5 NON AFRICAN Cultures Who Wore Locs || Cultural Appropriation Myth BUSTED🤯?
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- 5 NON AFRICAN Cultures Who Wore Locs || Cultural Appropriation Myth BUSTED🤯?
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Fact: All human hair turns into free forming dreadlocks naturally over time if not cut or groomed. Which means that dreadlocks are as old as time, the beginning of man and woman, before civilization and recorded time. Cave man had dreadlocks millions of years ago, even longer ago.
Most humans likely wore locs until combs were invented. But that’s just an educated guess
Absolutely
That's my first thought as well 😂. These people are crazy claiming we black people are the gate keepers of the hairstyle.
@@slimboyd im English so I'm going to gate keep people speaking my language and force them too make up thier own. Also the Egyptians called and said we can't use toothpaste anymore because its stealing thier culture
People with straight hair can rake their fingers through and separate their tangles. The main difference from back then to now is cleanliness. People didn't have shampoos and conditioners for their hair, so sebum build-up would be the catalyst for straight hair locking in the past. It's different circumstances compared to our tightly textured hair that interlocks on its own.
@@Fudgeey anyone's hair will loc on its own regardless if its straight or curly. As long as its kept clean, not combed, no conditioner they will grow on their own. Obviously it will take someone with straight hair much longer to grow locs than someone with curly or wavy hair. But it can still be done in the same way.
in the future ppl gonna try to find the origin of the hightop fade
I have Scandinavian as well as Celt (Scottish/Irish) ancestry and I initially got my locs in 2018 as a way to connect with my ancestors. I've had a lot of backlash from a variety of races because I rock locs but I have never and will never apologize. The ignorance of someone else doesn't need to have an effect on me. I'm pretty sure a lot of people worldwide probably wore locs before combs were invented and if modern day people want to wear locs now I don't see why it would be an issue. People are silly, make yourself happy. Great video my dude!
I'm of South Asian Indian origin and I have dreadlocks, people need to understand it is just hair and is not exclusive to any particular group, people also need to know that styles like the cornrows and dreads don't just have roots in African cultures but in many others as well.
@@pxrkhali3363 oh ...so now People need to just understand you do they...gtfoh
@@JamaicanToast Not me but the concept that anyone can have dreadlocks and that dreadlocks have significance in many cultures which are not originally African. I meant no disrespect, you seem pissed for no reason idk what your problem is.
@@pxrkhali3363 Same I wanna get a few in my hair, but the issue isn’t lying within where locs originated, it’s more the fact that white people can benefit from an oppression feature of marginalised group and it’s a gross misuse of privilege, mocking even when you see how badly we’re judged for our hair and skin. It’s like a really rich person using up state benefits or things to support lower income earners and those in poverty.
So basically, we can’t keep with this narrative that “it’s just hair” because that assumed an entirely equal social structure whereby everyone can partake and it doesn’t have structural implications, but it does. And all in all, it’s the fact that it’s just mocking, it’s offensive and uncomfortable to see. - I think a lot of people feel the same, i’m sure you know what i’m talking about if you’re a dark skin south asian (मैं हूँ)
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There is no cultural appropriation. Nothing belongs to one culture and no one makes money for his culture. Stop being little cry babies
Exactly. They don't realise what's in their DNA.
Bru is missing the whole point
@@yogisensei675 elaborate
People act like they lived in that time and were able to pinpoint everything.
Like everyone around the world literally had hair around that time.how does one race claim one hairstyle, did they send letters out to other continents in the ancient days and be like “we own this hairstyle k?”
Thank you for making this video, it's the best one I've seen on the subject. To me it is sad people would rather focus on why we are different vs. seeing the Oneness in humanity. Appreciate you. SO much love.
Aztec and Native North & South Americans wore locs in their culture
Shakespeare also referred to "elf locs" hair being so tangled it could only have been achieved by magical means I think dreads uk has a video about it
"All hair locs up with time" (KnotNation).
Saw in another you made about finding your North star when it comes to why you want dreads and this kind of solidified the religious aspect of having my hair loc'd. I was called to cover my hair a while back as a form of devotion to not only the deity but to myself and I felt the same calling when I started my loc journey. I feel like the journey for me actually began with me starting to do research about locs and how to go about doing them on my hair. Love your videos and I will probably end up watching all of them lol
Thank you for making this video brotha 🙌🏾
Happy to do it! 🙏🏾
THANK YOU! As a student of history, It is beyond frustrating to see this sort of lack of nuance when people online (the twitter mobs) speak on culture in history.
