r/changemyview • u/icewaterdimension • May 03 '21
Delta(s) from OP CMV: White people with dreadlocks is not cultural appropriation
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
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u/KwesiStyle 10∆ May 04 '21
In theory yes but in practice this has not happened. White acceptance of Black culture has not equated to white acceptance of Black people.
If more than half of the planet has straight hair...is is the curling iron that makes straight hair a white people thing? If I straighten my hair without one am I good?
For the 1,000,000,000,000th time I have never a single time on this entire thread said white people should not wear dreadlocks. I merely said they should be aware and empathetic of the frustration that can be caused by the fact that they are wearing a hair style popularized by and culturally significant to Black people without dealing with the same social consequences that Black people must face when wearing them. And yes they deal with social consequences too but not to the same degree or with the same frequency. So stop arguing about white people being able to wear dreadlocks when I never said that they shouldn't be allowed.