i was verging on making a postall about the life-time consuming totally fascinating do's & don'ts of nostril hair plaiting and how to keep the smell of rotting seal blubber from intruding on a long day at the icehole --- i hear the innuit people have been criticised 4 robbing the idea off some famous Maori 70's popsinger who'd already given them the tattoo (not v useful under a polar bearskin coat) and a rugby team and a couple of talentless offspring, yeah, but anyway man like i was sayi ..
If someone doesnt have the finances to support daily grooming with shampoo and other hair products they did not have 100 years ago. Are you stilll going to lok down on them? I would like to know how much cash she spends a month keeping her locs clean?
I'm from Norway, And the vikings had dreads. I'm also Sami (native people of north, similar to native americans in many ways). And Samipeople sometimes have dreads.
Thank you so much for this video! I always get questions asking if black people comment badly on my hair. I've only had one black woman in a shop who was talking about her locs look at me and say 'those are NOT dreadlocks' and other than that the rest of black people i've talked to about my locs have been interested about the difference between white locs and black locs and how i look after mine. Also I HATE that everyone thinks i don't wash my hair!
See I feel you because I myself was getting comments on my twist. Stuff like you got termites in your hair. I can see why we as black people have a problem with it. It's cause white people have straight hair. Well since straight hair is( quote on quote) perfect hair why would you strive for nappy hair. There is no such thing as straight hair!! That's why alot of black girls have weave or perms in their hair.
all i have to say, is at the end of the day, its just hair. we all have it, we can all do what and how we want.. thats like saying that white people cant have a buzz bc black people have short hair.. if a white person has really curly hair, he cant have an 'afro' due to the fact that black people have them.. its just hair. do what you want with it.. i would get my head locked up, but im growing it out for locks of love, and sadly LoL doesnt accept dreadlocks. Next time!
Bravely spoken! Locs are a panacea for a problem that is fast going away: a temp solution to managing the most different (and beautiful) hair on the planet. Locking your hair up holds shed hair in, not allowing a natural process to take place. Most people are not diligent about much in life, so adding the intense care of dreads to an already sorta lazy mentality is another mistake. The proper application of knowledge is power.
thanks very much totaly agree.im a white average house wife with 4 month old very well keept locks that will never have any thing but decent lock shampoo(twise a week)and love put in to them.strangers love them on me but not my family.im also out there talking to all cloures and racess about lock truth and slowley being a good example and a proud lock bearer.love to all nameste melissa.
@gghrre23 Yeah, I agree on the weird full-of-shitness you see in white people with dreads. I have dreads and I'm white, and I feel myself beginning to worry that people will think I'm a hippie idiot that wants to be ~cool~ and ~earthy~ or something. I have nice clean dreads that I am going to keep up so that they will look awesome. check out 2svj7 's channel if you want to see great dreads on a white female. :)
Hey! I appreciate this. I'm white and just made dreads because I think that thin, well-kept dreads are pretty! I made my dreads about two weeks ago, and I have washed them three times. They're still all in- no products, no nothing. I appreciate this video, but I think it's hilarious that you said "someone needs to stick up for white people." Nah, but it would be nice if everyone could wear their hair in a way that they like without getting flack for being the "wrong" race to do it. <3
had locks for 3 years now and no black person have NEVER said anything negative to me about my hair!
White people is a pain in the ass on the other hand. Most of them think I am trying to be black (wtf??) the majority "knows" I never wash them and sometimes strangers just walk up to me and dig their hands into my head, asking rude questions, tell me to shower >.< they behave like they are at a freakshow, it is tough being civil sometimes.
I use this opportunity to inform people of the range of products available for dreads but I also tell them of the chemicals that go into general shampoos and such alike. Things like sls etc, by doing this you are not only dispelling the myths but also building a rapport with people in the community, and that is never a bad thing, Thankyou so much for posting this vid :) btw your locks are beautiful :)
Oh my gosh, this video has fulled me with such positiveness. I am white and have dreads (3 years, cleaned, deep cleansed and well maintained and never waxed). I tend to get a lot of "you don't wash your hair" but like you said about talking in our communities, talking is the remedy. When they ask this question I don't get mad or angry, I explain to them that is indeed the perception of some people but it is not the case with the all people who wear dreads.
This is such an excellent video. I completely agree. I have locks, I am caucasian, and I get people surprised that I wash my locks. I then ask them do you really think that I've spent 3 years not washing my hair? That normally changes their minds.
I happen to be a whitey with dreads and I assure everyone mine are definitely not dirty, and definitely do not smell. It's not hard to wash your hair, people. :) And to the poster, your locks are great and you know what you're talking about. Here's to busting the stereotype one clean head at a time. :p
You are amazing, seriously. I wish everyone else had this kind of passionate outlook on dreads, and the way we treat each other. I've been told that my dreads (I'm white) are racist, cultural appropriation, that they aren't mine to own, that I'm disrespectful, etc. Seeing this side from you makes me know that I'm doing the right thing. <3
I'm half white/half mex but want to get dreads eventually. However I need to do alot of research first since I've heard alot of bad things about going to a salon to get them done with wax and all. I definitely agree with you though, I think the way dreads are viewed by people makes it a little harder to get information on it. And wax definitely must be a huge contribution to the dirty dreads, alot of straight haired people have dirty ones VS african textured dreads tend to look alot more clean
I LOVED this video! I agree with you 100%! I've never had anyone criticising me for being white and having dreads, but I've heard it from other people. I think dreads should be enjoyed, loved and definitely clean!!! Thank you for making this video!!!!!
I love you. Thank you for this. I don't wash my dreads often, but I don't go more than a week without washing. I make sure what I use to wash them is good for the environment & my hair & won't strip it of its natural oils. I still wash my body every other day or every 3 days. I commend you for backing up your points because they are very good points. If you think about all the pollution that's in the air it is nasty not to wash them. Dreads were not invented, dreads happen. Preach it. :)
...may I add, that there are ppl who don't wear locs who go weeks and months without washing their hair. I believe hygiene applies to all. I hear you. Although, most ppl I come across with locs are clean. I've learned a lot from your vid. I'm glad you did this vid. We need to communicate more and educate each other. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
I mean it's really no different than not washing the clothes on your back. How gross do you feel when you walk around in unwashed clothes? Consider your hair to be the same way. Wash the hair regularly please!
Wow this girl's views mirror mine so much (she even looks like me). WASH YOUR LOCS PEOPLE. Religion... statements.... whatever aside, the reality is locs are just knotted hair and are still a part of your body and they still need to be cleaned. X_x
I got to say saw your video and totally agree but must say whether your locks are clean or not people will always see them as dirty as it goes against the norm and the values of society.
they say john the baptist more than likely had dreadlocks..rastas wear locs..there was a scottish king that had dreads...an emperor in asia that wore something similar to braided dreads...some indians had them...now either mankind started with 2 people god created somewhere and we are all basically the same people or something similar happened or through evolution people came about and we are yet again the same people...i fail to see the problem here
being a white guy with locs is kinda rough around here everyone thinks their dirty mine are natural, i wash them every other day unless its durring the summer and i been working outside currently on my second set, a lot of whites think i want to be black..and blacks think im disrespectful..and teenagers think dreads = drug dealer..whats funny is when people that know nothing about them try to tell me how to maintain them though haha always good for a laugh
Wow, you've really helped me to understand and see a different side of the problem. I would have never seen it like that, so thank you for standing up and speaking about it. Much respect & love.
I feel you... Very deep. No one has a monopoly on wearing locs. That's such a self-conceited way to think.... Everyone has their own Journey, which strengthens them in some way another.
Oh girl very well said, I am a white mama with Loc's and I hate how people look at me and treat me like trash. It's sad really, I love my Loc's and I love the journey it's been for me with them. They have deep meaning for me. I started natural and have not combed for about 13 weeks or so. I wash my hair about 2 times a week with baking soda and apple cider vinegar and could never even for a second not wash my hair. I love you for this video and keep it up girl, I am gonna pass this along <3
@AubreeLouise And what people don't realize is that people like you are getting their hair super clean with that wash method while restoring ph levels leading to super healthy hair and scalp. :D Real dirty, right. :p All the luck in the world on your journey. :)
Personally...I couldnt care less if white people wear dreads. But i doubt that they can call themselves rastas. It would be disrespectful if they did.
