[Jubu-E]

Is the ‘rasta’ dreadlock hairstyle generally worn as a political statement?
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Name : Jubu-E, City : Boston, State : MA, Country : United States, 

[EBONY]

I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD LET YOU KNOW SOMETHING AS A SISTAH WITH NATURAL HAIR THAT I WAS INFORMED BY A WEBSITE DEDICATED TO THE NATURAL HAIR COMMUNITY. THE WORD ‘DREADLOCKS’ COMES FROM THE PHRASE ‘DREADFUL LOCKS’ BECAUSE SOCIETY FELT THAT IT WAS AN UNATTRACTIVE WAY TO WEAR THE HAIR. I DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT BUT IT MAKES SINCE. SO UNLESS YOU FEEL YOU LOCKS ARE DREADFUL YOU MIGHT JUST WANT TO STICK WITH ‘LOCKS’. :0)

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Name : EBONY, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 24, City : COLUMBIA, State : SC, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

[Jay20842]

Dreadlocks are just a hairstyle. Some people like their hair like that so they don’t have to do it no more. Or get it done. It’s not no rasta thing or nothing. It’s just a hairstyle people like.

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Name : Jay20842, Gender : M, Race : Black/African American, Age : 17, City : Middletown, State : CT, Country : United States, Education level : Less than High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, 

[Taylor]

I am an 18 year old college student, and my boyfriend is a rastafarian with dreadlocks. Before meeting him, as well as his friends, who are also into rasta, I never really saw that type of hairstyle as having much meaning. I thought it was simply a statement to be different. After meeting him, I learned so much about the meaning of his hairstyle as well as the meaning of many rasta ideas and practices. In my opinion, the dreadlocks don’t necessarily have a political undertone. Not all rastas have dreads and not all people with dreads are rasta. Rastafarians do have their own way of thinking and believing, but the prejudices put upon them based on their looks is immoral and sad. The dreadlocks have meaning in that the only way to get rid of them is to shave your head, so therefore rastas are believing in something.

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Name : Taylor, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 18, City : Denton, State : NC, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, 

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