I feel that people should be allowed to waer their hair any way they damn well please.
Thank you Soror MaMaBuddha for schooling folks up in here.
As a person who had locks for 6 years they are very liberating and they definitely send a message of not only empowerment but that of pride in our African culture. I had since cut me locks (I now rock the bomb ass bald head...well..not BALD but think Me'shelle N'Degeocello (no she IS BALD)...forget it...Sinead O'Connor). My reasons for doing so was basically because I felt that the "energy" that had been absorbed by my locks ( other people's energy, was negative (I twisted my hair when it was shoulder length and therefore there was already 19 years worth of "energy" already in my hair). I WILL grow locs again, but I think I will be older and wiser about my life decisions at that junction in my life and thus not be compelled to shave them off, again.
OKAY, why did this become a biography about me and my locks. Probably because I miss them dearly (I still have them in a wooden box I got from Trinidad & Tobago)
Okay, but yeah, the man should be able to wear his hair however, as long as they are neat. Quiet as it's kept, though ,TRUE Rastas tend to have less neat locks than those who wear them as a fashion statement. We've all seen Rastas and they have one HUGE dread or several dreads that have locked into one big one.
[This message has been edited by DELTABRAT (edited July 26, 2000).]
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