Just had to comment b/c I thank you for being so serious about this topic & the fist question I get about my locks is...do you wash them and this question drives me nuts!!! Thank you for sharing, someone had to!
AHHHH!!! THANK YOU!! I get so tired of being called a "poser", "wigger", and various other things just because I have locks! Thank you so much for this! You're awesome!
Great vid. I work for the Railroad, in Los Angeles, California. and trust me....there is alot of junk, and gook in the air, not to mention that the locomotives spew out alot of black thick gunk. And like they say "what goes up, must come down...in your hair, and on your skin, and clothes. Don't believe me? dont wash your car for a week, and see whats on it!
Febreze?! Really? OMG, never, ever have I heard this nastiness before! Who would put something designed for upholstery on their hair?! Someone please kick the so called loctitician who even suggested it! Also, whoever else suggests it and DOES it needs their ass beat!!!!
Let me just add that the PRSENT day popularity of Dreadlocks is a direct product by people of African descent. The inspiration to get Dreadlocks did not come from East Indian or European antiquity whatsoever; it is good justification or EXCUSE albeit laughable. If it were not for the Rastas and Bob Marley they'd never would have consdiered them. Thus they are copying a style popularzed as a result of a 20th century Afrocentric movement. White people need to admit that.
@Cherubim666999 Very true but why are they popular today? The number 1 reason is Bob Marley and Reggae music. I am just saying acknowledge the obvious.
@sutton66 to me it dont matter who done what first. we all just kind of gravitate to what suits us personally. me, im a weirdo that wears clown makeup listening to music most people hate and my hair resembles rope lol and thats just how i like it.
@sutton66 we could end all the debate..all us whites could shave our heads go to europe stop using gunpowder .etc blacks could give up christianity the english language and whatever else then live in africa and maybe in a few hundred years we can all move back here start over and start acting like civilized people rather than hateful children towards one another about who was first whos right and whos wrong and all of the petty shit that is holding us back
@Cherubim666999 Well hopefully when we return people of Africans descent will have a choice on whether to come or not unlike the first time. LOL!! Just playing do not get all white guilt-ish on me.
@sutton66 its kind of funny the reason i got dreads though, when i was a kid and i seen that predator movie i thought it was coolest thing i had ever seen, then i found out that the inspiration for that was a real life hairstyle later on i saw another crazy thing in my life the insane clown posse..and being a person that never wanted to and never did fit in i had to go with the locks now im an adult, my dreads are my own nobody has dreads like mine, and mine can not be like anyones
people orignated from africa(black people land),so how indians had them before that.....yes,you have to lock your hair for a certain amount of time without washing it(with water..u can use dry shampoo over that time[6-8months])..listen to your voice really irrated me..bet you have ALOT of white friends...you to old to be on youtube making videos +you sound like a cry baby ...and its time for you to retwist your locks...it sounds like u dont have a job either... plus we dont care what ppl think
@gammerstang2009 She did label the video as a rant, lol. I can understand what she's saying. I don't want other people with dreadlocks to mess up how other people think of me, either. :)
People can do what they want to do. You control your own destiny and if people want to say something about you, fuck em! Why do we even care about what other people do to their hair. I mean its their hair! How you feel is how you feel. It not against the law and no one can change it. So LIG it. (Let it go)
Calm down! you strike me as a person who hangs predominatly with wthe white folk and dosnt know much about her own people. Cuz not too many black folks I know give white people a hard time for getting locks.imitation is the highest form of flattery and they basically immitate us from hairstlyes to music to fashion.
@kayode50 i see white woman and men with dreads a few times with their little nappy head babies at the gyro place so im not sure whats up. I have people come up to me and they like my poof i just say thank you and keep it moving i dont go around saying her hair is dirty because i remember white folk doing that to me and it wasnt hot
@quotidianlight Firstly who the hell are you to judge someone on their hair. Whether someones hair is dirty or not it's their hair and they can do whatever the hell they want with it. So theses "dirty dreads" people should change the way they handle their hair just so people can view you in a cleaner prespective? You must be crazy. Rastafarians didn't invent dreads but they surely did popularize it. People like you adopted it and rejected its symbolism as free-spirited.
@UgksReaper um... Rastifarians have organic dreads not dirty dreads. Before you assume what my video actually says you should watch it. I judge locticians telling pople to go months or even a year without washing and i judge people with locs assuming dreadlocks is a negative word that should never be used due to not understanding dreads history . I also support anyone's right to grow locs and promote inter racial support and education. So slow down, drink some tea and breath
@quotidianlight Rastafarians believe in freely expressing themselves afar from modern society whether their dreads is dirty or clean you or anyone elses opinion doesn't matter they do what they want with their hair whether washing it or not. To say no Rastafarian have dirty dreads is misinforming again, each individual freely express themselves differently. You disrespected alot of freeformers and Rastafarians. If people view you as dirty then thats your problem if you care what they think.
@UgksReaper You are hearing but not listening. I have seen young people who haven't washed in 6 months with glue in their hair asking for advice from black people. Because their scalps are in pain turned away by blacks refusing to help with a simple it's okay to wash". This video was prompted by tweets telling people they should change what they refer to their hair to locs prompted by tweets calling white rastas disgusting. I've seen a lot of crazy come out of a locticians chair.
@quotidianlight I understand the purpose of this video and I agree with you. What I have a problem with is you disrespecting people who choose to express themselves freely whom you call "dirty dreads" just because someone seen them and categorizes you with them. What should be doing is making a video about employers/society judging others on morals and values instead of their hair. Do you understand?
@UgksReaper so you are okay with people literally not washing their hair with water for a year and getting scalp infection. Cause some loctician told them too or they read it on some website. I'm sorry but. That is dirty and they should be welcomed into the community and offered help when they ask. that will further us all. You are assuming my definition of dirty. Dirt is not unmanicured. Dirt is Dirt!
@quotidianlight *Sigh*... You aren't understanding what i'm saying. If someone chooses not to wash their hair then they don't have to regardless of what you or anyone else says. Yes locticians telling clients false methods is wrong. What i'm saying is you said "dirty dreads" and alot of people choose to be that way themselves and because someone thought you were like that person you decided to disrespect them when your disrespecting the wrong one just apologize and be done.
@quotidianlight Wouldn't you be offended if someone judged your whole personalty on your ears? What if someone posted a vid saying "you look ugly with holes in your ears" or "your nasty for stretching your ears" when their ignorant as to why you do have them. Your being that very same ignorant person. Maybe now you can understand what I am trying to say.
@UgksReaper I get judged for my ears all thee time and really don't care. The big difference is my ears don't impact people around me. Not washing hair for for long periods off time actually does. Just like, I can't wear perfume at work out of deference to people with allergies. Not washing actually stinks and makes it difficult for others to be around you. If you're an ascetic that is one thing but if not... It hits my "do not judge" limiter
@UgksReaper it's not about being stubborn. It's about knowing my own limits. Everyone makes judgements, this is one of mine. Just like you judge me. I never meant disrespect but rather support. We may agree on many other things but ma never on this. I don't fault you or label your judgment of me ignorance. It is just your own limit to acceptance. Please give me the same respect.
@quotidianlight we'll just have to agree to disagree on this. I do think having a clean body is a health issue. Sure soap can be optional but water is crucial. If someone literally smellsthen then complaining about not getting a job seems just silly. I am human and we all have things we judge. For me, getting ones body into some water is just... Like covering a mouth when you cough or cleaning up after the restroom. I can agree to disagree though
@UgksReaper oh and while i've seen rastas with locs were I live that may appear dirty but none off them were. None of them stunk to high heaven the way some of these manicured locs i've seen have. They all believed dreads are like trees and need water.
Oh and we black did invent lock.to make a long history lesson short.If you take it back to 10,000 BC. or go to Africa(where Mankind originated) & see the cave painting it shows the earliest man & woman/tribes wearing locks.All most every hairstyle and invention on this planet originated from the mother land.Drums,Braids,tattooing,scarification,music,art & sports.as mankind migrated to to different continents are ideas were used in different cultures.
accuse my language but who the F**k would spray febreze on their hair?I thought that chick from the Breakfast Club was weird.smh I've done heard it all..............
