rastafari question

[surreys princess]

i have been reading alot about the rastafari beliefs..really just out of curiosity...anyway, i was wondering..the idea behind dreadlocks is that you should not take a comb/scissors, or "western tool", to your hair..now being that the followers of this are predominantely(sp) afro american, that means, of course, dreadlocks form...so why would it not be wrong for white people to have their hair made into dreads, who practice this system of beliefs? it seems that it would be disrespectful to dread it as the point is to be natural, and it isnt natural for our hair to do that....seems the appropriate thing to do is not cut it, brush it.....anyone?

surreys princess Reviewed by surreys princess on 02-06-2007. rastafari question i have been reading alot about the rastafari beliefs..really just out of curiosity...anyway, i was wondering..the idea behind dreadlocks is that you should not take a comb/scissors, or "western tool", to your hair..now being that the followers of this are predominantely(sp) afro american, that means, of course, dreadlocks form...so why would it not be wrong for white people to have their hair made into dreads, who practice this system of beliefs? it seems that it would be disrespectful to Rating: 5

[40oz]

over time and the right conditions everybodys hair will dread eventually. Its just long dirty hair twisting together. If you were to give yourself dreads for fashion you are technically not following the ways of the rastafarians.

[surreys princess]

that is what i was getting at, sorry if i didnt make it clear....in a nutshell, i am wondering why it isnt disrespectful for white people to wear "made" dreads i guess....i know that sounds dumb, but i am just trying to understand it..i dont have an opinion per se..just curious....

[40oz]

Im sure no rastafarian would feel disrespected by seeing John Doe with dreads. They just wouldnt see you as a real rastafarian. I think an even better question about rastafari is if white people are really allowed to be rastafarians. Alot of the early teachings center around being black. Did you read up anything on that....im curious

[JunkYard]

I don't know much about the Rasta's, but what I do know I like. I'm not sure about the race issues, but they seem to be pretty genuine. I like the Marley's a great deal, but only because they are the only Rastafari's I know of, lol.

I watched an interview on youtube with Bob Marley, and they talked about his religion. It was pretty cool. The prophet said very little about dreads, but he did say they weren't required to be in that religion. He said the same thing about the herb, and it's a central part of their beliefs, isn't it?

[surreys princess]

rastafari's say that it is what is in the heart that counts and a love of Jah, not colour....at least in all that i have read...

[RyanTheCaveman]

Yeh rastifari is cool. but im wiccan. learning about other peoples beleifs is pretty interesting.


BTW surrey's princess..can you take off a neg rep i got from some idiot who doesn't read before he types.it will eat away at me until you do.
He was calling me racist for saying aguys blunt looks liek someone took a dump on his hand...i was reffering to the blunt.
thanks in advance.

[2600HERTZ]

Well rasta is about the movement of the black people, from outside of slavery. The idea of travelling the road to zion is about that long gruesome trip it takes to reach freedom.

It is pretty race specific.

[surreys princess]

that is true, but it isnt only black people and rasta's fully support their white and yellow and green and any other colour, brothers and sisters..like i said, it is about having Jah in the heart..rasta is about peace and righteousness moreso than colour, but again, everyone has their own opinion and understanding...

Rastafarian.net / Rastafarian.org

[bentleygtgirl]

thank you for asking this question princess, I've often wondered about their religion and what it is like, I think that it is crazy about the whole black/white thing, actually yesterday I joined a group of girls trying to get delta sigma theta started on our campus, which is predominantly black sorority, and i'm white, but its just so crazy how "afraid" races are of each other, the girls were overjoyed i joined because they need open minded people, i just believe if you have an open heart and mind things will work out for you