Fashion Dreadlocks

I have been accused on more than one occasion of having 'fashion' locks. Because I am not Rastafarian or any other religion that for whom dreadlocks have religious significance. Because I curl my locks. Because I wash my locks. Because I have cut off my locks. Because I have trimmed my locks. Because I unraveled my daughter's locks. Because I feel it's ok to dye dreadlocks. Because I feel it's ok for black people to not have locks. Because I feel it's ok for non-black people to have locks. For any reason, really, people can come up. I understand that for many people, particularly black people, dreadlocks and natural hair are a serious, serious matter. But for me it's just...hair.

I look forward to the day when we black people feel so comfy in our skin and with our hair that we can do anything at all to our hair without it having to mean something. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for spirituality and cultural connection and all but at the end of the day, what my spirit is all about and who I am deep inside has ZERO to do with my hair. It is 'just' hair, and it is 'just' a hairstyle for me. Because who I am and what I represent on this earth and how I choose to live, carry myself, and behave towards others would still be there if I had to undergo chemotherapy or something and lost all my hair. My spirit is not trapped in my hair, nor is my ethnicity, and my connection to god or the universe is not fixated on or in my hair.

This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Dread Mama!

Sun In My Face & Lots of Hair

Sometimes I don't realize just how much hair I have until I see it in pics. Wow

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Dreadlocked Student Loses Job

This is outrageous: Hair costs student job

That is so bizarre to me. I have never had that happen to me. I think in my case people assume my dreadlocks are a cultural or religious issue, so it never comes up in job situations.

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