Comments On: Is it Okay to Make Fun of Dreadlocks? by Sarah Mirk http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2013/01/16/is-it-okay-to-make-fun-of-dreadlocks Comments On: Is it Okay to Make Fun of Dreadlocks? by Sarah Mirk en-us Copyright 2013 Portland Mercury. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Portland Mercury readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Portland Mercury. webmaster@portlandmercury.com (Portland Mercury Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Re: Is it Okay to Make Fun of Dreadlocks?]]> Posted by TheOnlySanePersonInTheWorld]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:29:41 -0800 Portland Mercury <![CDATA[Re: Is it Okay to Make Fun of Dreadlocks?]]>
Most would label me as 'white' (but i prefer the more accurate, 'mutt') and, yes, i imagine they would look pretty damn horrible on me, but that doesn't worry me nearly as much as not being able to *thoroughly* clean my hair does.

I guess i'll just have to choke my girlfriends the old fashioned way.
Posted by human in training]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:10:21 -0800 Portland Mercury <![CDATA[Re: Is it Okay to Make Fun of Dreadlocks?]]>
When I see a big pile of WP dreads on someone over about 25, I always wonder if they really would rather just cut that stuff off, but they have X number of years invested growing it, and their identity all wrapped up in being "that guy/girl with dreadlocks". And they just can't bring themselves to do what they secretly want to do and get rid of that crud.

But yeah, make fun of them. Just not their face.
Posted by Blabby]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:37:32 -0800 Portland Mercury <![CDATA[Re: Is it Okay to Make Fun of Dreadlocks?]]> Posted by geyser]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:34:15 -0800 Portland Mercury <![CDATA[Re: Is it Okay to Make Fun of Dreadlocks?]]> Posted by rich bachelor]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:19:03 -0800 Portland Mercury <![CDATA[Re: Is it Okay to Make Fun of Dreadlocks?]]> Posted by Euphonius]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:07:55 -0800 Portland Mercury <![CDATA[Re: Is it Okay to Make Fun of Dreadlocks?]]>
Finally, where does "cultural appropriation" begin and end, given that culture has spread globally for hundreds of years so that virtually everyone is doing things that originated in various areas of the globe? Is cooking curry and getting tattooed also cultural appropriation? Does it depend on where all my relatives came from?
Posted by geyser]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:20:27 -0800 Portland Mercury