i've heard different things.
the fact that you acknowledge you're a white kid (from the suburbs?) is a good sign.
you stay "on the path", you'll be fine.
i know a dred-locked buddy of mine (anglo) nearly got into some deep shit; something about being poor and dred'd 'cause you have too and seeing an american anglo w/ dred's seems to get some folks pissed off there.
it's like white homies from suburbia thinkin' they're hard/ghetto. when you LIVE in the ghetto cause you have to and you're hard cause you have to be to survive, it pisses you off seeing someone with better circumstances playing like they know/are from the street.