White people hair will not lock naturally... I dont care what you feel but u have to state the facts and fact is we did create locks.. I think your right in that people are entitled to do what they wanna do with there hair. People shouldn't judge white people with locs but they did come from us..
@BlaqueWoods type in 'neglect dreads' and you will see whites who have locked their hair naturally. I'm mixed race but my hair is like indian hair which isnt far from white hair, and I locked about 4 of my dreads naturally. Also locks is not an invention its a fact of life, if you dont brush your hair or comb your hair or run your fingers through your hair to keep them untangled they will lock fact!
dread locks are the most dirty filthy dodo crap on this planet!! no matter how much you think you washed it its still dirty similar to a dirty mop mop heads full of insect secretion...then some have the nerve to compare biblical men and women to have that when their laws forbid it no priest in the scriptures walked dirty and Samson didn't have dirty filthy hair it was braids which showed the scalp as a web..and you stink! ..so black people please stop the uncleanness!!!
Did Europeans have a "right" to wear AFRos in the 60s as well? Is that the way "our hair naturally forms as humans" without a comb? The Neanderthals didn't have locs, they had a matted mess, we brought the science of the loc, if we didnt, they wouldn't have it. So many holes in your argument, you are speaking from emotion not logic. The fact of the matter is, they are doing it to emulate a culture that is not their own, they try to be us w.out being us. I burn them out like I burn out relaxers.
Locs began as SPIRITUAL and were invented all ppl w locs for other purposes have questions to answer. As far as saying "people are right to have the idea" MOST LOCS ARE CLEAN nobody has the reason to think locs are dirty that is the EMPLOYERS THINK LOCS ARE DIRTY BECAUSE THEY DON'T ACCEPT THEM! THEY NEVER WILL! You need to do your research and know the history behind the practices You are making no sense right now. Foolishness, you are mixed up.
You are gonna get alot of flack because you dont know what you're talking about. "Indians before rastas" 1. we were those indians, 2 the rastas were before the "Indians" because the didnt become Rasta when they got to this hemisphere, the religion has been around for thousands of years. WE DID INVENT LOCKS. We were the first on this earth who else could have done it, silly? The primary complaint comes from us being robbed of a culture.
(part 5) needs the help and nobody is telling us different, so yeah, thank you for all your positive comments and from the perspective of a white person with soon to be dreads i say we want and need and will embrace the acceptance and guidance and open dialogue. as you said, we are all brothers and sisters. x
(part 4) most of us just let our hair hang of our heads! anyway we are figuring it out but it would be great to be taken under the wing of others who know all about dreads. until i saw your video i didnt even think there could be conversation between our dreadlocks, i assumed they were so different that we would look after them in different ways. i have decided not to use wax but there are soo many sites out there with lots of junk as you said, we buy into it because we belive our hair needs the
(Part 3) so the last thing i want to say about your video is in regards to communicating between races about our locks, PLEASE do! weather black people invinted locks or not, i think its safe to say they have had a good relationship with them and with their hair in general, at least from my experiences i have always thought black people are very involved in the know about their hair due to its versatile nature. Anyway my point is the white community do that have this advantage, most of us just..
(part 2) you didnt mention this but black women have been sporting straight blond hair for some time now and nobody (hopefully) has tried to deny them of that right so i think that should be raised when considering hairstyles that are believed to be owned by or exclusive to a group of people.
Thank you for this. Im just about to get dreads and although nothing will change my mind i was feeling some twinges of doubt, will i be opening my self to some kind of resentment from black people? am i stepping on anyone's toes? is this controversial because im white? and so on..But your video has made me feel more confident and deserving of my future locks. i think you have been fair in what you said, you didnt mention this but,( Part 1)
Wow I can relate to this I'm an albino and I want dreads people have always picked on me and called me fake because I carry myself like a black person......STUPID BITCH I AM BLACK.but frankly I feel like having dreads has nothing to do with being black or white it's about being comfortable with and loving your dreads no matter what race you are it's 2011 people black people always talk about keeping an open mind and cultural bias well let's keep an open mind.dreads are beautiful on anyone as lo
@GarrettDavisHustle I think anyone can get locs as long as they have hair. They may not be the locs your envision but they will be yours. I just saw a gorgeous set of freeformed caucasian locs that weren't latches or twisted or waxed or anything else. They didn't look like most people would want but they were beautiful on him and they were his.
I agree that this is indeed an issue, it's one thing to disgree with a white person wearing dreads, but it's still bullying more then racism. there are some people who dont suit every hairstyle, it happens to all races.no need to be rude.
I'm white and wear dreadlocks, i put them in by myself with no friends to help. I'm also pagan as well as pregnant. Dreadlocks make me think of trees and thier strength and thier ability to support life, and since i put mine in, i've never felt more beautiful.
I like this video, I am a white/ native person who had locks for a little while and hopefully will be getting them back in, I completely agree with you, I'm not racist but you wouldnt believe the words that were said to me from every race, "youre dirty" why do you want to be "black" etc.also the constant sayings about how i must be high all of the time. and people that said that if i was around them any longer they would cut them off for me. I love locks, they are beautiful and belong to all.
Interesting video, great points, well articulated. It's definitely a semantic battle. I couldn't agree more...Dirty locks is certainly more of an issue than locs worn by different skin shades. Anything that perpetuates that stereotypes definitely hurts everyone from across the board. Thanks for this rant...much needed!
I was so moved by your video. I am white and have always wanted locs but have never been sure of how or what to do. The idea of doing in myself has crossed my mind but I want them to look nice. I know enough to KNOW I DONT KNOW ENOUGH to do it myself. Do you have any advise on how to find someone that knows what they are doing?
FORGIVE ME IF IM WRONG BUT....HOW IS WHITE PPL HAVING DREADS ANY DIFFERENT FROM BLACK GIRLS PUTTING DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN THEIR HAIR TO MAKE IT ''GOOD HAIR'' OR WEARING WEAVES TO EMULATE WHITE GIRLS HAIR. YOU HYPOCRITICAL FUCKS NEED TO PULL YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR ASSES. PPL HAVE HAD LOCKS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME YOU IGNORANT MORONS. EDUCATE YOUR FUCKING SELVES BEFORE YOU TALK SHIT. PS: YOURE SEXY AS HELL
FORGIVE ME IF IM WRONG BUT....HOW IS WHITE PPL HAVING DREADS ANY DIFFERENT FROM BLACK GIRLS PUTTING DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN THEIR HAIR TO MAKE IT ''GOOD HAIR'' OR WEARING WEAVES TO EMULATE WHITE GIRLS HAIR. YOU HYPOCRITICAL FUCKS NEED TO PULL YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR ASSES. PPL HAVE HAD LOCKS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME YOU IGNORANT MORONS. EDUCATE YOUR FUCKING SELVES BEFORE YOU TALK SHIT.
awesome video. yesterday my mom was talking to a guy that lives by us and he told her I shouldn't wash my locks but 3 times a year or else my hair won't locks cause there wont be enough crease to hold the locks together. when she told me that I laughed I've washed my locks every 3 days for 9 months and they look great and I'm white
i agree with you and your message. im mexican and i have dreads,
ive had negative criticism from alot of ppl over my hair over the past 2.5 yrs.
ive had a black woman tell me to cut mine off and wash the lice out of mine just bc i wasnt black while at the same time had mexicans, whites, and blacks tell me ive inspired them into wanting dreads. but i know everyone has their own opinions so i try and ignore their arrogance
that dictates what is and isn't beautiful, what is and isn't dirty, what is and isn't acceptable. I would do it because that's what my hair seems to naturally do! I wouldn't do it to be "cool" or prove anything to anyone . . . in fact, the fact that I don't care what anyone thinks is even more reason to let my hair go to dreads. I can't answer why others do it . . . no matter what race or ethnicity they are. But please don't make these ridiculous and obvious blanket statements.
