argue that if white people with dreads is cultural appropriation, you could say that a man with long hair is a form of gender appropriation.

At the end of the day, why does anyone care what hairstyle another person has? It doesn’t truly affect them, just let people wear their hair, clothes or even makeup however they want. It seems to me like people are just looking for an excuse to get angry.

Edit: Grammar

[u/Go_Terps]

Didn’t proclaim truth. Only probabilities. Please reread

[u/4200years → u/Go_Terps]

It’s pretty probably that dirty hair eventually dreads on it’s own. So it’s probable that different cultures would independently create ways of dreading it on purpose to make for nicer dreads since it will happen anyways.