zoony Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 . And I had never imagined so many white Rastafarians (a truly lame creature) existed until I moved to Olympia and became familiar with The Evergreen State College (which is a helluva good school if the student wants to do it right). This is absolutely amazing, I agree. Rastafarianism is at its core a black-power movement, and has its roots firmly planted in The Holy Piby... "the black man's bible". It's sort of like Dave Chappelle's black KKK skit. ---------- Post added August-15th-2011 at 09:10 AM ---------- You can say the samething about guys trimming their beards into gotees. ahhh, the shaved head/goatee look, popular among 30+ year old men, usually accompanied by jorts. Gotta love that jus jokes, people As to the thread title, I don't see a problem with them, if that's your thing, why not- white or black. I will say it must smell terrible to not wash your hair for that long. I'm white and I have the hair type I could grow dreads. I might just do it someday, when I tire of that pesky job-thingy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botched Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Is it just me or do the Redskins have a lot of players with dreads right now? To answer the question, only black people can pull it off. Dreads look disgusting on white people. Grosses me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#98QBKiller Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 I agree with others that white people look silly with dreads. I think they look cool on some black people but it depends on the person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassSkinsFan Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 The people I know with dreads are mostly Jamaican or Haitian. Some of them are Rastafarian and the dreads are part of their religious culture, like forelocks for Orthodox Jews. Those guys get a pass in my book. Also, if you have a cultural heritage where locks were part of it (Africa, India, Tibet for example) you're good. Everyone else with dreads needs to stop it now. I don't care if it makes you feel more authentic, more in tune with the oppressed or somehow makes you think you're much cooler for having them, because it's just sad. Don't get me started about Ras Whitey rolling up a fatty, dancing (if you can call it that) to Phish and hoping the Black Star Liner is coming to take him back to Africa. Dude, get a haircut, take a bath and maybe lay off the bong for a few days, then get back to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#98QBKiller Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Don't get me started about Ras Whitey rolling up a fatty, dancing (if you can call it that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVAbrendan Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Like them. Especially on girls. Sexy! (im in the minority here) Everyone else with dreads needs to stop it now. I don't care if it makes you feel more authentic, more in tune with the oppressed or somehow makes you think you're much cooler for having them, because it's just sad. Don't get me started about Ras Whitey rolling up a fatty, dancing (if you can call it that) to Phish and hoping the Black Star Liner is coming to take him back to Africa. Dude, get a haircut, take a bath and maybe lay off the bong for a few days, then get back to me. You sound like Jim Rome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinz4Life12 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 i like them. on the right people they look good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassSkinsFan Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Like them. Especially on girls. Sexy!(im in the minority here) You sound like Jim Rome I'm not familiar with Jim Rome, but I'm assuming that like any "radio personality" he is a first-class *******. Is that right? I probably do sound like him, but I've got some background that informs my dreads-view. I've been playing in a variety of ska/reggae/rocksteady bands as well as Haitian mizik rasin/rara bands for about 20 years so I'm used to encountering lots of dreaded musicians and fans. I've come to be irritated by the dreadlocked white guys. In my experience most of them are not Rastas (the only Rasta tenet to which they adhere is prodigious dope consumption) and don't have any real reason to be wearing dreads other than the notion that Bob Marley did it so it must be cool. To me, these people are disrespecting Rastafarianism even though I'm sure it's not their intent. I'm not a fan of most "Third Wave" ska, and this song isn't really my style, but I love it anyway (and these guys are pretty cool people) - this sums it up for me: Also, I'm not a huge fan of that religion, but I'm also not a fan of misguided attempts to be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVAbrendan Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Haha, very cool. Used to listen to Skankin Pickle years ago (and played in quite a few reggae/ska bands myself!). I hear what you're saying though, but I think for the most part, people dread their hair simply due to style, and don't look into the roots/religion aspect. I've always considered getting it done - at least I know now that most will view me in the highest class of douchebaggery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SauzzBozz Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 it all depends. I have a lot of friends with dreads and they arent easy to maintain if you want them to look nice. If you could care less about what they look like, smell like, etc then you shouldnt do em no matter what race you are. If you can put up with the maintenance, then by all means I think they could look good on anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bubble Screen Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 You can say the samething about guys trimming their beards into gotees. That's a bad look, too. But nowhere near as bad as dreads. That is a horrible look. And it basically screams "I don't care about my appearance". ---------- Post added August-15th-2011 at 01:40 PM ---------- I don't know that one off the top of my head. They play it constantly on NFLN. You seriously haven't seen it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 That's a bad look, too. But nowhere near as bad as dreads. That is a horrible look. And it basically screams "I don't care about my appearance". There's a lot of things people do to their appearance that screams "I don't care about my appearance", I just don't think dreads is one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassSkinsFan Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 There's a lot of things people do to their appearance that screams "I don't care about my appearance", I just don't think dreads is one of them. Some people have really nice dreads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Some people have really nice dreads. I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeesburgSkinFan Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 The people that have them smell like ass and the dreads are usually accompanied by body odor. Doesn't matter to me if it's cultural or wannabe, they still stink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 They play it constantly on NFLN. You seriously haven't seen it? I've probably seen it, I just don't remember it right now. I've only watched NFL network once in the past several months (for the preseason game) and my attention was elsewhere during the commercials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVAbrendan Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 I knew a dude who has his hair dreaded in a way in which he would wash them every day if he wanted to. I forget the process, but they weren't smelly at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 I don't really notice them anymore. I had dreadlocks down to about my waist before I cut them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GhostofSparta Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 China wins the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston2Taylor2Landry Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 You can't tell me that this doesn't look sweet...Although most probably will.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedskinFeathers Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 I usually like em, but they can look really horrible on some people. I wish I could pull them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 I usually like em, but they can look really horrible on some people.I wish I could pull them off. You wish they were detachable?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Screen Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 There's no way that many people are ok with dreadlocks. Gotta be some ninja voting or something going on. Or I was right all along. This should have been a private poll. People are voting differently because they don't want to offend anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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