Some of the negative comments on white dreads . . . I just don't get it. I am caucasian, and my hair would absolutely dread up if I didn't comb it; it is extremely thick, frizzy, and unruly. It actually has dreaded before when I let it go. I don't smoke weed, I don't listen to reggae, I am not a Rastafarian (I'm agnostic), I don't want to impress anyone or do it for any kind of status (even a paradoxical pariah status). If anything, I would let my hair dread in response to mainstream culture
When white people get dreads they usually smoke weed and listen to reggae music and call themselves Rastas when Rastafarianism is an Afrocentric religion made for BLACKS who believe we are the chosen people and haile selassie was the black version of Jesus
@DaMan1can Jesus was black? what? have you ever seen a jew? they aren't black they aren't black african looking, they look middle eastern they look jewish
@horrorble thats because the euros took israel the same they took the u.s. and americans these days arent native americans like before ... look up the 12 tribes of israel .. jesus was out of the tribe of judah which is black people or so called negro's ..
@horrorble Dont be foolish. That is what they look like NOW after the religion was hijacked and tampered with. At the time of Jesus' birth, this was not the case.
WRONG!!!! A white persons hair cannot and will not lock up if uncomb you dumb ass mulatta bitch....your tryna defend sloppy ass white dreads. WHITE FOLK DO NOT HAVE NAPPY HAIR SO THERE FOR THERE HAIR LOOKS LIKE SHIT IN THEM.
@afrothuder Really? You called her "mulatta"? What is this? 1960? You're being ugly . . . and for what reason? Was someone else ugly to you today? I know it hurts, but try not to take it out on others.
@afrothuder wow you are dead wrong. try to not be so hurtful you sound very bitter. dreadlocks look wonderful on almost anyone, i happen to love white blond dreads, probably my favorite variety. :)
That said I will say black women have no right to disparage whites with locs, seeing as how black women love to put lye and other relaxers in their hair
Personally I think it looks goofy and is an embarrassment to our ancestors but hey... America doesnt accept black people's hair. Never have. Probably never will.
I totally agree. I say the only time dreads shouldn't be washed is the first week you have them so they lock which i still think is gross but after that week wash them up real good and also Bob Marley isn't all black. Many people don't relize his dad was a comletely white european and his mom was a black jamaican. Also people get the idea that since i have locks i do drugs. This is from Bob Marley but that was his choice. It wasn't his locks that made him smoke pot.
I totally agree. I say the only time dreads shouldn't be washed is the first week you have them so they lock which i still think is gross but after that week wash them up real good and also Bob Marley isn't all black. Many people don't relize his dad was a comletely white european and his mom was a black jamaican.
I'm a firm believer of regular washing of ones dreads/hair/locs. I just reached my one year in my neglect journey and that's all I did! In the beginning I was washing my hair about 5 times a week and my hair started to dread almost over night! Now I wash about 3 times a week and just water on my off days. If you check out my eight month video you can see my Caucasian friends locks at about nine months neglect. I also wanted to know how you got you dreads in the front to stay back? Bobby pins?
awesome i agree great video :) i am staarting my dread journey my hair is naturally very thick frizzy wavy so im tired of spending hours fightin with it so i started the ripand tear method and im goin to just let it do its thing i was my hair about twice a week what do u recomend any tips please thanks
I absolutely love you!! I'm a 28 year old Puertorican/German man who is one month into neglect. I actually saw your video on dreadlockssitecom. Great Video!! <3 -Marcus
Fantastic video!
midnight0881 17 hours ago
i was verging on making a postall about the life-time consuming totally fascinating do's & don'ts of nostril hair plaiting and how to keep the smell of rotting seal blubber from intruding on a long day at the icehole --- i hear the innuit people have been criticised 4 robbing the idea off some famous Maori 70's popsinger who'd already given them the tattoo (not v useful under a polar bearskin coat) and a rugby team and a couple of talentless offspring, yeah, but anyway man like i was sayi ..
Johnnieluvsazz 17 hours ago
If someone doesnt have the finances to support daily grooming with shampoo and other hair products they did not have 100 years ago. Are you stilll going to lok down on them? I would like to know how much cash she spends a month keeping her locs clean?
skibumsky22 18 hours ago
@skibumsky22 to be clean 5 bucks a month. To be uppity with salon products twenty.
quotidianlight 18 hours ago
THANK YOU. People need to hear this.
I'm from Norway, And the vikings had dreads. I'm also Sami (native people of north, similar to native americans in many ways). And Samipeople sometimes have dreads.
It's the same thing.. It's locked hair.
And please. Wash your hair. Just do it...
:)
KajaBlomst 21 hours ago
"Do you think god invented the comb too?" LOLOLOL
KeepTheKettleOn 3 days ago
awesome.
openheartzoo 3 days ago
Thank you so much for this video! I always get questions asking if black people comment badly on my hair. I've only had one black woman in a shop who was talking about her locs look at me and say 'those are NOT dreadlocks' and other than that the rest of black people i've talked to about my locs have been interested about the difference between white locs and black locs and how i look after mine. Also I HATE that everyone thinks i don't wash my hair!
C4SP3RRx 4 days ago
See I feel you because I myself was getting comments on my twist. Stuff like you got termites in your hair. I can see why we as black people have a problem with it. It's cause white people have straight hair. Well since straight hair is( quote on quote) perfect hair why would you strive for nappy hair. There is no such thing as straight hair!! That's why alot of black girls have weave or perms in their hair.
p737lost 5 days ago
all i have to say, is at the end of the day, its just hair. we all have it, we can all do what and how we want.. thats like saying that white people cant have a buzz bc black people have short hair.. if a white person has really curly hair, he cant have an 'afro' due to the fact that black people have them.. its just hair. do what you want with it.. i would get my head locked up, but im growing it out for locks of love, and sadly LoL doesnt accept dreadlocks. Next time!
charliedickerson90 5 days ago 2
@charliedickerson90 so preach on @quotidianlight
charliedickerson90 5 days ago
Bravely spoken! Locs are a panacea for a problem that is fast going away: a temp solution to managing the most different (and beautiful) hair on the planet. Locking your hair up holds shed hair in, not allowing a natural process to take place. Most people are not diligent about much in life, so adding the intense care of dreads to an already sorta lazy mentality is another mistake. The proper application of knowledge is power.
MsAnna47 1 week ago
Very nice, thank you!
Macanghaill 1 week ago
So true!! couldn't have said it any better!
MizzEizzy 1 week ago
My question is, who in the world is using Febreeze on their parts? smh/lmao
NightmareRecluse 1 week ago
You actually make so much sense!
octopie12 1 week ago
thanks very much totaly agree.im a white average house wife with 4 month old very well keept locks that will never have any thing but decent lock shampoo(twise a week)and love put in to them.strangers love them on me but not my family.im also out there talking to all cloures and racess about lock truth and slowley being a good example and a proud lock bearer.love to all nameste melissa.
mrsmelloopy 1 week ago
@gghrre23 Yeah, I agree on the weird full-of-shitness you see in white people with dreads. I have dreads and I'm white, and I feel myself beginning to worry that people will think I'm a hippie idiot that wants to be ~cool~ and ~earthy~ or something. I have nice clean dreads that I am going to keep up so that they will look awesome. check out 2svj7 's channel if you want to see great dreads on a white female. :)
artistenoire 1 week ago
Hey! I appreciate this. I'm white and just made dreads because I think that thin, well-kept dreads are pretty! I made my dreads about two weeks ago, and I have washed them three times. They're still all in- no products, no nothing. I appreciate this video, but I think it's hilarious that you said "someone needs to stick up for white people." Nah, but it would be nice if everyone could wear their hair in a way that they like without getting flack for being the "wrong" race to do it. <3
artistenoire 1 week ago
had locks for 3 years now and no black person have NEVER said anything negative to me about my hair!
White people is a pain in the ass on the other hand. Most of them think I am trying to be black (wtf??) the majority "knows" I never wash them and sometimes strangers just walk up to me and dig their hands into my head, asking rude questions, tell me to shower >.< they behave like they are at a freakshow, it is tough being civil sometimes.
Jentedyret 2 weeks ago
~Continued from other comment.
I use this opportunity to inform people of the range of products available for dreads but I also tell them of the chemicals that go into general shampoos and such alike. Things like sls etc, by doing this you are not only dispelling the myths but also building a rapport with people in the community, and that is never a bad thing, Thankyou so much for posting this vid :) btw your locks are beautiful :)
ThePurplemonkey2012 2 weeks ago
Oh my gosh, this video has fulled me with such positiveness. I am white and have dreads (3 years, cleaned, deep cleansed and well maintained and never waxed). I tend to get a lot of "you don't wash your hair" but like you said about talking in our communities, talking is the remedy. When they ask this question I don't get mad or angry, I explain to them that is indeed the perception of some people but it is not the case with the all people who wear dreads.
