can white people get dreadlocks? 

Can a bald person get dreadlocks?

Imagine saying someone can't have their hair how they want because they've got the wrong skin colour 😅

Why is this even a question, anybody can have dreadlocks Edit: I'm reading the comments and it's not even about the skin tone to have dreads. It's about if you have curls. I have a friend that is darker than me and has straight hair and a white friend that has curls.

"cultural appropriation." In ancient Greece for example, some of the earliest depictions of dreads date back to 3600 BC. ... Historians have uncovered Roman accounts stating that the Celts wore their hair “like snakes” and that several Germanic tribes and Vikings were known to wear dreadlocks. dreadlocks didnt originate anywhere, everyone had them.

Yes Gunther the great. Thank you.

I am Celtic ( Irish to be preside) and Dreadlocks are apart of Celtic culture. We have Braids and Dredds. But we call them Trilseáin, Gruaig Shúgánach and Dreideanna. Braids were a sign of power and Dredds were done in your hair when getting ready for battle to make you look more intimidating and it also stayed out of your face. Men and women did this as men and women could equally be warriors. This is still done with Insular and was done with Continental Celts

0:33 craving me some Hot Cheetos right now

It wasn’t just Vikings or just Africans but damn near all cultures all around the world for 1000s of years had dreads and even braids and corn rolls the Spartans had them way before they ever even seen someone that was black same thing with the Vikings it was just a smart way for a worrier to wear there hair especially for the Vikings that was always on the move it was a lot easier to just braid or let your hair form into dreads thin cut it

Dreadlocks are something that people through multiple cultures have had. Though there have been double standards about that style that I’ve seen, generally anyone can get/have dreads. Like, of course! :) The real problem comes in with box braids and other hair styles tied to a certain cultures

I have the straightest hair possible and have free-form locs. 4 years and they're getting long, thick and heavy..and they're beautiful and natural. I feel a strong connection to the hair on my head and the hair I choose to let grow on my body. It's not a culture thing for me, it's very personal. After being told to look a certain way from such an early age, letting myself be natural and take up space is cathartic. I am powerful and confident with my roots and noone can take that feeling from me, no matter how many times I get berated in public. 🤷‍♀️

Running out of content I see. You’ve only answered this Question and done this video only 9000 times

Ok...but I’m white and have faaarrrr from straight hair...it’s hellishly curly and dreads by itself so getting dreadlocks would make my life simpler

I had dreads for about a year. It is possible to loc up your hair if you are white/have straight hair. I found it to be a LOT of work but thats because looking back i was too much of a perfectionist with them- defeating the whole point. Back combing and twist and rip methods both work as long as you combine that with palm rolling. I highly recommend NOT using any gels or any products other than the dollylocks spray to loc them up- that's all that worked for me. The only thing I feel strongly about is PLEASE DON'T crochet your hair more than once a month! I made that mistake and no one ever told me not to use it every day to get all those loose stragglers in. Before I loc'd it all up my hair was to my waist. I decided to comb them out and spent a week and a half painstakingly combing them out with water and conditioner- knot by knot. By the time I was done my once waist length hair was all different lengths and I had to cut my hair to shoulder length because my once thick hair was now stringy and looking horrible and broken. I was devastated. In the process of growing my hair back now and I do miss my dreads all the time. I never had the mildew issue with them because even though it took forever I made sure they were always dry when I got done washing them. I never really experienced that much negative attention as a white person with dreads. It seemed most people were very accepting- especially when they have- or have had- dreads themselves because they could appreciate all the work that had to be put into them and the maintenance. Yeah every once in a blue moon someone would think you were trying to offend them because how dare you and cultural appropriation and all but I always made 3 points- 1)imitation is the best form of flattery, 2)the reality that EVERYONES hair- no matter your race- will loc up if you don't brush it and neglect it. Heck even a dog with long hair will have dreads if you don't brush them, we normally say its matted hair and 3)no matter what you do in life you'll always offend SOMEONE- no matter how perfect you are, so accept that and live YOUR life and do what makes YOU happy (as long as it doesn't cause you or anyone else any harm and it's legal.) Sorry so long, hope it helps

Anyone can do what they want with THEIR HAIR . i just found out if you don't brush your hair it starts to lock up. I have been growing my hair for 1 year and I never brushed it , just washed it and put products in it and it's locking up in the back of my head.

