slightly afraid

It's just hair. but there's lots of jackasses.

The only time someone's said anything was when I was walking out of a grocery store, I had gone inside (was waiting in the car while my mom was shopping) to see if there was a water fountain, which there wasen't, so I walked along the row of checkouts and back, then out. Someone (female, not that it really matters... but strait haired girls seem to be more likely to seem more negative about my neglected hair) (quietly)yelled "comb your hair". I kept walking and made no sign of recognition. I wish I was more on the ball and said something back, but I was a bit shocked, even though I get strange looks all the time in this area, no one had EVER said anything that obviously negative, most people try to be a bit friendly by asking if you're dreading, and maybe suggesting something helpful like wax.... And SOMETIMES even seem to think NOT fucking with your hair is novel, after I explain they're clean.

 

I've actually had a very similar incident happen, the only time I've encountered any overt negativity directed at me. I was walking toward some tables outside the university center at my college with a friend, looking for a place to sit down and smoke a cig. as we passed a table where this black chick, a black dude, and some other people, the chick yells at me "ew! wash your hair!". I'm pretty sure the black dude wasn't down with her reaction because he said something like "man, he dreadin'", but I wasn't 100% sure if he was defending me or not.

her reaction caught both me and my friend off guard, since neither of us had been paying much attention, so neither of us said anything and kept walking and sat down a few tables away and smoked, with them sitting right near us the whole time. I wish I had been on top of my shit enough at the time to react, or that my friend had, but it came as too much of a surprise.

 

*not being racist, pointing out cultural divides that I dislike, so rather the opposite.

I forgot, while eating at my college cafateria, I got a lot of black people loudly talking shit about "white boy tryin to make dreads" and the like. There where a few guys who I had talked to about dreads(most of them dreaded themselves), and where decidedly on my side(usually only after finding out I was neglecting), but none of them would really stand in the way of it, just generally say something about lookin knotty, which was quite ignored by the rest of their clique. But I appriciated it.

Also got stuff like lines of people, almost all black, walking by to discard dishes, etc, and all coughing or something as they walked by.

But none of them ever actully said anything to me. They stayed witthin their group, I guess they didn't want to pick a fight and get their ass kicked by a white boy with wannabe dreads in front of the homeboys. (not that I could, or would, fight them. but it's what most of them would do, so they'd expect it, i guess)

I hate racists, whatever color they may be

 

Most of the questions about my hair are usually from black people. they usually ask if i'm "trying to dread" which displays the ignorance that most people including black people have about locks and the process by which they are created.

 

Hmm. I usually get "are you trying to make dreadlocks". The word make being highly important (and highly silly if you actully look at my hair, especially if they saw me daily like this....)

I have met considerably more black people who understand dreads properly, but the problem is due to a silly sort of racial arrogance, often supported by silly racially ignorant white people, a lot of black people seem to have the notion that they have some sort of inborn dread ability and knowledge.... And the ones who think this tend to be bald.

*again, my post refers to this area, and is culturalist/regionalist, not racist.

 

hahaha, it doesn't help when everyone in the group is a smartass. They give me my motivation.


But really, who cares if someone makes fun of your hair. I mean obviously you care enough to bring it up but your not gettin anywhere stressing it.

If they weren't makin fun of your hair it would just be somethin else. Hell, I make fun of peoples hair.

I think the problem is the lack of witty comebacks.

 

I get shit a fair bit from chavs telling me to get a haircut/brush my hair/wash etc... at least once a week in the street or facebook or whatever. Mostly because where i live is full of ill-educated pillocks who dont know what dreading actually involves, anyway, its not hard to ignore seeing as the amount who compliment my hair is far greater