>>10196I agree with you, but I try to imagine what others are arguing for when they claim shit like this. A part of me feels its legitimate to get mad at the group who once discriminated against you for something as simple as hair (ex associating dreads with being unhygenic because black people are the group that predominantly style their hair this way since it can easily dread for many of them, even though they don't have to use the shit load of product or go through the same process people with naturally straight hair have to to get it that way; people using the excuse of dreads being unhygenic/ not proper to not hire someone because black people are its predominant users) and then when that group who once discriminated start using it, it becomes acceptable, fashionable and edgy, all the while not giving credit to the group in that area who had always worn them despite the discrimination because it became a symbol of their identity (rebelling against those who discriminate against you/keeping true to your roots).
In these
specific situations I totally get the anger and because of the meaning the group who always donned the dreads gave to them was now changed to 2015's new edgy hair style, it can be comparable to cultural appropriation.
Man I hope this makes sense because its the only way I can rationalize their anger over some white girl wearing dreads, though if that white girl isn't racist idk why they'd be upset with her. The racist white people who discriminate against blacks for wearing dreads but wear them themselves? Yeah.