Depending on your profession, braids on men can be "unprofessional". If you are in a "creative" profession or individual one, whatever attire or adornment you choose, is fine. However, if you are representing a privately owned company to the public, that company has a right to dictate how you, the individual, can represent THEIR company. I am in sales and I know that I cnnot represent my company looking "thugged out", be it in braided hair, gold teeth, etc. Being ehtnic does not mean being "thugged out", or "ghetto". Black people have always been able to express themselves tastefully and within corporate guidelines. I don't think we need to bring the "street" into our workplaces, churches, or schools. Braided hair on men (it is not part of our ethnic heritage) is for the streets, the basketball court, or BET, not for corporate settings. Women, different story.
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