dreadlock truth (Ongoing Debate)

the only advantage of starting with short hair is that you wont notice so much of a difference when the locks start to shrink your hair. i think it shrinks the hair about half way. but yeah, you already have the length, i don't see why you would get rid of it.

unless you are a REALLY fussy person, there isn;t much point in shortening the hair.

 

hey, if you go all natty and stuff, when you shower would you not even wet the hair, if you are just starting trying to get dreads?

 

i wet my head every morning and it works fine. i have been doing this since i started. i give it a break and put it up when i shower every once and a while and there seems to be no difference.

 

On the other hand, the only time I let my hair get wet is when I wash it. Not because it prevent locking or anything, just because it takes forever to dry. Now since the cold weather had hit here, I really couldn't go outside with wet hair. I dunno, I would just rather not get my hair wet in between washes.

 

I think what everyone else is saying is correct,it really doesnt matter how long your hair is when you make the choice, you will lose just under half the length you have now so it is going to be pretty short anyway.I wouldnt worry about the length so much as I would the upkeep or lack thereof.

 

I would give it a nice trim (only about 1/4 to 1/2 an inch) so it's healthy and then let it go. That's one thing I would do differently if I were to start over - trim my hair first. Strong, healthy hair = strong, healthy dreads.

 

http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?t=347519&f=209

Start scanning your dreads, people, now!
I sooo wish I had been doing this from day one coz I reckon it would've been such an interesting and informative way to observe the dready progress.

 

Hehe..."worked so damn hard"...couldn't help a little chuckle slipping out. Have you ever tried faffing around with a pot of stupid dread wax? It's a bloody stupid pain in the arse Your natural dreads sound much easier than that

 

Right on....there are 100 different methods to achieve the same goal. Why bash anothers? Isnt natural dreads about not working so hard????? I feel that I have worked just as hard as any other...and maybe too much so. Disrespect.....hardly. I guess the same argument about disrespect could also be made about a white boy tring to be a rasta.
Now I will go have some wine with my bacon sandwich...yummy!!!!!!

 

and before I get lashed at for my last statement...I am not saying I find it disrespectful...but know that is indeed found disrespectful to some.

 

Interesting. I keep meaning to sign up to that site but never get round to it

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LMAO wrong thread!

 

rastafarian is a religion not restrictive to jamaicans at all, if a white person follows the religion (and not simply because they like weed) then theres no issue
however i have come across a "church of the bklack christ' and they wont even talk to white people saying they dont intregrate (and none had dreads)
i know many white rastas a few asiain rastas too
as a religion they practice tolerence and believe skin color doesnt matter onbe bit
howver other blacks who are not rasstas are the ones that look down on whites with dreads as stealinmg theyhre culture, even though they dont follow that culture themselves
kinda like when white ppl live in tipis its not the elders of the tribe that hold on to the culture that get upset but the harvard educated doctor that happensto be native american but abandoned much of theyre culture

 

i have met many many black rastas who are confused about white rastas....not saying I agree...could care less about ones religous beliefs...just thought id throw that out there.

 

was the whole "religion" not based upon blacks freeing themselves from the white world??????????? Hello!!!!!!
Religion is all man made, no matter your color. But Im not gonna run out and turn Muslim because I wanna rock out to the latest Iraqi top 40 and do a few lines. Most people dont know shit about the religion...just Bob Marley and weed. So if I was a REAL black rasta, yeah I would be pissed at these stupid little white kids.
However I do get pissed when rastas dont think that white folks should have locks, especially since I dont give a shit about their religion. Im not trying to be a rasta...Im not trying to be anything.

 

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAA OMFG callie you fucking crack me up!

 

no the religion is not based on blacks freeing themselves from the white world where do you even get that?
itrs bssed on the bible itself, and the kebra nagast (did i spell that wrong?) and the bloodlines of jah rastafaria
it has practicly nothing to do with race the belief that all races should be equal and not matter one bit
yes they talk about freedom from opression.. for all people and it is applied to blacks more having been opressed more but the freedom from opression applies to all
thats bvasic human rights though something they care about as all people should and not specificaly a religios belief
i think you like to make alotta noise but dont have a clue what your saying..
if ya have a lil respect and talk to some rasstas, wether black or white and listen instead of comming off with that fuck you im not rasta attitude you may learn a great deal and not be so ignorant.

 

Rastafari started with the prophet Marcus Garvey and in the beginning it was definitely all about race issues. It may have evolved into the one love philosophy for most Rastas, but there are houses (or groups) that hold on the the old beliefs.

Please try not to be so rude & mean SE. Your comments about Callie were not needed to make your point.

 

her rudeness wasnt needed either
putting religion in quotes? wtf is up with that..extreme disrespect

and your right that garvey did have an influemnce in that aspect, but he didnt start the religion at all, when jah rasstafaria was coronaterd he proclaimed himself the rightful ruler of all hby his bloodlines
garvey promoted this belief just like todays african american greeting casrd companies promote kwanzzaa or is it quanzaa or however its spelled as a racial identity thing
but the foundations of the belief began with jah and specificly stated that skin color made no difference at all, and that all people should be united, nit devided.
in jamaica it did catch on not only as a religion, but a socio political thing where the black population brought there as slaves began a return to the motherland movement claiming all blacks decendent from slaves should return to erthiopia or africa as a whole to escape british (it is british right? ) imperial rule and oppression.
this was partialy religios partialy political
or cultural
the religios part was that no man should have to bow down to an opresser and that the color of the mands skin shouldnt put one man in charge of another
im sure thats much more complicated then thatbut thats just my basic understanding.
the idea thatthe religion is based on blacks escaping whits is ass backwards, the fact is, they chose to free themselves..to be eqwual because theyre religion states that all men are equal regardless of skin color
its said that come judgment day jah will rake his hand across the earth and his chosen peoples dreads will tangle in his fuin=gers and be lifted to the promiced land..nowhere does it say and if a white mans hair becomes tangled he will shake him free to plunge back to earth denied entry ..no its all man who choose to live rightously shal be rewarded..
nothing more nothing less..race plays no part in that

 

oh please. im pretty sure ive seen you bash christianity in a very offensive manner.

 

You do realise that Haille Selassie was a Christian and denied being the prophet for Rastafari, right? He was not the founder of Rastafari; people thought he was Garvey's prophesy come true, and that's how he was connected with it.
Without Garvey's prophesies & predictions, there would not be a Rasatfari religion. And his prophecies were very much based on race issues.