ThePurplemonkey2012 2 weeks ago
This is such an excellent video. I completely agree. I have locks, I am caucasian, and I get people surprised that I wash my locks. I then ask them do you really think that I've spent 3 years not washing my hair? That normally changes their minds.
Emmaaaahhh 2 weeks ago
I happen to be a whitey with dreads and I assure everyone mine are definitely not dirty, and definitely do not smell. It's not hard to wash your hair, people. :) And to the poster, your locks are great and you know what you're talking about. Here's to busting the stereotype one clean head at a time. :p
Jaredethel 2 weeks ago
I completely agree with everything you have said in this video.
Thank you so much voicing this... I'm sharing this everywhere.
Well said, thank you!
thefuckestuppest 2 weeks ago
YOU SAY DAT SIS! I AGREE! BLESS U
dsmpro1 3 weeks ago
Truth ....and what size are your ears? :D
MrSherlockDomes 3 weeks ago
You are amazing, seriously. I wish everyone else had this kind of passionate outlook on dreads, and the way we treat each other. I've been told that my dreads (I'm white) are racist, cultural appropriation, that they aren't mine to own, that I'm disrespectful, etc. Seeing this side from you makes me know that I'm doing the right thing. <3
acidsymphony 3 weeks ago 2
Very nicely put :)
MyFaithTv 3 weeks ago
I'm half white/half mex but want to get dreads eventually. However I need to do alot of research first since I've heard alot of bad things about going to a salon to get them done with wax and all. I definitely agree with you though, I think the way dreads are viewed by people makes it a little harder to get information on it. And wax definitely must be a huge contribution to the dirty dreads, alot of straight haired people have dirty ones VS african textured dreads tend to look alot more clean
Tazzarinaa 3 weeks ago
love your rant!! speak the truth! :)
dreadfuldiva 1 month ago
YOU are awesome! Thank you for making this video.
xoxwildflowerxox 1 month ago
I LOVED this video! I agree with you 100%! I've never had anyone criticising me for being white and having dreads, but I've heard it from other people. I think dreads should be enjoyed, loved and definitely clean!!! Thank you for making this video!!!!!
lotusblue86 1 month ago
I love you. Thank you for this. I don't wash my dreads often, but I don't go more than a week without washing. I make sure what I use to wash them is good for the environment & my hair & won't strip it of its natural oils. I still wash my body every other day or every 3 days. I commend you for backing up your points because they are very good points. If you think about all the pollution that's in the air it is nasty not to wash them. Dreads were not invented, dreads happen. Preach it. :)
snowislovely 1 month ago
...may I add, that there are ppl who don't wear locs who go weeks and months without washing their hair. I believe hygiene applies to all. I hear you. Although, most ppl I come across with locs are clean. I've learned a lot from your vid. I'm glad you did this vid. We need to communicate more and educate each other. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
zheahra 1 month ago
i had braids all through school and those crackers were allways talking mess about me... And my head was clean....
kellyannabama 1 month ago
U r my hero go you go u...im a white 15 year old dude doin my own dreads right now
MrCraigary123 1 month ago
Thank you from a white girl who has been in love with locs for over 20 years. This is the year I'm going to do it.
olives1976 1 month ago
I mean it's really no different than not washing the clothes on your back. How gross do you feel when you walk around in unwashed clothes? Consider your hair to be the same way. Wash the hair regularly please!
MissLoveTantei91 2 months ago
Wow this girl's views mirror mine so much (she even looks like me). WASH YOUR LOCS PEOPLE. Religion... statements.... whatever aside, the reality is locs are just knotted hair and are still a part of your body and they still need to be cleaned. X_x
MissLoveTantei91 2 months ago
the first dreads were worn by the first man and woman/civilization. africa egyypt... along with braids...
melan9sighn 2 months ago
Then get rid of your locks ... Simple was to fix the problem
bennyjet100 2 months ago
I got to say saw your video and totally agree but must say whether your locks are clean or not people will always see them as dirty as it goes against the norm and the values of society.
illyblessed 2 months ago 3
they say john the baptist more than likely had dreadlocks..rastas wear locs..there was a scottish king that had dreads...an emperor in asia that wore something similar to braided dreads...some indians had them...now either mankind started with 2 people god created somewhere and we are all basically the same people or something similar happened or through evolution people came about and we are yet again the same people...i fail to see the problem here
Cherubim666999 2 months ago
being a white guy with locs is kinda rough around here everyone thinks their dirty mine are natural, i wash them every other day unless its durring the summer and i been working outside currently on my second set, a lot of whites think i want to be black..and blacks think im disrespectful..and teenagers think dreads = drug dealer..whats funny is when people that know nothing about them try to tell me how to maintain them though haha always good for a laugh
Cherubim666999 2 months ago
Wow, you've really helped me to understand and see a different side of the problem. I would have never seen it like that, so thank you for standing up and speaking about it. Much respect & love.
kittikatana 2 months ago
I feel you... Very deep. No one has a monopoly on wearing locs. That's such a self-conceited way to think.... Everyone has their own Journey, which strengthens them in some way another.
trinimaican2501 2 months ago
Thank you very much for this video. Beautifully said and greatly appreciated. Down with anything that deals with race separation.
jaysonw74 3 months ago
excellent vid, much respect!
yours sincerely,
asian (and clean) ex-dreadlocks
murdahorse 3 months ago
Oh girl very well said, I am a white mama with Loc's and I hate how people look at me and treat me like trash. It's sad really, I love my Loc's and I love the journey it's been for me with them. They have deep meaning for me. I started natural and have not combed for about 13 weeks or so. I wash my hair about 2 times a week with baking soda and apple cider vinegar and could never even for a second not wash my hair. I love you for this video and keep it up girl, I am gonna pass this along <3
AubreeLouise 3 months ago 2
@AubreeLouise And what people don't realize is that people like you are getting their hair super clean with that wash method while restoring ph levels leading to super healthy hair and scalp. :D Real dirty, right. :p All the luck in the world on your journey. :)
Jaredethel 2 weeks ago
Dear Quotidianlight
I love you :) hehe. Thanks for this vid!
planetxil 3 months ago
Personally...I couldnt care less if white people wear dreads. But i doubt that they can call themselves rastas. It would be disrespectful if they did.
TheLilbigBlack 3 months ago
@TheLilbigBlack most aren't but there are rastafarian converts of many races as it is a religion and not a race.
quotidianlight 3 months ago 24
Religion isn't a race, but should be cultural. 'Conversion' is peculiar to Eurasian traditions and at it's root represents cultural imperialism.
DocsLocs 3 months ago
Just had to comment b/c I thank you for being so serious about this topic & the fist question I get about my locks is...do you wash them and this question drives me nuts!!! Thank you for sharing, someone had to!
ahsandworms 4 months ago 2
AHHHH!!! THANK YOU!! I get so tired of being called a "poser", "wigger", and various other things just because I have locks! Thank you so much for this! You're awesome!
rockbaby1212 4 months ago
Much respect for your views, and your explanation! So great to hear people talk sense
krownedskate 4 months ago
I am filipino and totally appreciate your video and understand you 100%. Thank you for being awesome!
twinfalconsmusic 4 months ago
Git it girl you are an awesome ranter! I just started my dreads and I was the only white person in the dread locs place but it was awesome!
taylorguitars41 5 months ago
Great vid. I work for the Railroad, in Los Angeles, California. and trust me....there is alot of junk, and gook in the air, not to mention that the locomotives spew out alot of black thick gunk. And like they say "what goes up, must come down...in your hair, and on your skin, and clothes. Don't believe me? dont wash your car for a week, and see whats on it!
tmewarp5 5 months ago
Febreze?! Really? OMG, never, ever have I heard this nastiness before! Who would put something designed for upholstery on their hair?! Someone please kick the so called loctitician who even suggested it! Also, whoever else suggests it and DOES it needs their ass beat!!!!
isis1969 5 months ago
*standing up and applauding this video*
NaturaleeHappee 5 months ago
Let me just add that the PRSENT day popularity of Dreadlocks is a direct product by people of African descent. The inspiration to get Dreadlocks did not come from East Indian or European antiquity whatsoever; it is good justification or EXCUSE albeit laughable. If it were not for the Rastas and Bob Marley they'd never would have consdiered them. Thus they are copying a style popularzed as a result of a 20th century Afrocentric movement. White people need to admit that.
sutton66 6 months ago
@sutton66 they originated all over the world at different times by cultures that had no idea eachother existed.