I’m half black but was kinda discouraged at first cause my hair was straight. I wanted to get more in tune with my culture and myself and ultimately decided that I shouldn’t care what people think about me having dreads with my hair type. Edit: I cut them cause I was wasting so much money on appointments just for it to not turn out well. Definitely wanna try again in a few years though.

i don’t mind it i just worry because sometimes you can see the person just has really thin hair and i’m so scared they’ll just break off 😩

There is this afro perm for dreads it gives straight hsir people 4c hair i think and if you want to react to it on RU-vid i can share the link

You just made Kris Mcdred & I very proud of you. Cultural Appreciation Forever Sisters & Brothers ♥️🙏🏽✨

Can you get straight hair after getting long dreadlocks?

Can you do a video on if ppl can get curly hair if they got stright hair

Got people saying “first” when they’re five minutes late 🤨

i have very curly hair for a white male. my hair just naturally gets “knotted” & nappy in the back on its own. ive always wanted dreads. i do also smoke a lot lol. i just say enjoy life & do what u want. its hair at the end of the day.

This maybe off topic but I wanna know your opinion on what you think if you saw a Asian male or female with dreadlocks please let me know don’t hold back. Peace

i would say its more based on ethnicity/where your from and not skin color. my dad is mixed, my momma is jamaican. i can grow dreads even though i have the skin tone of a very light haspanic

You've made this video 3 times 😔💔

Pretty much all hair is going to dread eventually. Doesn't matter white black brown purple or green. Had mine going on 4 years now. Started with the twist and rip method and have been getting my maintenance done with a crochet hook for the past almost 2 years.

I have hightop locs down to my shoulder(almost my back) and I have my sides grown out to about 2-4 inches. I was thinking about cutting my dreads and putting the cut dreads on my sides and back and getting a full set. I wanna stop getting fades. I had a fade forever lmao

So I'm half sri lankan half white and I've got fairly long hair that's slightly curly. Any tips to start dreading?

Awww how cool is that you took my picture I feel honored 🙈 I love my dreads and in no way I would have ever imagened to be called out for being racist just because I enjoy that hairstyle soo much

I’m a white guy with African hair and I really really love braids. I asked my African mom if she could do it for me and she agreed I like it but I don’t know If a white guy should have it?

I'm 6 days in on my lock journey and I haven't been able to get local help it's so bad.

Can quarter black guys get dreads?As I am myself, I wanna know cuz when I’m older I might get them

Hi please can u do a video on Lil loadeds dreads

Yeah they can they’ve been doing it for years. Viking ages. They look kinda bad to me but I’ve seen some white dreads I like

For me personally I don't have an issue with it, but I prefer someone with a naturally tighter hair texture to have the instead of someone with a looser hair texture bcoz with coilier hair, it locs better and they are no hairs flying out of them, making it look a bit neater. Just my opinion

How many times has he made this video

i never seen straight hair dreads in person before

I’m half Hispanic and half white so I have natural straight hair but I’ve dreaded all my hair and I get so much hate for it from everyone from family to ex friends

Can’t wait for the Jaden smith video

Please make a video of how to get dreadz like nle choppa

As a white woman with irish curly coarse red hair, let me go 3 days and try to not let those curls lock up. That's my heritage it naturally happens especially when I go in the ocean (where i live).

At this point your running out of ideas since you can’t twist your hair yet

Im pink can i ?

Can you show a vid how to use a chrochet needle

0:33 is literally a hot Cheeto

Dreads are for everybody with the balls to rock them🙌😁

Hey sir do you know what things to use to make dreads when you don't have the money for the material?

Can you do a review on TheHxliday’s dreads next please?