IT WOULD BE A VERY BORING WORLD IF EVERYONE HAD TO STAY IN THEIR OWN CULTURES LANE.
Facts. U see how culture spreads.
Very helpful and entertaining!! I really enjoyed how you presented the information much of which was new to me. Thank you.🌷
I’m glad I was able to share something new and entertain you as well! 😁
Celtic - Kell-tic.
Don't let the basketball team 🏀 fool you with the pronunciation!
It's funny because back in 2008 I wanted dreadlocks but life didn't have that as my path. Now I rock the super short hair!
My Mommy has her sisterlocks, 7 years strong (since 2016!) 💪🏾
She's Jamaican American 🇯🇲 so I 'm happy she's reppin' with hair.
Also Celtic, Scandinavian, and other heritages as well!! So this video hits the nail on the head 🔨
My guy said “Buddyism” 🤣🤣🤣. Another great video. Keep up the good work ✌🏽
I be thinking about getting some action after my videos lol
You never miss 👏🏾 thanks TP. This resonated with me so much! I am Jamaican (with family members rooted in Rastafarianism), have locks, and I’m Buddhist.
That’s amazing! You can definitely appreciate the overlap from both cultures then! I was amazed to see how many cultures viewed the locs as sacred. Seems so counter to what we hear from people today about locs.
@@TPlocks My locs are sacred to me, but I didn’t even know/realize it was in alignment this way! And I agree - what has created this divide amongst us all?
@@TPlocks there are societies that see it as religious, there's societies that see it as unprofessional, there's societies that don't care.
The oldest culture to rock locks were in Asia as stated.
@@TPlocks You see that's your problem, here you are bending over backwards to appease others and highlight questionable cultural differences, but that won't stop you being profiled and discriminated based on who you are. Did you know that natural hair bans in schools and some places of employment still stand to this day? But you out here playing peacemaker..... 🤡
Loved it! Love the clips you insert in your videos. That's funny. Thanks.
Glad you liked it! 😁
Omg!!!!! 🤩 That was a great video, thank you! 🙏🏽
Happy to help! 😄
On second thought, not sure it actually helped 😅 glad you liked it
Wonderful Video ❤ Thank you.
Just started my loc journey a few weeks ago, best decision I've made!
Enjoy it! And welcome to the loc fam! 😁
Thank you so much for making this Video. I will soon start my lock journey and for me it is absolutely a spiritual process to get them... i love locks on all people, they are beautiful and unique. And yes, i also agree that people in the USA should be aware of the blatant racism poc experience, regarding their skin or hair textures. That absolutely needs to stop! Love from Germany
Great video TP…..😎👍🏽
I’m south Asian, Vietnamese, with locks and when u said Asian hair isn’t curly I think u were thinking of north Asians. South Asians and Indians have curls.
Definitely made a mistake there! Asia is often reduce to those few areas in the north. You’re right!
@@TPlocks a lot of south Asians have East African roots so some have curly hair
Hair tangles, knots... locks. It locks especially easy if you have curly hair but the texture really doesn't matter.
History...... well....idk but I do know we have the freedom to choose our hair style. That's what my hair choice means to me, freedom.
As always bringing the love T... thanks for that!
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There is a difference in "matting ie hair grades 1a-3a hair- versus African/AA hair which is grade 3B-4C= which LOCKS. Not all "locs" are created the same and are NOT the same.
@@thehelm658 but when they are not the same, where is the problem then?
@@thehelm658 locs are locs man. If its matted and it forms a loc its a loc regardless of what type of hair that formed it. Lol stop gatekeeping something that doesn't even belong to one group.
African American culture was and is created FOR US BY US- and is and will never be intended to be "shared". Stay in your lane please
I work for a Japanese manufacturer I think it’s super cool being embraced in the workplace, I have locs. Cool video
Awesome video!✌
I love this❤️
Great video, great history lesson
Great video tp!!nearly at 55k!!
Slowly climbing 🔥🔥🔥
Buddhism And Hinduism both stem from Indo European religions and cultures just like the Celts and Vikings, they have an ancient connection. Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha) was a Hindu prince of the ruling Indo European class in India. So if the Hindu and Buddhist religions and cultures have a strong and ancient connection to dreads its more than likely that most other Indo European cultures do as well, including the Celts and Vikings.