Cherubim666999 2 months ago
@Cherubim666999 Very true but why are they popular today? The number 1 reason is Bob Marley and Reggae music. I am just saying acknowledge the obvious.
sutton66 2 months ago
@sutton66 to me it dont matter who done what first. we all just kind of gravitate to what suits us personally. me, im a weirdo that wears clown makeup listening to music most people hate and my hair resembles rope lol and thats just how i like it.
Cherubim666999 2 months ago
@sutton66 twisted sister - i am, im me...you may have heard it maybe not..give it a listen
Cherubim666999 2 months ago
@Cherubim666999 OK.
sutton66 2 months ago
@sutton66 we could end all the debate..all us whites could shave our heads go to europe stop using gunpowder .etc blacks could give up christianity the english language and whatever else then live in africa and maybe in a few hundred years we can all move back here start over and start acting like civilized people rather than hateful children towards one another about who was first whos right and whos wrong and all of the petty shit that is holding us back
Cherubim666999 2 months ago
@Cherubim666999 Well hopefully when we return people of Africans descent will have a choice on whether to come or not unlike the first time. LOL!! Just playing do not get all white guilt-ish on me.
sutton66 2 months ago
@sutton66 its kind of funny the reason i got dreads though, when i was a kid and i seen that predator movie i thought it was coolest thing i had ever seen, then i found out that the inspiration for that was a real life hairstyle later on i saw another crazy thing in my life the insane clown posse..and being a person that never wanted to and never did fit in i had to go with the locks now im an adult, my dreads are my own nobody has dreads like mine, and mine can not be like anyones
Cherubim666999 2 months ago
people orignated from africa(black people land),so how indians had them before that.....yes,you have to lock your hair for a certain amount of time without washing it(with water..u can use dry shampoo over that time[6-8months])..listen to your voice really irrated me..bet you have ALOT of white friends...you to old to be on youtube making videos +you sound like a cry baby ...and its time for you to retwist your locks...it sounds like u dont have a job either... plus we dont care what ppl think
metyshy 6 months ago
It's just hair... Chillax.
gammerstang2009 6 months ago
@gammerstang2009 She did label the video as a rant, lol. I can understand what she's saying. I don't want other people with dreadlocks to mess up how other people think of me, either. :)
heyzorgzilla 6 months ago
Great video
QueenSemiramis 6 months ago 2
lol frabreeze washing xD
Searyu 7 months ago
You are beautiful. Thank you so much for voicing truth. Everyone preaches about respect...but yet only respect themselves. Hair dreads. Period.
treenaka 7 months ago
People can do what they want to do. You control your own destiny and if people want to say something about you, fuck em! Why do we even care about what other people do to their hair. I mean its their hair! How you feel is how you feel. It not against the law and no one can change it. So LIG it. (Let it go)
lockedlooneytune 7 months ago
Calm down! you strike me as a person who hangs predominatly with wthe white folk and dosnt know much about her own people. Cuz not too many black folks I know give white people a hard time for getting locks.imitation is the highest form of flattery and they basically immitate us from hairstlyes to music to fashion.
kayode50 7 months ago
@kayode50 i see white woman and men with dreads a few times with their little nappy head babies at the gyro place so im not sure whats up. I have people come up to me and they like my poof i just say thank you and keep it moving i dont go around saying her hair is dirty because i remember white folk doing that to me and it wasnt hot
kellyannabama 1 month ago
How were the Indians wearing them when blacks existed before anybody else? And you said it yourself OUR HAIR NATURAL DOES THAT!
AfricanPrincess999 7 months ago
@AfricanPrincess999 The point was... everyones natural hair does that. Even the straightest of hair locs after a few yrs of not being combed.
quotidianlight 7 months ago 12
@quotidianlight Firstly who the hell are you to judge someone on their hair. Whether someones hair is dirty or not it's their hair and they can do whatever the hell they want with it. So theses "dirty dreads" people should change the way they handle their hair just so people can view you in a cleaner prespective? You must be crazy. Rastafarians didn't invent dreads but they surely did popularize it. People like you adopted it and rejected its symbolism as free-spirited.
UgksReaper 4 months ago
@UgksReaper um... Rastifarians have organic dreads not dirty dreads. Before you assume what my video actually says you should watch it. I judge locticians telling pople to go months or even a year without washing and i judge people with locs assuming dreadlocks is a negative word that should never be used due to not understanding dreads history . I also support anyone's right to grow locs and promote inter racial support and education. So slow down, drink some tea and breath
quotidianlight 4 months ago
@quotidianlight Rastafarians believe in freely expressing themselves afar from modern society whether their dreads is dirty or clean you or anyone elses opinion doesn't matter they do what they want with their hair whether washing it or not. To say no Rastafarian have dirty dreads is misinforming again, each individual freely express themselves differently. You disrespected alot of freeformers and Rastafarians. If people view you as dirty then thats your problem if you care what they think.
UgksReaper 4 months ago
@UgksReaper You are hearing but not listening. I have seen young people who haven't washed in 6 months with glue in their hair asking for advice from black people. Because their scalps are in pain turned away by blacks refusing to help with a simple it's okay to wash". This video was prompted by tweets telling people they should change what they refer to their hair to locs prompted by tweets calling white rastas disgusting. I've seen a lot of crazy come out of a locticians chair.
quotidianlight 4 months ago
@quotidianlight I understand the purpose of this video and I agree with you. What I have a problem with is you disrespecting people who choose to express themselves freely whom you call "dirty dreads" just because someone seen them and categorizes you with them. What should be doing is making a video about employers/society judging others on morals and values instead of their hair. Do you understand?
UgksReaper 4 months ago
@UgksReaper so you are okay with people literally not washing their hair with water for a year and getting scalp infection. Cause some loctician told them too or they read it on some website. I'm sorry but. That is dirty and they should be welcomed into the community and offered help when they ask. that will further us all. You are assuming my definition of dirty. Dirt is not unmanicured. Dirt is Dirt!
quotidianlight 4 months ago
@quotidianlight *Sigh*... You aren't understanding what i'm saying. If someone chooses not to wash their hair then they don't have to regardless of what you or anyone else says. Yes locticians telling clients false methods is wrong. What i'm saying is you said "dirty dreads" and alot of people choose to be that way themselves and because someone thought you were like that person you decided to disrespect them when your disrespecting the wrong one just apologize and be done.
UgksReaper 4 months ago
@quotidianlight Wouldn't you be offended if someone judged your whole personalty on your ears? What if someone posted a vid saying "you look ugly with holes in your ears" or "your nasty for stretching your ears" when their ignorant as to why you do have them. Your being that very same ignorant person. Maybe now you can understand what I am trying to say.
UgksReaper 4 months ago
@UgksReaper I get judged for my ears all thee time and really don't care. The big difference is my ears don't impact people around me. Not washing hair for for long periods off time actually does. Just like, I can't wear perfume at work out of deference to people with allergies. Not washing actually stinks and makes it difficult for others to be around you. If you're an ascetic that is one thing but if not... It hits my "do not judge" limiter
quotidianlight 4 months ago
@quotidianlight I can see you are stubborn at heart so ill leave you to your ignorance just keep the disrespect at a minium.
UgksReaper 4 months ago
@UgksReaper it's not about being stubborn. It's about knowing my own limits. Everyone makes judgements, this is one of mine. Just like you judge me. I never meant disrespect but rather support. We may agree on many other things but ma never on this. I don't fault you or label your judgment of me ignorance. It is just your own limit to acceptance. Please give me the same respect.
quotidianlight 4 months ago
@quotidianlight we'll just have to agree to disagree on this. I do think having a clean body is a health issue. Sure soap can be optional but water is crucial. If someone literally smellsthen then complaining about not getting a job seems just silly. I am human and we all have things we judge. For me, getting ones body into some water is just... Like covering a mouth when you cough or cleaning up after the restroom. I can agree to disagree though
quotidianlight 4 months ago
@UgksReaper oh and while i've seen rastas with locs were I live that may appear dirty but none off them were. None of them stunk to high heaven the way some of these manicured locs i've seen have. They all believed dreads are like trees and need water.
quotidianlight 4 months ago
@UgksReaper btw, I started freeforming last year so don't make assumptions on who and what. I judge.
quotidianlight 4 months ago
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Lady you are brain washed. Point blank
AfricanPrincess999 7 months ago
WTF?
