Dreadlocks

Minorities in the United States, and in countries all across the world, experience racism and prejudice potentially due to the color of one’s skin, ethnicity, or religion. People’s responses to racism may be different based on a variety of factors such as age, upbringing, and sex. In the novel Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, two characters Ifemelu and Dike live in America and are labeled ‘black’ despite their Nigerian ethnicity. Both characters experience racism in their communities…

Dreadlocks: This is an important aspect of the Rastafari movement because they believe that their hair is a source of their strength and is written in the Old Testament such as Leviticus 21:5. Another belief, is that it’s a representation of the lion’s mane (Frank, kevin). Ganja: Rastafarians are known to smoke the herb for ritual purposes. Ganja is usually smoked during what they call reasoning sessions. It is smoked to bring them closer to Jah and bring them spiritual awareness (Pretorius,…

serving time. I will be honest; I was surprised how elegant they are with their words. It was like poetry. We have some intelligent individuals in our class. Moe is one of the older gentlemen that make up the inside students. He has shoulder length dreadlocks, with a beard that has specks of gray. He was a firefighter with the Oklahoma City Fire Department. In the beginning I was unsure about…

of retaliation if filing a complaint. The company has a dress code policy that is perceived by many as culturally bias. For example, African American women are prohibited from wearing specific hairstyles, because Tower Loan considers braids and dreadlocks to be unprofessional, this will be further explained in later on. The most relevant issue in this component is that Tower Loan does not provide work-place diversity training nor does Tower Loan ensure that employees are protected from…

Rastafarians are well known for their religious use of marijuana. Most Rastafarians are vegetarians or vegans, and the most Rastas follow a strict dietary law called ital, which is based on natural vegetarian food. Many Rastafarians wear their hair in dreadlocks. Rastas call the cannabis plant ganja, the holy herb, Iley or call, and believe it was given by God. Rastafarians believe that marijuana originated from Africa, which is called the motherland. Rastafarians feel that marijuana is…

Unfortunately, the stereotype thinking, prejudice, discrimination and the unequal treatment of an individual or a whole group ethnicity and race, is still an existing issue in our today’s society. The American rapper Joyner Lucas is best known for his unique video shoots and for his deep lyrics which is expressing all kinds of social and economic issues in his rap song. As we already know, everyone is silent about the racial inequality in our country and no one wants to talk in public about this…

Zero tolerance policies were originally meant to enforce that a school will not stand behind a particular thing not matter what, but some of the policies have become more of a way to get rid of people than to benefit others. In Pushout by Monique W. Morris, Morris discusses zero tolerance policies and their effect on African American girls in school. She wrote about a six year old girl who had a tantrum in class. This girl was handcuffed and then kicked out of school passed on the zero tolerance…

America Loved Black People as Much as Black Culture?", 2015). Hunger Games star, Amandla Stenberg, issued a video titled, “Don’t Cash Crop on my Cornrows”, which addressed the cultural appropriation behind historical hairstyles such as braids and dreadlocks. The video continues to criticize celebrities “for not acknowledging the appropriation of black culture” (“African Student Union discusses Cultural Appropriation, appreciation ”, 2016). Examples of celebrities that have been culturally…

Introduction Durga Mahishasura mardini, Durga slayer of the Buffalo demon, is known as a ferocious goddess (Durga, 2015), often identified with many arms that holds weapons and stands on her lion mount. That form is common in India, but in Southeast Asia Durga is portrayed in a more benevolent form. Durga in Southest Asia has more similarities with the benign goddesses Uma than her original warrior form in India. The works discussed would be Durga Mahishasuramardini, Southern Vietnam, second…

and gunpowder, they were on a voyage to trade with others in Thailand. Tyler was a Jamaican crew member for the “Red Bearded Pirate Crew”. He met his crew in Scotland when he was picking up fur pallets. Tyler was around 6’2,” with midnight black dreadlocks that went to the middle of his back that were tied together with a pliable rubber band. He very rarely spoke English, but was trying to prosper learning it each day. His crew members were unkempt white men that were seeking for one extra…