Hello! Looking for some advice 😅
I am a white British Wiccan woman who has been incredibly fascinated by the idea of locking my hair for months now. I have a deep respects for the cultural roots of getting hair locked, and I try to the best of my ability everyday to educate myself on the history and significance of this hairstyle, and why i am privileged to even be able to think about getting this hairstyle done.
My hair is course and thin and gets matted super easily; additionally, I have hated my hair for the majority of my life, and my intuition is telling me this hairstyle would absolutely soothe my soul, and lean me more toward caring for my hair and body.
Of course I have concerns that I will be viewed as just another culturally appropriating white girl, which is not what I feel or want at all! I have a massive respect for the black community, and as I am halfway through a social science course, I understand the hardships and discrimination faced by the black community for this hairstyle, and I acknowledge that that I would not face this same discrimination for wearing the exact same style because I am white. I do not wish to disrespect anyone, and my main goal in life is to help those of minority groups to the best of my ability.
Is it okay for me to get my hair locked?
I think it's OK. I'm an Ovate (Druidry) and when I lived with a Rastafarian in England we talked about spiritual things a lot. He did express concern about fake Rastafarians who weren't studying the bible and cultivating Christian virtues but he wasn't bothered by my locks because I wasn't trying to fake his religion. The only time a person of color in Britain has criticized my locks was my nephew (he's half black) when he was about 6 years old and wanted to think of something rude to say. Druidry and Wicca are not strictly reconstructed paths, in some ways it doesn't matter how much there was really a shaggy haired wild man called Merlin living in the woods, he's one of our archetypes and has been for at least a thousand years. We can go along with what resonates with us. Also outside of strict academia I think it's our prerogative to decide what we make of surviving fragments of our ancient cultures just like anyone else who's cultures have been supressed by empires and intolerant religions etc. so long as it's not hurting anyone. I wouldn't rage post at Siberia's post Soviet shamanic revival if I saw Celtic looking knotwork, but I do resent American white supremacists appropriating the Celtic cross.
Locs the process of the hair matting due to not being combed or manipulated. If you are choosing to loc your hair ,then do it. It's a personal decision and should be based on your own research and not the feelings of others.
The reason why many Black Americans and other "Black (non Americans) hold on to locs is that they were often seen has unclean. Locs were also used as political protests. It's all about intention and education.
Self-love and most important
You dont need to ask permission from random strangers on the internet what to do with your own hair. If you want dreads then grow dreads. I'm white. I have long wavy hair and I let it grow into dreads because I like it and for other spiritual reasons. I don't care what anyone thinks about this or of me. Its my hair. Ill do what I damn well please with my own hair. I grew them naturally. I didn't "get them done". So yes. Go for it! I'd recommend doing freeform locs though but it takes a year or 2 before they start looking like dreads. You've gotta be committed.
Does it matter who had them first? I'm pretty sure cavemen were actually the first group to have dreadlocks and that was before any recorded documentation.
TP locs got long as hell been staying tune for a min now but damn
They just sprouted one day! I’m actually bout to get a retwist tonight lol
5:00 “Booty-ism” lol
I definitely messed that one up 😂😂😂
Oh heelll naww dog 😂
I think cultural appropriation is a huge concern for Black Americans. Everything we have ever created has been taken from us and used by other cultures to capitalize on. It's a reaction that we have developed, but if we do our research locs go deeper than race which is a made up concept.
And I definitely empathize! We talking styles, our whole hair texture catches hell! I definitely get it! But locs are definitely much deeper than one culture.
White company just trade marked Juneteenth!! Crazy
What?!!! 🤯
So if race is a made-up concept there's no such thing as "black Americans".
I disagree with you in terms of it coming down to skintone, for the simple fact that you and your loved ones pay taxes to a military with soldiers of same complexion, president with same complexion, etc. all appropriating the oil from the middle east. Then there's basketball and jeans and whatnot that weren't made by people with dark skin so it's just a load of nonsense.
It's far greater to see the colour labels for what they are, propaganda, and then people just become individuals more and more without the archaic colour labelling to make people feel better about themselves for being underdeveloped.
@@helloagain6243 I replaced race with culture. Culture is determined by you environment. What grows there, what animals flourish there, the weather. All this changes us physically and the only cultures that survive are the ones that adapt to their environment. That's all im saying. Hu.an race is what I see despite how corny that sounds. Thanks for the reply
Although it's spelt with "c" it's pronounced more of a "k" "Kelt/Kelts/keltic" 😁
I saw locs in irish art when i was in Ireland when i was 11. Big impression took till I was 60s to do them.
