So locs are wild and compared to mohawks? I wear my hair in locs and it really gets to me that when we choose not to wear our hair straightened and permed but in it's naturally coiled state, then we're wild. I understand that police and military officers are supposed to wear their hair short, but the man said that his boss told him to cut them off completely. Why?? Why can't he wear locs at all?
It makes me so upset that some believe, in order for African Americans to make it in this world, they must assimilate and conform to the White "majority." That's bull. It is not my intention to make this a race issue, but my hair is beautiful and will be beautiful whether I am in a reggae band or in corporate America.
Quote:
Originally posted by Corbin Dallas:
Bob Marley was also in a profession where the wilder you look, the better. That's not the case when it comes to police officers. They want someone who is aesthetically pleasing that people feel safe patrolling their streets. Not that it's right, but a lot of people might find it unnerving to see someone with dreadlocks, long hair, a mohawk, tattoos all over their body, multiple body piercings, or what have you in a police uniform.
|