Dreading dreadlocks

[evanovitch]

Dreading dreadlocks


Bob Marley helped make dreadlocks famous around the world
BBC Caribbean has been reporting that, in the Bahamas, two customs employees are facing the threat of dismissal because of their hairstyle.

Their dreadlocks have been deemed "unacceptable" by Customs authorities, who insist that the rules and regulations as they apply back that position.

The two women have been cautioned. The letter they received on the matter made it clear that the authorities felt that wearing their braids and dreadlocks on the job is "unquestionably unacceptable".

<span style="font-weight: bold">The official line is that their jobs fall within the category of national security</span>, <span style="font-style: italic">and that there are various codes, including dress, that they are required to adhere to</span>.

The two are seeking legal advice on the matter.

But their plight is one many rastafarians around the Caribbean can identify with.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK?</span>

Are dreadlocks an acceptable hairstyle in today's Caribbean?

Should they be?

Does the style represent a sense of identity?

Have the customs authorities in Nassau over-reacted on the matter?

Should the women simply adhere to the rules and resort to &quot;more acceptable&quot; hairstyles, or should they pursue the matter?

[tsophra]

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yrs ago I was going through customs a yawd and the customs officer..out of nowhere..said &quot;you could not find a job here with your hair like that&quot;....I know they have peeps with locks working in customs now

so de 'hamians, T&amp;C and alla de ress wi soon ketch up

[Seveen]

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Are dreadlocks an acceptable hairstyle in today's <span style="text-decoration: line-through">Caribbean?
</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">acceptable hairstyle everywhere!</span>

Should they be? <span style="font-weight: bold">acceptable hairstyle</span>

Does the style represent a sense of identity? <span style="font-weight: bold">it's natural</span>

Have the customs authorities in Nassau over-reacted on the matter? <span style="font-weight: bold">yep - i bet this is another black on black &quot;crime&quot;</span>

Should the women simply adhere to the rules and resort to &quot;more acceptable&quot; hairstyles, or should they pursue the matter? <span style="font-weight: bold">pursue it to the utmost! - losing my dreads is my worst nightmare </span>


<span style="font-size: 11pt">16 years of dreadlock joy here </span>

[gourmet]

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The Bahamas is behind the times. I see people with dreads, piercings, dyed hair, tattoos, and strange hip clothes doing every kind of job nowadays, and nobody cares. Are the Bahamians trying to copy the stiff decorum of the UK in the 1950s?

[evanovitch]

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mi still laffing at the stretch bet locs an Bahamas national security...wid alllllllllllllll di islands dat mek up di Bahamas,dreadlocs is di least of dem problems....afta all is ongle couple of di islands dem even kip up wid much less ha people pon ...yet locs r such a threat to dem national security...flatflands create more problem..at least hair wi bind di soil ... dam, mi mind is twisted fi real sooo parabolic ( mi new fave wud courtesy of RichD)

[jah_yout]

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colonial &amp; mental brainwash ting tun wi inna eedyat;

i bet straightened hair is the epitome of 'professional' for these stooges

[Tropicana]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">colonial &amp; mental brainwash ting tun wi inna eedyat;

i bet straightened hair is the epitome of 'professional' for these stooges </div></div>

I am not keen on dreadlocks (sorry dahjah and jah yout) but I would prefer a man with dreadlocks ANY day over one of dem greasy, nasty looking conks or Jheri curls. ANY day.

[evanovitch]

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but stop...di site naw wuk good r wat..Tropi mi tink u seh wen u block peeps nutten dem write no show up pon u radar...so how u find mi post baby....awwwww...mek wi jine hands an sing cumbahyah dahling....1 2 3

[tsophra]

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that stiff british decorum has bin in place now for a while in former british isles...is just in the last 20 yrs are so tings start to &quot;loose up&quot;.. for better or worse

[jah_yout]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tropicana</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">colonial &amp; mental brainwash ting tun wi inna eedyat;

i bet straightened hair is the epitome of 'professional' for these stooges </div></div>

I am not keen on dreadlocks (sorry dahjah and jah yout) but I would prefer a man with dreadlocks ANY day over one of dem greasy, nasty looking conks or Jheri curls. ANY day. </div></div>

really more talking about women with the perm thing; man nowadays hardly a wear dem ting deh...
what about women...
do you also see straightened hair as more 'acceptable' or 'professional' than african locks?

[Gen]

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[tsophra]

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i was watching prince the other day and thinking he's one of the few men that actually still pulls off the that look...

[jah_yout]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jaded</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i was watching prince the other day and thinking he's one of the few men that actually still pulls off the that look... </div></div>

you know the 1980's you couldn't call yourself a singer in american pop music and not have your hair cremed
debarge, full force, shalamar, michael jackson

ah tink is a wig all wacko jacko a wear nowadays...

regardless, the self-hate in that man is so deep i doubt he would ever want to be caught dead with his naps showing

[j-kid]

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Yuh kno, wen it come on tuh Black People, everybaddi waa put limits. Let mi put it dis way, wen dem limit, di Jews, Indians, Arabs, etc from coming to work dressed or wearing their cultural or religious garb, dem mi wi consider dat dem may hav a point. Until den ah pure crap, an outright discrimination. I kno of cases where the Black people had their hair neatly tied up, or under a head wrap, and that still was not enough.

Mi remember di Bo Derek hairbraided fashion period. Black women were told dat dem could not wear braids to work, however, it was OK for White women to come to work in what dem called &quot;the Bo Derek braids&quot; pan dem head. Of course dem was challenged on di double standards by Black groups.

[tsophra]

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acceptance starts at home (with us)

on one of former jobs..one of my white colleagues came in with mussi one plait from her caribbean vacation..our boss was appalled.. deemed it not acceptable for the customer facing position..