That’s the thing almost all cultures have dawned dreadlocks at one point or another and each culture is beautiful in their own way of living and styles and why they do what they do but the common underlying factor is we all stem back to the main common ancestor we are all humans with hair some different texture but no matter the texture the process still happens just some takes longer than others and some look different from others and I think that’s what more people need to remember is even tho we are so different in many ways we are also very much alike physical features are just outside appearances but the inside is still the same and shared the same dna as the person next to you
Preach man!!
Etymology
Loc is an English word with its origin being the ancient German word lukuz meaning tree of hair. Because of similarity to other Indo-European languages the word itself most likely has an unknown Indo-European root word. This would mean that Europeans have been wearing locs for at least 7,000 years because that is how old the word itself is.
Not cool how Black Americans are treated for the most part for wearing locs. But black people who see other people of different ethnicities wear are just hateful and ignorant towards them.
@foolish_echo the future of our world will be multi-ethnical. At least for the USA by 2040. There the minority will be people of just one ethnicity.
They made fun of Jamaicans in the 70s with dreadlocks now all of sudden dreads is there culture
@@brnjismith707 I was not alive in the 70s so I don’t care. Black people can be ignorants as those people in the 70s. The facts is a lot cultures had locs in as a hairstyle.
Appreciated brother. I'm being read as white although I am of mixed heritage across middle europeans, arabs als well as blacks. And I am rocking locks. Funny how somenof the aspects you mentioned as being common across the globe also play a role for me. But even if not so - in the end it's about unity and mutual respect for one another. This video meant something to me. Props brother.
I myself am mixed with japanese, korean and along with European ect and i just want to say thank you for putting this type of discussion out there, and for people that are judging others for what has been done for century’s! My locs are a part of my soul
Well I only knew about the Egyptians, India(which are the Hindu), and the Vikings, I was surprised by the Native Americans but i knew they had longhair in their culture. I’ve seen a few modern Asians with locs but that was about it but I knew while their hair is straight it is also pretty thick/coarse for a 1 type hair texture.
Locs is just hair not combed. Im not surprised that every culture had dreadlocks.
@@Brandon-tz5pn yea Ik but no one talks about it their specific culture or I never see pics from a certain race so some would at least try to separate their hair with their fingers
You a real one for this. Can't count how many times my white ass has had to explain why I have dreads that naturally form
I'm actually trying to move into a house right now where people are considering not letting me move in because I'm white with dreads... Identity politics are on another level
@@taylorbrick2962 put them into a beanie or tie them up.
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I'm definatly not black, neither white, neither native, but I have dreads. Me and my family are pretty mixed, so i don't know if that could be cultural apropiation.
You're all human, so no, because humans cannot appropriate human culture.
who cares. just do what you want. cultural appropriation is stupid in my opinion.
It is not, having a type of hair for aesthetics it's never cultural apropiación, it's just as hair style ffs
I'm white. I have dreads. And I don't care what other people think about them or what labels they wanna force on me. I am I. I can only control me.
Dreadlocks is not black American culture, these are the same ppl that was making fun of Jamaicans with dreads back in the 70s
Culture is a little more nuanced than that. It meshes and blends. We didn’t have nearly as much appreciation for west indie culture in general. We also didn’t even know ourselves enough to see our connections to it.
In my opinion every nation or culture civilization had dreadlocks but in a different way/styles. For example Egyptians had more of a coil version while Buddhism people just had long hair that form in to dreads,Vikings mostly had a shaved fade and put it braided styles,Africans had more of a starter/Freeformish style and Caribbeans had thicker conjoined dreadlocks that are now none as wicks and congos
Appropriation isn’t merely swagger jacking though. It’s condemning, berating and even passing laws against, before taking it for themselves
THaNK YOU
I'm a Chicano and many Asian countries like Thailand and others dress in Cholo attire. I 💯 appreciate other cultures respecting my culture and enjoying it! Anyone who gets upset about a hair style or clothing style sickens me!
Its the current woke movement. They drastically try to find something wrong so that they can look like the white knight by pointing it out regardless of how stupid or little it might be. It makes them feel like they're fighting the good fight. Like they're on the right side and living good. Its so retarded...
Going into battle with long hair is intimidating because it tells your enemies you aren't afraid to risk your hair getting pulled. Also, Buddhism is basically to Hinduism what Christianity to Judaism.
