blairwolfproject-blog asked: I love your blog but you just lost a follow because of that ignorant dread post.

lgbtpeopleagainstsjws:

meganmagnificent: lgbtpeopleagainstsjws: darthfeyder: Sorry to disappoint, but dreads on a white person are cultural appropriation. Just because you’re vegan doesn’t mean you get a free pass for racism. Black people get fired for having dreads, white people get called “interesting”. Do go on about what hairstyles one’s skin color entitles them to. Uuummmm… How often do you even see white people with dreads…? And I’ve never heard anyone call a white person with dreads ‘interesting’. People always call them dirty and stoners. Yet ive never heard someone say that about a black person with dreadlocks. But sure okay… Just because people call white people with dreads ‘dirty’ and ‘stoners’ doesn’t make it appropiation. That just makes the name callers assholes. And people have called black people with dreadlocks dirty and stoners. Hell, that’s basically the Jamaican stereotype. -The Star

Look, this really isn’t that hard to understand. Dreadlocks have importance in African cultures. When a white person wears “dreads”, they are coopting and erasing that importance. It’s not a fucking math problem; If something is significant in a culture that’s not yours, it’s disrespectful and racist to use it.

It would be like if people from other countries stole imperialism and rampant colonialism from the USA. That’s American culture, and it’s not okay to take it.

Also I’m pretty sure most people calling black people, with or without dreadlocks, dirty and stoners aren’t doing it because of their hair. Racism, perhaps you’ve heard of it? You seem fairly familiar with racism, so you should understand.