AfricanPrincess999 7 months ago
I so enjoy your videos and love your spirit.
decor8mylife 7 months ago
You're so right! :)
XxSockmonkeyxX 7 months ago
I started this video being judgmental about locs but you proved an amazing argument!
diceof7 7 months ago
Oh and we black did invent lock.to make a long history lesson short.If you take it back to 10,000 BC. or go to Africa(where Mankind originated) & see the cave painting it shows the earliest man & woman/tribes wearing locks.All most every hairstyle and invention on this planet originated from the mother land.Drums,Braids,tattooing,scarification,music,art & sports.as mankind migrated to to different continents are ideas were used in different cultures.
guitarriff1988 7 months ago
accuse my language but who the F**k would spray febreze on their hair?I thought that chick from the Breakfast Club was weird.smh I've done heard it all..............
guitarriff1988 8 months ago
Lol ur right the day peoplw were made..the didnt have the comb and i doubt they cared and knew all the stiuff we know now. and i wash my hair :x
GAMEtruTV 8 months ago
White people hair will not lock naturally... I dont care what you feel but u have to state the facts and fact is we did create locks.. I think your right in that people are entitled to do what they wanna do with there hair. People shouldn't judge white people with locs but they did come from us..
BlaqueWoods 8 months ago
@BlaqueWoods type in 'neglect dreads' and you will see whites who have locked their hair naturally. I'm mixed race but my hair is like indian hair which isnt far from white hair, and I locked about 4 of my dreads naturally. Also locks is not an invention its a fact of life, if you dont brush your hair or comb your hair or run your fingers through your hair to keep them untangled they will lock fact!
horrorble 7 months ago 2
dread locks are the most dirty filthy dodo crap on this planet!! no matter how much you think you washed it its still dirty similar to a dirty mop mop heads full of insect secretion...then some have the nerve to compare biblical men and women to have that when their laws forbid it no priest in the scriptures walked dirty and Samson didn't have dirty filthy hair it was braids which showed the scalp as a web..and you stink! ..so black people please stop the uncleanness!!!
ARTOFPATIENCE 8 months ago
@ARTOFPATIENCE Its so funny when people dont know what the fuck they talking about. lol. I wish you understanding.
DaMan1can 1 month ago
Amen!
K9ElCo82 8 months ago
Amen sista.
thecleaner23 8 months ago
Right on.
I'm glad I watched this, I plan on going to a loctician when my hair is a good length.
MichaelJunior666 8 months ago
Did Europeans have a "right" to wear AFRos in the 60s as well? Is that the way "our hair naturally forms as humans" without a comb? The Neanderthals didn't have locs, they had a matted mess, we brought the science of the loc, if we didnt, they wouldn't have it. So many holes in your argument, you are speaking from emotion not logic. The fact of the matter is, they are doing it to emulate a culture that is not their own, they try to be us w.out being us. I burn them out like I burn out relaxers.
DaMan1can 8 months ago
Locs began as SPIRITUAL and were invented all ppl w locs for other purposes have questions to answer. As far as saying "people are right to have the idea" MOST LOCS ARE CLEAN nobody has the reason to think locs are dirty that is the EMPLOYERS THINK LOCS ARE DIRTY BECAUSE THEY DON'T ACCEPT THEM! THEY NEVER WILL! You need to do your research and know the history behind the practices You are making no sense right now. Foolishness, you are mixed up.
DaMan1can 8 months ago
You are gonna get alot of flack because you dont know what you're talking about. "Indians before rastas" 1. we were those indians, 2 the rastas were before the "Indians" because the didnt become Rasta when they got to this hemisphere, the religion has been around for thousands of years. WE DID INVENT LOCKS. We were the first on this earth who else could have done it, silly? The primary complaint comes from us being robbed of a culture.
DaMan1can 8 months ago
(part 5) needs the help and nobody is telling us different, so yeah, thank you for all your positive comments and from the perspective of a white person with soon to be dreads i say we want and need and will embrace the acceptance and guidance and open dialogue. as you said, we are all brothers and sisters. x
HarlitaRosala 9 months ago
(part 4) most of us just let our hair hang of our heads! anyway we are figuring it out but it would be great to be taken under the wing of others who know all about dreads. until i saw your video i didnt even think there could be conversation between our dreadlocks, i assumed they were so different that we would look after them in different ways. i have decided not to use wax but there are soo many sites out there with lots of junk as you said, we buy into it because we belive our hair needs the
HarlitaRosala 9 months ago
(Part 3) so the last thing i want to say about your video is in regards to communicating between races about our locks, PLEASE do! weather black people invinted locks or not, i think its safe to say they have had a good relationship with them and with their hair in general, at least from my experiences i have always thought black people are very involved in the know about their hair due to its versatile nature. Anyway my point is the white community do that have this advantage, most of us just..
HarlitaRosala 9 months ago
(part 2) you didnt mention this but black women have been sporting straight blond hair for some time now and nobody (hopefully) has tried to deny them of that right so i think that should be raised when considering hairstyles that are believed to be owned by or exclusive to a group of people.
HarlitaRosala 9 months ago
Thank you for this. Im just about to get dreads and although nothing will change my mind i was feeling some twinges of doubt, will i be opening my self to some kind of resentment from black people? am i stepping on anyone's toes? is this controversial because im white? and so on..But your video has made me feel more confident and deserving of my future locks. i think you have been fair in what you said, you didnt mention this but,( Part 1)
HarlitaRosala 9 months ago
Wow I can relate to this I'm an albino and I want dreads people have always picked on me and called me fake because I carry myself like a black person......STUPID BITCH I AM BLACK.but frankly I feel like having dreads has nothing to do with being black or white it's about being comfortable with and loving your dreads no matter what race you are it's 2011 people black people always talk about keeping an open mind and cultural bias well let's keep an open mind.dreads are beautiful on anyone as lo
677913 9 months ago
I am Native American and I have hair to my eyes right now Am I able to get them right now? I love your videos, by the way.
GarrettDavisHustle 9 months ago
@GarrettDavisHustle I think anyone can get locs as long as they have hair. They may not be the locs your envision but they will be yours. I just saw a gorgeous set of freeformed caucasian locs that weren't latches or twisted or waxed or anything else. They didn't look like most people would want but they were beautiful on him and they were his.
quotidianlight 9 months ago
@quotidianlight Thank you.
GarrettDavisHustle 9 months ago
Excellent vid. BRAVO!!
ExquisiteKinkyCoils 9 months ago
I agree that this is indeed an issue, it's one thing to disgree with a white person wearing dreads, but it's still bullying more then racism. there are some people who dont suit every hairstyle, it happens to all races.no need to be rude.
I'm white and wear dreadlocks, i put them in by myself with no friends to help. I'm also pagan as well as pregnant. Dreadlocks make me think of trees and thier strength and thier ability to support life, and since i put mine in, i've never felt more beautiful.