Hair is on everyone. Do it how you want. 🤜🤛🤟

Just seeing this bro good shit fr fr it doesn’t matter what race you are you shouldn’t have to change the way you want to present yourself or the way you want to look just because someone says it’s cultural appropriation. Black woman do the same thing when it comes to perms when they perm their hair so it’s nice and straight like how white ladies have their hair and there’s nothing wrong with that. I support whatever anybody wants to do with their appearance that makes them happy when they wake up in the morning confidence is key

One thing to know he said “it’s very easy” honestly it’s not I took 4 days to finish I have 28 dreads and imagine maintaining it, I say people with 4c hair is lucky less work and easy to loc just like curly ass well, but straight hair is wayy hard and soon you will see me on his instagram mine are not done yet but like in a few when they mature because right now mine is laying down and more flexible pretty dope

I am white with kinky curly hair. My hair is more unmanageable than my black boyfriend's. My hair mats up way easier than his does. I'm about to get dreads because it is constantly tangling on itself. I spend a lot of time money and effort to STOP my hair from locking. I just want to let my hair do it's thing. Also, I think it's ridiculous to say I'm appropriating if I do any more than 2 braids on my head. It feels fantastic having my hair in braids... it's really the only way to tame it.

I wanna get dreads but I feel like my parents would say something bout it

It’s ya own hair why people gotta give a shit🤣🤣🤣

If u think about it most if not all cultures have had a type of “Dreadlocks” or a locking method

Can you do Michael Thomas hair and his haircut

I'm white and I wore dreadlocks for a long time and I been through so much hate but honestly I don't care about hate anymore I'm proudly gonna wear my dreadlocks and be happy

I’m glad that Gunther isn’t discriminating and using reverse racism as a Political tactic for more sympathy and as an excuse to tell people what they can and can not do, I hope we get past the race issues and that anybody can have the hairstyle they want and that anybody will not be subject to racism in a professional environment or otherwise based on any physical appearance they may have or seem to have.

Zhavia (the woman you have put in the thumbnail) is actually mixed

May i have permission to eat jollof rice? And can i have it in writing in case I’m ever stopped in the process?

Asking this is an equivalent to "should black people straighten their hair?" -> and people are finding out more and more that dreadlocks arent a "black thing". Throughout Europe people have been wearing dreadlocks for literally thousands of years.

People can and have dreadlocks its all in their own choices. But as far as Caucasian hair, it is a lot more maintenance and harder to loc for some (Caucasian) have to dread. But then it really don't matter your race or ethnicity. Basically if your shits gonna loc it is, if u know what you're doing or someone else does. I've been back and forth on getting them myself, but I have very long hair and I'm not high maintenance and I know they have to be cared for well.

Simple answer yes vikings also would wear dreadlocks and would have the metal add ons around them this hairstyle has been used by many cultures my best friends family are Vikings that's were all their heritage is from and they said it's ok for others to use them despite them being a important part of their culture, I am arabian and korea culture Is meant to be shared as long as you aren't mocking it

Is it possible to get dreads like dc the don?

It's like "can non asians eat food with chopsticks?" "can black people have straight hair?" "can non asians learn martial arts such as karate muay thai taekwondo kung fu?" and etc etc. Edit: not even black people found out dreadlocks, but the European vikings and pirates did.

“we are gonna talk abt white ppl” 🤣🤣

Culture is made to be shared, its not made to create these little wars about whats wrong or right

Can you review wwe superstar the fiend bray Wyatts dreads

I think anyone should be allowed to style their hair however they want cuz y not

They dont look nice personally, but then again I'm part jamaican with wavy hair

It’s just when they have lights hair it just looks weird

I didn’t comb my hair or brush it for years hoping to get free form dreads unfortunately my hair was like “knots what are those?” 😂 I’d love to get dreads but unfortunately I’m unable to get them at the moment

I was a former cosmetology student and I can say, yes... white people can get dreads. Rather it’s synthetic, their real hair, or a wig. We are at a point in life where self expression shouldn’t be a bad thing rather it’s through hair or makeup. I’ve done dreads on people (while they were mostly synthetic) on both cultures. I am also very much aware of the circumstances that are idiotic about hair in the work field and I do understand how some people feel about that. Trust me, it’s not fair. It is stupid that some businesses are picky about hair. I have massive respect for all cultures and I don’t claim any hairstyle (like dreads) to be owned by me or something? I don’t even claim the swoops hair-look as mine or owned by anyone in fact. Hair is just a form of self expression. I understand that dreads, to some cultures, represent something meaningful, and that is a beautiful thing. Now to answer the dumb question. “Can Bald People Have Dreads?” - Yes. A bald person can have hair. It’s called a wig or toupee. (Which is the dumbest question I’ve seen to be asked). That’s like, making fun of someone who can’t grow their hair out? Like are people really that low and inconsiderate?

