#bkf jackson

Hello~

While searching the tag about Jackson, a few minutes ago, I’ve seen posts defending him using the excuse that “dreadlocks aren’t black culture” this, is a lie. Dreadlocks are UNIQUELY part of black culture.

Furthermore, black people have a hard time getting jobs in South Korea and China and still get discriminated against in those very place so yes, they can’t get a pass. South Korea is already milking Hip Hop and making it seems as “agressive music” already stripping the genre of its initial meaning so yes, I’m tired of this bullshit and I won’t stay calm anymore.

(This is how we’re going to lose our culture just like rock ‘n roll). 

I will quote :“

The problem is that you’re lumping together a whole bunch of things that are not dreadlocks: don’t look like dreadlocks, aren’t called dreadlocks, don’t have the same social/historical meaning as dreadlocks; all in the same category like they’re the same thing. That’s a form of cultural erasure, and it’s not accurate.

The only confirmed matted (not dreaded) hairstyles of Europe were the glibbe and the plica polonica, neither of which look anything like dreadlocks. And the Vikings were sticklers for having untangled hair, to the point where they kept combs on them at all times (which they were eventually buried with, signifying their importance) and kept their hair in braids. Not only do we have the burial record we have perfectly preserved bog bodies which all have elaborately braided styles. Viking warriors did cake their braids with mud to protect their hair during battles, but they did not have dreads. The South Asian jata worn by practitioners of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism is a style only used by ascetic monks, and is matted (not dreaded, see below), and are also caked with ash from sacred ceremonial fires so that’s a false equivalence as well.

Moreover, no one is attempting to imitate the plica polonica, or they’d have one giant beaver tail, or the glibbe, which is matted bangs, or the jata, which require ash. They are imitating the way the African diaspora SPECIFICALLY style their hair into locs, which is unique and different from all the other examples you mention.

Additionally it is a hair texture issue. Afrotextured (3c-4c type hair) dreads naturally because of its corkscrew shape.

All other types of hair matt, which is a whole different process where the cuticle of the hair has to be damaged and raised, revealing the living inner sticky core of the hair in order for the hair strands to stick to one another.

Obviously, these 2 things are not the same.

That’s why all it takes for black people to have dreads is a little twisting and some kind of moisturizing product, and a life time commitment to constant maintenance & hygiene.

And why white people do silly shit like back combing, the ‘twist n rip’ method, elmers glue, not washing their hair, and other forms of damage, lack of hygiene and neglect to achieve an imitation of the real thing they consider a ‘low effort’ hairstyle.

See the difference now? That’s why the imitation of ‘locs’ in the picture you provided are a matted disgusting mess. ”

Obviously the links don’t work so I’ll redirect you to the blog which also links many instances of black people not being able to LIVE their goddamn lives because of their HAIR.

not to mention, i guarantee not one idol is thinking about ancient greeks or jews or whoever when they wear locks. locks are almost always done to seem more edgy or ""hip hop"". its done to resemble the style that is always seen in the black community. when jackson sprouted his shit about wearing it because if he loves the culture it's obvious what culture he's talking about lmao. ain't no idol out here tryna wear locks without thinking about black fashion when they do so. 

Furthermore, the antiblackness in kpop fans is so obvious in shit like this. they're the first to drag no-name koreaboos to hell and back (and rightfully so) but when actual idols, actual /celebrities/ do fucked up shit it's all "it's just a hair style. it's just a word. it's just comedy. cultural appropriation isn't real". but someone picks up korean words due to consuming korean dramas and music and they're the scum of the earth for it. 

Admin Edit:

Listen....Ben Baller been absolute trash since the Keith Ape thing in like 2013ish? I don’t get why he always feels the need to insert himself into situations that do involve him? Just you “study, live and breathe” black culture and music doesn’t make you black and I’m sick of having to explain to non-black PoCs this.