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Old 03-30-2016, 12:32 PM
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SFSU Student Filmed While Accosting Another Student re "Cultural Appropriation"

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n Francisco State University said Tuesday it was investigating an incident captured on video in which a black woman confronted a white man on campus for wearing dreadlocks.

In a video posted on YouTube on Monday, the man and woman can be heard arguing in a hallway about his hair.

"You're saying that I can't have a hair style because of your culture? Why?" the man said.

"Because it's my culture," she said.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...329-story.html

--Are dreadlocks a good example of cultural appropriation?

--Who was in the right?

--Is it justifiable to put hands on someone you believe has committed a microaggression?
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Old 03-30-2016, 12:57 PM
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Shouldn't good taste apply? I'm not a fan of dreadlocks, but they look especially goofy on white people. No, she's not allowed to verbally assault him over it, but also no, he should stop being a huge dork and just wash his hair. Nobody is shocked, you're not being counter-culture, you're not making a political statement. You're just a dorky white guy who looks like he's trying to hard to not try.
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Old 03-30-2016, 02:37 PM
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Shouldn't good taste apply? I'm not a fan of dreadlocks, but they look especially goofy on white people. No, she's not allowed to verbally assault him over it, but also no, he should stop being a huge dork and just wash his hair. Nobody is shocked, you're not being counter-culture, you're not making a political statement. You're just a dorky white guy who looks like he's trying to hard to not try.
Are you kidding?? NO, "good taste" as determined by anyone other than the wearer, does not apply. If he wants to look like this, it is HIS choice. I don't like dreads on anyone, but this is nothing but my flea bitten opinion. Whatever his reasons for wearing this hairstyle are his alone. The style might effect his life when dealing with other people, but it is HIS choice.

She had absolutely no right to say anything to him, question or berate him, much less grab his arm several times. She is lucky he didn't punch her.

I am surprised at your comment, DubaiSis.
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Old 03-30-2016, 03:11 PM
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According to Wikipedia this is the historical background of dreadlocks. Seems to have crossed numerous cultures and religions over time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadlocks

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Old 03-30-2016, 03:50 PM
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I've a lot of white people wearing them (Grateful Dead concert, anyone?), but am not a fan. HOWEVER, not being part of the style police, I don't think there's anything culturally wrong in someone of any race wearing them.
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Old 03-30-2016, 05:35 PM
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Are you kidding?? NO, "good taste" as determined by anyone other than the wearer, does not apply. If he wants to look like this, it is HIS choice. I don't like dreads on anyone, but this is nothing but my flea bitten opinion. Whatever his reasons for wearing this hairstyle are his alone. The style might effect his life when dealing with other people, but it is HIS choice.

She had absolutely no right to say anything to him, question or berate him, much less grab his arm several times. She is lucky he didn't punch her.

I am surprised at your comment, DubaiSis.
I SAID taste should apply. And you can't legislate that. The guy can dress absolutely as dorky as he wants. But he'll still look like a dork.
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Old 03-30-2016, 01:07 PM
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I'm from and reside in Oklahoma. I don't know if I've ever seen dreadlocks on a white person--at least in person. I thought this might be a fairly common hairstyle on the west coast? No judgment. I hear they like cargo shorts out there too.
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Old 03-30-2016, 01:15 PM
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I know a man and a woman, both white and living out west, who have dreads and who would've probably punched this woman in the face if she'd come after them. Thinking about it--who cares how other people look? Should black people only wear African clothing? Should I never wear my Guatemalan shirt? Should my adopted Asian daughters not wear American and European styles?
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Old 03-30-2016, 01:13 PM
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Anne Lamott.

She's written about her dreads and her church has no problem with her hairstyle. This is IMO much ado about nothing.

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Old 03-30-2016, 07:21 PM
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Anne Lamott.

She's written about her dreads and her church has no problem with her hairstyle. This is IMO much ado about nothing.

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Well, OBVIOUSLY we all know what a horrible, awful, person Anne Lamott is . . .
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Old 03-30-2016, 11:43 PM
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Anne Lamott.

She's written about her dreads and her church has no problem with her hairstyle. This is IMO much ado about nothing.

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Fuck Anne Lamott, too.
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What a silly thing to get upset about/offended by!!! And a waste of energy that could be usefully expended elsewhere and for a better reason.
It's not silly for her to feel the way she does. You or I don't have to agree with how she feels but her feelings are valid.

When he started to leave, she should not have touched him.
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Old 03-31-2016, 02:16 AM
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Oh good grief.

Let's all dig deep to find a way that this fellow's bad hair microaggresively provoked this poor woman. He should be reported to the university race-relations authorities immediately, and a committee formed to examine on-campus hair microaggression. The resulting hair sanctions and new enlightened terminology can be used to inform a national conversation on this all-too-often overlooked societal injustice.

Or maybe she was just suffering culturally-appropriated Dreadlock Privilege with a dash of macroaggression.

This important issue certainly demands further study and attention.
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Old 03-31-2016, 12:55 PM
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Fuck Anne Lamott, too.

You might could learn a thing or two about writing from her . . .
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Actually, the Village People were supposed to represent the most popular gay stereotypes at the time.

And if she was upset, went home and wrote an article or blog post about it, that would have been fine. Verbally and physically assaulting some random person is NOT fine and having experienced it myself, this video made me extremely upset to watch.
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