Love from India
You are going for super saiyan 3 soon
Writing an animated show right now and wanted spiritual power from hair (specifically locs) as a central theme. Mostly inspired by the biblical story of Samson but hearing about other non-white cultures finding power from their locs and how that can bring us together is really inspiring. Great video and even better jumping off point!
what about people going bald? is there any mythology on that?
@@Zane-It 😂😂😂😂
@@Zane-It they got inverse power and just absorb any attack from the protagonists
I want everyone to love one another and hope all people have a fair shake at life and the systemic victimization around the world gets stamped out. Having said that, I think cultural appropriation is a stupid thing to get outraged about. This seems to be a channel focused on dreadlocks or maybe African American culture, but the term "cultural appropriation" is a decidedly general term. First of all, every single person on the planet including the woman harassing the guy with locks in the clip, appropriates from other cultures... probably every day of their lives. So, we're all hypocrites if we start stammering and shaking our fists at the idea. Second, culture is a myriad of different things. Counterculture, Kpop culture, academic culture, street culture, African-American culture, Yiddish culture. Just to be clear, the general term culture applies to a great many things. As it applies to a great many things, we are essentially describing taking anything from any culture at any time anywhere. That kind of dilutes the rationality of the outraged. To what end does culture reach; clothing, language, inventions, food, music, past times? Very quickly nobody would be able to do anything if a yammering idiot came up and pointed out one person's culture didn't "invent" it. Third, even if dreadlocks were African (and the Egyptians have it but don't generally get considered to be the same group even though they are), would it be okay if a child with one black parent and one Arab parent wore them. How about a Rastafari grandfather married to a white lady, and then another fractioned generation after that? Immediately, it already seems like nonsense. What if a culture, say African-American culture, begins doing something... say wearing a certain type of clothing... does that immediately prohibit others from wearing it? Of course not. So how much time does one have to go back before the argument holds traction? Additionally, without perfect sight, nobody knows what has gone on around the world, especially in the past. If a culture wore dreadlocks or used chopsticks or wore a mohawk, or yodeled and it predated a recorded example, how could we be so adamant about who did it first. While appropriation is defined with the "often without one's permission" clause, it is used in a theft-sense when the outraged get ramped up. I teach in South Korea, and my director makes me wear a hanbok on the two appropriate holidays. Am I appropriating the culture? Someone listens to West African drumming, even buys a West African drumming shirt and learns to drum themselves. Is that going to get you harassed and canceled on campus? It seems to me there are a lot of ignorant people out there, some more dangerous than others. The nazi-bullshit has to be opposed with prejudice and the fat cats on Wall Street and the Marjorie Taylor Greens have to be thwarted, but so does the outrage at cultural appropriation. There is a big difference between making a mockery of something, or impropriety (maybe wearing a priest's garb to a church when you're not a priest, or a shaman's headdress when you're not a shaman. That's just rude and insensitive. But claiming hairstyles? Foolishness.
Theres a tribe called Yamnaya from 3500bc, they were a tribe with very long hair, its believed that they had Locs. The Yamnaya would have been the ancient ancestors of us white folks. There were other steppe tribes that had locs as well. They have been around a long time. Anither tribe called the Tochens.
Don’t create myth - long hair was very widespread around this time. We know they were semi nomadic, had strong horses, had a characteristic pottery style & buried their dead in kurgans. Their migrations into Europe were predominantly male (war bands), so they mixed with the people that were already here (Eastern hunter gatherers, Western Hunter gatherers(Dark skin, blue eyes) & the largest group: Neolithic farmers (Origin: Anatolia, Balkan). Yamnaya completely replaced the former population of Britain within merely 500 years. So we know a lot, but everything about their hairstyles is subject to speculation
On the subject of cultural appropriation it is important to recognise there are positive and negatives such as adopting a positive cultural trait embracing a style or way of being and the negative being taking these things for profit or status without actualy being invested in the culture its important that as human being we start to embrace all cultures but in a respectful meaningful
Fully agreed!
If my ancestors made them that would give me a right to use it how I feel, right?
@@helloagain6243 you expect us to decipher what race you are from your comment? The video is about other cultures having locs and embracing unity.
I’m not sure if you asking an honest question or just trying to be a dick head
Nicely done! However I don't think it's appropriate to approach ANYONE confrontationally about their hair...
i think every race should be allowed to have dreadlocks
im black
"BOOTY-ISM" 😅😅😂😂😂
Funny how humanitarian some people become when it’s their right to do something that comes into question but historically the absolute opposite. What ah joke
Moors too. They still do live in SPAIN, PORTUGAL, BRAZIL!
