so-treu:

first off, note-a-bear has a great post on how those dreadlocks that the Celts were supposedly wearing actually weren’t dreadlocks as we define them today. that’s when shit like historical context and knowing of what the fuck you speak come into play.

but here’s the thing. the…

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   I recognize now that my arguments or rather similar arguments can be and have been used to justify appropriative...

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   historical nuance! it matters!

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    Wow Everyone should read this.

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    There’s some confusion here. Plaiting is not white supremacist appropriation. No one said it was. Moving on from that:...

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    break out this post again……….*sigh*

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    good point, too :d

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    Yeah, it’s definitely a blurry subject but from what I’ve researched, different cultures at different times in history...

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    … I get so confused. I understand that the practice was taken from non-western/white cultures. I will not even begin to...

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    I’d actually like some insight on what I’m about to say — I may be completely off, though, so call me out if I am: I...

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    This is lovely enough to reblog forever..

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    iirc the Celts had braids too, nothing resembling locs (the celts braided fucking EVERYTHING, how are people gonna say...

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    The Vikings did not have dreads, they had braids. They wove flowers into their hair. I’m not joking. This caused them to...

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    No, Vikings have never had dreads, in...years, even though

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