Bro you are white

Question for everybody Would you get a haircut from a barber who's a different race than to you?

I am a white male with a very Irish heritage. I converted from atheism to Christianity and although it is not important to have dreads or a natural hairstyle in general, i have a lot of fear about being shot or abused for having dreadlocks. It has been a thought on my mind for some time now and my girlfriend who is black wants to give me dreads but i always live with that fear in the back of my head that “I want dreads so bad, but who is gonna try and abuse me for it. Very informative video, thank you… 😞

this video is THE KEY!!! we (white ppl) appreciates a LOT dreadlocks and his culture too, even ppl as me that wants to get them for spiritual porposes get lots of information to appreciate this ART of dreadlocks!! Thanks for this video💗💗☺️☺️

lol u basically made the same video like 3 years ago

I don't know why people some get so upset. Consider it a compliment if someone wants to look like you or is drawn to aspects of your culture.

Ayyy Dope vid

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They can but it don’t look good imo

I would love to watch a video on you stating your beliefs on cultural appropriation

Can you do a video on ayce comet

YES! Hell YES. one year and i had amazing locks:) Im 48yrs old:)

Yea they don’t look very good tho

Could you do Shai gilgeous Alexander next

I want dreads I’m white I wear glasses I have a brownish blonde hair but idk if what others think people say no but idc what they think but I’m still worried, but I really like the hairstyle

the ones who have a whole agenda on “culture appropiation” should go to prison. this is history. culture has been developing and certain styles have been spreading and mixing with others since early ages. if you really consider “culture appropriation” as something wrong, you have to be racist. the first evidence on dreadlocks in history was discovered in greece. so no one stealing anything.

Ayt, so in my opinion I don't think white people should get dreadlocks. The way I see it is that for them it's just an aesthetic choice. They get dreadlocks because they like the way they look. I started my journey as an attempt to come to terms with my Blackness. I think a lot of people with tighter curl patterns can agree that their hair is often policed and regulated. People get made to feel that having afro hair is inherently wrong. In South Africa, where I'm from there used to be specific laws that separated people into specific categories based on hair texture. Hair was used as a way to oppress people under the Apartheid regime. That still carries into the mindset people have today. Black hair gets portrayed as wrong, hard to manage and unattractive. That's why it's so hard for a lot of black people to figure out what to do with their hair. So when I get dreadlocks, a simple style that suits my tight curl pattern and naturally works with my Blackness it makes me feel valued. It's not easy though. And in my person opinion part of the reason it's not easy is because dreadlocks are seen as this rustic hippy aesthetic. They're given this label as unprofessional. Whilst I can't speak to all of them I will say that in my opinion this connection between dreadlocks and bohemian rustic aesthetics has a string correlation in white people with dreadlocks. When they make the aesthetic choice to have dreadlocks they unintentionally give the message that dreadlocks are for bohemians and not proffesionals. They also don't acknowledge the difficulty that comes in the experience of hair for black people. I know this is probably just going to devolve into an internet argument over bullshit but I wanted to share the way I felt. And how I feel is that white people shouldn't get dreads because for them it's just hair. For me, it's attempting to break a life time of self hate

Can someone tell me was the viking people stated dreads

If I said people with dark skin can't have blonde hair I would be called wrong.

Can white people get dreadlocks? Long answer: Yes Short answer: Yes

can they? sure should they? absolutely not

um no one ever talks about 80% of black women wearing wigs literally made from Asian people's hair... shit 20% of that 80% have blond and red wigs... saying white people aren't allowed to have dreds is like saying black people cant celebrate saint Patrick's day, in fact saying something like that is considered racist...

plz do sahbabi dreads he has the best dreads in the game

This comment isn’t directed towards you but people who are still on this topic. It is Time to grow up!

If black Girl is excepted when straightening their hair then the black community shouldn’t have a problem with a white guy getting dreads.

Well I know that native Americans use to wear locs cuase of there long slightly thick hair but idk about whites

ok but can we talk about this for a second, because the origin of deadlocks is from Egypt...