Ancient Peruvians had, what are now called, dreadlocks. Those people lived well over 1000 years ago so no one could accuse them of cultural appropriation. These mummies should make it quite clear that braids and dreadlocks (like making ropes) probably originated independently during different time periods throughout the world.
The Spartans wore dreads, Summerians,, Hitties, Carthagions, Celts, Gauls, Lombardi and other Germanic tribes.The Romans called them all barbarians one of the ways they were described having long unkempt, wholly looking sheep like hair, sometimes adorned with precious metals and bones if their enemies!
I can only speak for myself not my "race". I have what you have learned is "elf locks". I dove deep into my ancestral history. And stopped brushing my hair a few years after. I may not necessarily believe in the same Gods as they did but i feel my hair is my connection to them. Also my luck has definitely changed for the better since. I do think its disturbing that your "race" has been rediculed for having your natural hair. I can also tell you pale skinned people with locked hair get some serious heat. We are automatically acoused of drug use and even satanic. Also in my years of having locked hair and pale skin, i can say ill never be allowed to work in a professional setting. Ill never get that awesome paying job in a air conditioned office. But my lawyer has sisterlocs. There may be something there i dont know.
As for appropriation if i were to walk down the street in a dashiki i feel i would deserve every ounce of hate i encountered.
At the end of the day it comes down to respect and understanding. Our lives are different strands of the same web.
You know what? Let's just say it was a universal hair trend for ancient times before tic tok and youtube had universal trends. Everybody was doing it and Every body had their own little style of doing it. And it was all relevant and strong to the point.
culture appropriation? thats just how my hair grows. lol
Africans we are everywhere around the globe 🌎 so I think are culture may have linked with a lot of other races fs
I’m Greek, French and German and I wear locs
I bet the simple reason for locks were so people didn’t have to cut or shave their hair, just easier that way. Definitely before barbershops.
4:40 Her?! thats a maaaan
I thought vikings were very keen with combing and keep their hair clean? Not saying they didn't have dreads, but I'm hella confused rn
There were definitely those accounts as well! The history on Vikings with locs is actually very murky. Most of the evidence is just the written accounts.
@@TPlocks ohh that makes sense kind of. Why do you think that there is such debate over who should have locs?
@@woe7751 I think the reason is because historically, black hair and hair textures globally have always been ridiculed and deemed less than the straight or looser curled hair.
Same thing with black curves, lips, skin color and many other features….
That, juxtaposed with a society that has consistently stolen and taken the credit for black excellence makes most of us very sensitive about individuals who seemingly emulate our culture.
That’s how we end up living in a world where more people know Elvis as the king or rock n roll and not Chuck Berry. Or how for years twerking was a “ghetto” act for poor “uncivilized” black folks but when Miley Cyrus does it, she can go on a full twerking campaign. Or how Kim K can build an entire brand from manufactured curves, and her sexuality, yet up to that point, it was always deemed “too much” or “unattractive” when it was coming from blacks first. Kim is a billionaire selling the same sex and curves lol
People seem to love all the byproducts of black culture but maintain a disdain or a diminished view of black people. So when you see someone white with locs, for many this is indicative of the same behavior. The feeling is that whites want to adopt aspects of who we are without actually dignifying us as the originators or even respecting us as individuals first.
There’s a lot of truth to that honestly. I only diverge at the point of locs because there’s a lot more nuance there. There are the lil pumps or biebers of the world who are likely just locking their hair for a fad or because it’s trendy within hip hop culture. But I think there are far more people who are locking up for real meaningful spiritual reasons. I think the process of locs can be so demanding it naturally weeds out who’s in it forreal and who’s not.
I also think the huge spiritual overlap with locs in varying cultures can help usher ina greater understanding between different ethnic groups.
My only request is that we all understand the reality of all the things I mentioned prior. (Blacks HAVE been treated unfairly) So Yes we all wear locs, but let’s also recognize the birthplace of all the rhetoric that’s birthed the negative perceptions of them in the first place. It’s mainly Eurocentric cultures. To see a person seemingly of those cultures able to interchangeably choose their path (locs vs no locs) without the same backlash or treatment could definitely ruffle feathers. We gotta have empathy for that before the convo can really happen from a productive space imo.
@@TPlocks wow. I really like this response. I'm 11 months into my own loc journey and have been trying to educate myself on the history of locs. It's pretty difficult for me to though since some people have biased views because of their own personal experience. I'm still really not sure what to do or how to feel about this whole topic. But your video definality helped me see a different view point that isn't really talked about. I will continue to look into the history with an open mind. I appreciate your videos a lot 🙏🏾
@@woe7751 well you see, this should be a lesson to you about humanity.
