Dreadlocks

Americans put on business attire that does not mean they own saris and bindis (an Indian jewelry women wear). Which a lot of Black American women wear. She argued that just because a few African Americans flatten their hair doesn’t mean Americans own dreadlocks. Also, she says Western culture welcomes and, at most times, request digestion. Not all culture opens themselves up for adoption by strangers in the same…

Not all crimes have to be solved with a detective’s investigations and a policemen’s wit when you can access the plane of the supernatural! In some cases, the authorities can find themselves in a pickle or a stumpy dead end. When they seek aid, sometimes it is in places that can make one extremely skeptical. The aid of a psychic. Those who say that they are psychic claim they can see, hear, or have visions of the unknown. They could be extremely empathetic to the point of feeling past-felt…

reflection in young adults and personal empowerment (Pearson). Men began to grow more facial hair including sideburns and beards. There was an abundance of new hairstyles such as the shag, feathered hair, the wedge, bangs, the pageboy haircut, and dreadlocks. Even with many new and current hairstyles old looks like afros and pixies still…

Cornrows and braids are not the only options there are and the variations are unique and achievable for almost all curl patterns. In the 60s dreadlocks were viewed as a hairstyle that only people from the West Indies could have, now it is hard not to spot someone who is either interested in, in the process of getting, or years into having dreadlocks and it is for anyone whose hair can loc. Various styles or braids and extensions have resurfaced to give naturalistas variation and protective…

As an adolescent in a society that values aesthetic appeal as highly as it does, a significant portion of my time was spent gazing at my reflection. As I would fix my eyes on points of imperfection, I could not help but notice a disconnect; it was as though the person standing before was not me. My defining external characteristics did not match those of my internal personality, but how was I to resolve this? I did not even know who I was. Hair. Any slight alteration of the strands of keratin…

Hot springs hair freezing competition the event requires people to come up the craziest frozen hair possible but for the best way hot springs suggest contestants to do is have a lot of hair so the contestants can have a better chance at winning the competition and they also recommend coming to the resort when it is really cold out like when it’s below 4*F (-20*C) then the hair will freeze at temperatures above that while at the contest is open for the entire month of February. After checking…

movement, less women are straightening their hair, which causes conflict with company and government policies. When Janet Bello interviewed for a job at Six Flags, she was disqualified for the occupation not because of incompetence, but due to her dreadlocks (Smith). Hairstyles are not reasons to disqualify someone from a job. In addition, discrimination of natural hairstyles is not limited to the job field. A step down from the job market is secondary education, where prejudice against dreads…

Cultural appropriation refers to picking and choosing elements of a culture by a member of another culture without permission. Cultural appropriation has been around for years but is becoming more evident to members of minority groups. While not important to some, it is imperative that this growing trend of cultural disrespect end. Ignorant of the history and tradition the cultural appropriation of minority groups leads to misrepresentation and further oppression. In recent years, the group…

Lil Pump Saves the Rap Game Gazzy Garcia was walking to his dorm at Harvard University when Tupac Shakur comes out from behind a tree and says, “Gazzy you are our only hope, we need you to save the rap game”, “But I know nothing of this rap game you speak of,” Gazzy exclaimed, “I don’t think I can do it Tupac”, “That is nonsense young child I have a magic ring which will grant you one wish, I hope you will choose to use the wish for the right cause.” Tupac gives Gazzy the ring and says to him,…

Radical, conservative, abolitionist, or proslavery, whether you believe in one or the other, we all share a common belief; to fight for what we believe is just, and right. Subsequently, through the years of American history, there have been events for the satisfaction of our own people, while there have been times where we admit we’ve overstepped. When is it to be decided too late to apologize, and to replace the mile we’ve taken when given an inch? The United States of America is a place that…