Okay...So I am a year or so into this wonderful journey and I haven't had any bad experiences myself. But I'm searching thru tumblr just looking around and I am starting to see a lot of hate towards anyone who has dreadlocks who isn't black or rasta. Things like this "...white people wearing dreadlocks expresses our society's racism..." or "..So black people WILL lash out on you, and call you racist and appropriative. Because you are, you arent putting the effort into my peoples hair. You dont care enough to want to represent a hairstyle of my people correctly and its like youre mocking it, whether you intend to or not..."
There are so many more examples. I am doing my best to not get irate about this, but it is difficult. As human beings shouldn't we all share the same rights no matter who you are? That's what I thought but apparently there are a lot of people who think differently. Have you guys had any bad experiences like this personally? Also, do the majority of people think this way, that white folks with dreads are racist or whatever? And why do you guys think people get so hateful over this topic?
I figured I'd come to you guys to calm down rather than yell at someone over the internet (which gets you nowhere and would just make me look like a fool). Thanks for any and all input!!
updated by @brittany-leigh: 01/13/15 09:36:38PM