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100 Ways White People Can Make Life Less Frustrating For People of Color (www.vice.com)
submitted 11 months ago by SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org to c/feminism@beehaw.org
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cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/17772988

A helpful guide on how to be less frustrating towards people of color.

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[–] Akuji@leminal.space 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)
  1. Don’t have dreadlocks if you’re not Black, just don’t.

Sadhus and sadhvis: "Am I a joke to you?"

[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

i think contextually this article would make the point that it's directed at white people considering wearing dreads and not other non-white groups, but yes it is pretty corny to effectively frame black people as the only group that has a cultural tradition of locked hair

[–] Akuji@leminal.space 1 points 11 months ago

Aside from point 84, which I have some disagreements with as an antispecist, it's the only point I have a problem with. Everything else is sound and should be basic knowledge ; I lament how it's still relevant to point these out even today...
It would have been better to phrase it as something like "don't have dreadlocks if it's not culturally or religiously appropriate, just don't".
Religiously because I believe a serious rastafari (and not just someone who listens to Marley and smokes weed), whatever their ethnicity, also deserves to wear their locks proudly.

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This article is very clearly about white people. Why bring up sadhus and sadhvis?

[–] Akuji@leminal.space 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because I thought it was a bit unfortunate to omit that other people, to this day, also wear dreads as part of their culture. The point still stands, but should have been worded in a way that takes these people into account.

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

I think when someone is writing for a specific audience then it makes sense not to include everybody. I understand your dissapointment, however I don't think every article should be perfect and include every possible nuance, that's just holding folks to an unfair standard ioo.