How many different hairstyles do you see in the street everyday? Plenty right?
How could it be unfathomable that there were many different styles and times in Scandinavian history? Or that there were individuals with choice? Lol
The issue, for me, is less the wearing of locs by yt ppl and moreso the difference in treatment between them and our natural hair styles across the board…by yt ppl.
This is facts! Our textures been demonized for centuries
that’s completely understandable, i’m white with locs but honestly it’s not much better i have to cover my locs for my last job and i get straight disrespect all the time mostly from older white ppl who are ignorant and AA because they think it’s justified although i know in a school setting my hair wouldn’t be cut i think the treatment is more similar than ppl would like admit
idk why people say this shit like white people with locs are going to be suddenly accepted, in the internet if a famous white person gets locs thats true, but in the real world they are still going to think you stink, you are a stoner and everything bad that comes with.
Its always non white people saying how we are seen and i find that wack, not trying to sound like a opressed guy because im not, but white people are still judged a fuck ton, by every group. Sometimes people see a white person doing anything and already see evil in it, every white guy that talks about rap culture is a culture vulture, if i just dont agree with you i can be called racist just because im white, if he likes something from another culture its cultural appropiation and he is trying to sell your culture, while non-white people do the same and dont get this weird antagonization for everything they do.
i remember asap rocky using a headwrap that common in slavic/russian/east europe countries among elder ladies called the babushka and nobody said "thats cultural appropiation", he used a common thing of another culture just for fashion and nobody brang up "you need to know the history". To me mfs should decide if they dislike when a group does it or when everybody does it, or else it gets unfair for both sides.
@@TPlocks Unfortunately I cannot control what has been done or said before me. I can only control I.
Just let people wear dreadlocks! Who cares what complexion they have. Leave it alone!
As a native who is getting locs soon While locs are a multi cultural hairstyle if your culture doesn't rightfully have locs then you need to step back and not do it
Yea if you got no business wearing them then don’t 🤷🏽♂️
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The Mau Mau made me want to get locs but they are African
Beautiful man. I'm a white guy who has had locs for 8 years. I did it as a fuck you to the medical community as I'm a medical doctor. I also have a tattoo of black mt rushmore. I'm glad that some of what I've read might be true. I've never once gotten a negative comment about my locs ... ..except when i had an issue with the medical board and the director told me of i was going to practice medicine i needed to look "professional " i refused to but my hair for 2 years. Limiting my ability to practice my professional life. As soon as i cut them...... boom full privileges. I can cut my hair you can not change your melanin. It's fucking sad bro.
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Good video. Don't want to be that guy, but Shiva is male.
It's good that you made this because it's not just a "black hairstyle".
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Black Africans Are some times born with dreadlocks, there is even a special ceremony for cutting natural dreadlocks off in Africa.
Same in India the followers of Shiva do it special ceremony for cutting locks
When everyone sees the person not the color of their skin that's gonna be the day Malcom x dreamed of
Noone,including me,hates on rastas for appropriating sadhu/nazarite hairstyle
My father was the first of my father's line born in the US. We are Sami immigrants, from the Arctic North of Sweden, Norway, and Finland. Until the 1900s our culture was still pre-Roman and mostly untouched by the Khans of Asia.
I'm here to say that we have never had locs. Braids yes, locs no. We are the oldest recognized Indigenous people group in Europe...let that sink in: we never had locs.
Any of these Peck R. Woods saying we did is a moron.
Shhhhh....lol no
My family have very strong Celtic And Viking roots. I've been looking into putting my hair into elf-locks/fairy-locks(basically dreadlocks). Due to my Celtic heritage. But I've seen and met people I knew who were also Celtic and had been bullied for having elf-locks. This video made me feel so much better.
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Most if not all hair, when left uncombed, will eventually lock.
One of these people are eukaryotic cells and one of them are prokaryotic cells one of them is the oldest structures on the planet. The youngest structure is copying the older structure find out which is which for you
People tell you your intimidating because you’re black and you have locs? That’s some weird shit ….
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Gold medal! 🔥🔥🔥🥇
Straight hair scientifically can not loc it can matte locing is when hair creates a tight knit of coils wrapping on itself matting is when hair creates a weave like a basket which is also why the methods for forming mattes vs locs differ
If comb never invented, everyone now will have dreads and locs😅
"White" people (from a biblical perspective). Adam in Hebrew means "red" and there were no combs or scissors in the time of Adam and Chavva.