NachoSox 9 months ago
I like this video, I am a white/ native person who had locks for a little while and hopefully will be getting them back in, I completely agree with you, I'm not racist but you wouldnt believe the words that were said to me from every race, "youre dirty" why do you want to be "black" etc.also the constant sayings about how i must be high all of the time. and people that said that if i was around them any longer they would cut them off for me. I love locks, they are beautiful and belong to all.
noiseshocker 9 months ago
Interesting video, great points, well articulated. It's definitely a semantic battle. I couldn't agree more...Dirty locks is certainly more of an issue than locs worn by different skin shades. Anything that perpetuates that stereotypes definitely hurts everyone from across the board. Thanks for this rant...much needed!
wbrutus22 9 months ago
You're very wise. I like how you're not judgmental towards the vast variety of people and races that can rock dreads. [:
ApurpleDRANK 9 months ago
I was so moved by your video. I am white and have always wanted locs but have never been sure of how or what to do. The idea of doing in myself has crossed my mind but I want them to look nice. I know enough to KNOW I DONT KNOW ENOUGH to do it myself. Do you have any advise on how to find someone that knows what they are doing?
bubblegumpunk1990 9 months ago
i just call my locks hair
Dr3adL0ck3d 9 months ago
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FORGIVE ME IF IM WRONG BUT....HOW IS WHITE PPL HAVING DREADS ANY DIFFERENT FROM BLACK GIRLS PUTTING DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN THEIR HAIR TO MAKE IT ''GOOD HAIR'' OR WEARING WEAVES TO EMULATE WHITE GIRLS HAIR. YOU HYPOCRITICAL FUCKS NEED TO PULL YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR ASSES. PPL HAVE HAD LOCKS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME YOU IGNORANT MORONS. EDUCATE YOUR FUCKING SELVES BEFORE YOU TALK SHIT. PS: YOURE SEXY AS HELL
lewis131313 10 months ago
FORGIVE ME IF IM WRONG BUT....HOW IS WHITE PPL HAVING DREADS ANY DIFFERENT FROM BLACK GIRLS PUTTING DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN THEIR HAIR TO MAKE IT ''GOOD HAIR'' OR WEARING WEAVES TO EMULATE WHITE GIRLS HAIR. YOU HYPOCRITICAL FUCKS NEED TO PULL YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR ASSES. PPL HAVE HAD LOCKS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME YOU IGNORANT MORONS. EDUCATE YOUR FUCKING SELVES BEFORE YOU TALK SHIT.
lewis131313 10 months ago
awesome video. yesterday my mom was talking to a guy that lives by us and he told her I shouldn't wash my locks but 3 times a year or else my hair won't locks cause there wont be enough crease to hold the locks together. when she told me that I laughed I've washed my locks every 3 days for 9 months and they look great and I'm white
GuitarGuy2010 10 months ago
@afrothunder you are a hatefully pig headed person. I'll pray for you
GuitarGuy2010 10 months ago
bob marley
coochiebait 10 months ago
Mehh I feel like you are treating this matter as a one way street. There are MANY reasons why those black women may have felt the way they did...
You pretty much disregarded all of them
Maybe Im just biased, but I cant help it when Im called a nigger at least once a week.
Not saying its right, but you really didnt cover this topic well at all.
KillahB89 10 months ago
@KillahB89 regardless of the reasons, my point was the our intolerance hurts us more than them.
quotidianlight 10 months ago
i agree with you and your message. im mexican and i have dreads,
ive had negative criticism from alot of ppl over my hair over the past 2.5 yrs.
ive had a black woman tell me to cut mine off and wash the lice out of mine just bc i wasnt black while at the same time had mexicans, whites, and blacks tell me ive inspired them into wanting dreads. but i know everyone has their own opinions so i try and ignore their arrogance
sosafelix 10 months ago
i think white people look ridiculous with locs... just like black kids who dress like emos. but if it's what they want who am i to say
AmorPatriae11 10 months ago
I remember this topic on nappturality...ugh. Every race as locers, end of story. Dirty locs are a hot mess.
MedusaNegrita 10 months ago
@MedusaNegrita Exactly
quotidianlight 10 months ago
that dictates what is and isn't beautiful, what is and isn't dirty, what is and isn't acceptable. I would do it because that's what my hair seems to naturally do! I wouldn't do it to be "cool" or prove anything to anyone . . . in fact, the fact that I don't care what anyone thinks is even more reason to let my hair go to dreads. I can't answer why others do it . . . no matter what race or ethnicity they are. But please don't make these ridiculous and obvious blanket statements.
wrenbrrd 10 months ago
@wrenbrrd Thank you
quotidianlight 10 months ago
@quotidianlight Well, sure. Thank you for this video! :)
wrenbrrd 10 months ago
Some of the negative comments on white dreads . . . I just don't get it. I am caucasian, and my hair would absolutely dread up if I didn't comb it; it is extremely thick, frizzy, and unruly. It actually has dreaded before when I let it go. I don't smoke weed, I don't listen to reggae, I am not a Rastafarian (I'm agnostic), I don't want to impress anyone or do it for any kind of status (even a paradoxical pariah status). If anything, I would let my hair dread in response to mainstream culture
wrenbrrd 10 months ago
When white people get dreads they usually smoke weed and listen to reggae music and call themselves Rastas when Rastafarianism is an Afrocentric religion made for BLACKS who believe we are the chosen people and haile selassie was the black version of Jesus
afrothuder 10 months ago
@afrothuder "black" version of jesus? Jesus WAS "black" you fool.
DaMan1can 8 months ago
@DaMan1can actually no one knows what race he is..
GAMEtruTV 8 months ago
@GAMEtruTV People who refuse to see don't know. If you do the research its pretty plain.
DaMan1can 1 month ago
@DaMan1can Jesus was black? what? have you ever seen a jew? they aren't black they aren't black african looking, they look middle eastern they look jewish
horrorble 7 months ago
@horrorble thats because the euros took israel the same they took the u.s. and americans these days arent native americans like before ... look up the 12 tribes of israel .. jesus was out of the tribe of judah which is black people or so called negro's ..
electlion 5 months ago
@horrorble Dont be foolish. That is what they look like NOW after the religion was hijacked and tampered with. At the time of Jesus' birth, this was not the case.
DaMan1can 1 month ago
WRONG!!!! A white persons hair cannot and will not lock up if uncomb you dumb ass mulatta bitch....your tryna defend sloppy ass white dreads. WHITE FOLK DO NOT HAVE NAPPY HAIR SO THERE FOR THERE HAIR LOOKS LIKE SHIT IN THEM.
afrothuder 10 months ago
@afrothuder Really? You called her "mulatta"? What is this? 1960? You're being ugly . . . and for what reason? Was someone else ugly to you today? I know it hurts, but try not to take it out on others.
wrenbrrd 10 months ago
@afrothuder wow you are dead wrong. try to not be so hurtful you sound very bitter. dreadlocks look wonderful on almost anyone, i happen to love white blond dreads, probably my favorite variety. :)
reegledeegle 10 months ago
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Zoubaneh 10 months ago
That said I will say black women have no right to disparage whites with locs, seeing as how black women love to put lye and other relaxers in their hair
Personally I think it looks goofy and is an embarrassment to our ancestors but hey... America doesnt accept black people's hair. Never have. Probably never will.
KillahB89 10 months ago
caucasian hair just looks terrible in dreads. It just rarely ever fits and looks way to damn sloppy.
KillahB89 10 months ago
I totally agree. I say the only time dreads shouldn't be washed is the first week you have them so they lock which i still think is gross but after that week wash them up real good and also Bob Marley isn't all black. Many people don't relize his dad was a comletely white european and his mom was a black jamaican. Also people get the idea that since i have locks i do drugs. This is from Bob Marley but that was his choice. It wasn't his locks that made him smoke pot.
Dude44569 11 months ago
I totally agree. I say the only time dreads shouldn't be washed is the first week you have them so they lock which i still think is gross but after that week wash them up real good and also Bob Marley isn't all black. Many people don't relize his dad was a comletely white european and his mom was a black jamaican.
Dude44569 11 months ago
I'm a firm believer of regular washing of ones dreads/hair/locs. I just reached my one year in my neglect journey and that's all I did! In the beginning I was washing my hair about 5 times a week and my hair started to dread almost over night! Now I wash about 3 times a week and just water on my off days. If you check out my eight month video you can see my Caucasian friends locks at about nine months neglect. I also wanted to know how you got you dreads in the front to stay back? Bobby pins?
KnottyMarcusNappy 11 months ago
@KnottyMarcusNappy I actually have a video in my Locs Problems playlist called bangs bangs go away. I am actuallu VERY anti bobby pin:)
quotidianlight 10 months ago
awesome i agree great video :) i am staarting my dread journey my hair is naturally very thick frizzy wavy so im tired of spending hours fightin with it so i started the ripand tear method and im goin to just let it do its thing i was my hair about twice a week what do u recomend any tips please thanks
araceli3912 11 months ago
awesome i agree great video :)
araceli3912 11 months ago
I absolutely love you!! I'm a 28 year old Puertorican/German man who is one month into neglect. I actually saw your video on dreadlockssitecom. Great Video!! <3 -Marcus
gqkimfan2k 11 months ago