It’s all freeform bro, even straight hair will loc up if left alone.
If your white with locks ppl think your a drug addict I’ve had someone come up to my friend on the street asking if he had anything to sell cuase his locs and hippie fit
People seem to forget that other black people and caucasians were making fun of Jamaican s with dreads .they used to call us "MOP HEADS" y'all remember that.
As a Black British of Jamaican descent, I can categorically and confidently speak about the history of dreadlocks. Dreads did not originate in AFRICA nor the black community, they only popularised it!
Dreadlocks is said to have originated in India. The God Shiva is depicted as having been the first person to wear 'matted' dreadlocks way before the Egyptians in N. Africa. The word itself "dread" comes from the followers of Shiva, who called themselves "Dreads," signifying that they had a dread, fear, or respect for God Shiva by emulating Hindu and Nazarite holy men. So the Indians have perhaps the dubious honour of 'inventing' dreadlocks, and we could reasonably conclude that the African Egyptians culturally appropriated dreads from them.
However, some of the earliest depictions of dreadlocks date back as far as 3600 years to the Minoan Civilisation, one of EUROPE's earliest civilisations, centred in Crete (now part of Greece). Next came the Germanic tribes and Vikings who were also known to wear their hair in dreadlocks.
SO TO SUMMARISE; Dreadlocks did NOT originate in Africa! Dreads were most likely first created by the Minoans in EUROPE, then became recognised and respected in Asia (India and God Shiva followers), followed by the Vikings from the Nordic countries (mainly Norway, Sweden) and then FINALLY dreadlocks made their way to North Africa (Egypt) before spreading to East Africa (Ethiopia) and West Africa (Sierra Leone from where most of the Caribbean people originated) and then the Rastafari movement adopted the locks as a symbol of the Lion of Judah, which is sometimes centred on the Ethiopian flag. What we know as dreadlocks today gained popularity arguably because of Reggae music and the likes of Bob Marley.
i understand this video but when people get locks i dont think theyre emulating these cultures you’re mentioning its kind of a slap in the face for us im from the uk i remember growing up everyone would laugh at black girls lips/bodies now thats the in thing ppl want to be black but they dont want to be BLACK
I think some instances are definitely that but there’s plenty where folks of different origins are met with resistance just off their perception.
Most non black folks I’ve met with locs have fully embraced the spiritual pure aspects of the journey. Sure there are the lil pumps of the world but I feel like he represents a very small loud minority.
I do agree we should safe guard certain aspects of our culture and ensure they’re not rebranded as someone else’s but with locs, I feel like people gravitate to them and value them for a lot of the same reasons these groups do. It’s such a big commitment to loc your hair, it’s hard to imagine people rushing to get them (and keep them) in numbers large enough to represent a deterioration of the culture.
I’ve always felt like the locs naturally weed out the fakes!
They still don't want to be black... How delusional do you have to be to say that
@@TPlocks nah i dont even mind who wears it to me its a compliment when someone tries something from my culture all i ask to them is simply why? your opinion is super open minded to the variety of circumstances which people may be in so respect to u for that brother🙏🏾
@@skimpanana9499 cus why not, maybe it’s just what they feel in their soul at that point in life for some reason and it makes them happy and then that can be a change of life style for them all together maybe in a positive way
@@skimpanana9499 the point is , they are not trying some thing from your culture bruv ! , that’s the point . Or you could say that for black ladies straightening their hair Locs are for everyone, there is many reasons. Some for rebelión, some for spirituality etc but non for trying some thing black bruv . Maybe a few for trending but that’s it
Idk about that bcuz Ik Africa had dread lock since the bc time
We’re any of us around to know that?
(05:08) rastafarianism got it from Sadhu Hindu slaves brought to Jamaica to work and live side by side with them.
Blacks were the original everywhere in the world the trendsetters for every fashionable thing and currently we still hold that title so there may have been cultures who have worn Lots but The Originators were blacks you cannot Escape that that is a fact although you can go back years and find all the cultures The Originators were blacks we are the original influence for hips lips facial features everything about beauty standards now is basically a copy of how black men and women look facts
We get it, yall invented everything known to man. Go pat yourself on the back now.
Keep telling that to yourself most of beauty standerds are from their native people Chinese don't have these neither do indians and Europeans of ancient times wtf is the standard here people have body and fashion standards according to type of people of that region