a rant
whats has the world come to when a man can be stereotyped and discriminated against simply for the way he wears his hair? for those of you who have seen me recently, you know that i'm in the process of growing dredlocks. When asked why i decided to do this, simply put, i want to try something new, and i have the hair to do it, so why not, right? it'll be nice for a change, who knows, maybe it'll even look good. and if i grow them and it doesn't look good, i'll chop them off. no harm done, no big deal, right? wrong. As i said to adam earlier, if i were to go in and apply for a job, and then he goes in to apply for the same job right after me, who do you think would be hired? Obviously adam, because according to what society says, i have dreds, therefore i am dirty, smoke a lot of weed, and i'm lazy. All this aside, i'm writing this to declare that i soon will be cutting off my dreds and extra hair, and going back to the plain old haircut that i had before for..lets see..my entire life. why am i cutting it? its not due to the MANY comments i recieve from my family and loved ones, (but don't worry, they did help fuel this fire in me), but rather its because of my spite for the way society is today. I am sacrificing what i want, because i know that if i don't, society won't accept me, and i'll be handed a raw deal if i try to be part of that society. Except for a chosen few who decide to take the time to look past my hair and get to know me as a person, the rest of society will look at me simply as a stereotype.
Sure, i could continue growing my hair, and launch a crusade to open peoples eyes by talking to them and showing them that a hair cut does not define who a person is inside, but honestly, lets think about every other one-person crusade on society. If i were to truly continue to grow my hair, just to spit in society's face, not only would i have lost the real reason i wanted the hair in the first place, but i would recieve nothing but the same i am recieving now: comments, stereotyping, and discrimination. One can only take so much of this, and it would be silly of me to put myself through that abuse just to make a mute point that society as a whole would not accept, nor even notice. Once again the individual has been surpressed by the whole, once again society shows its true restricting self. its sad, i know...but unfortunatly, i cannot avoid the society i despise, therefore i must play the game in order to stay ahead. But next time you see me, and my hair looks the same as it did for years and years before, know that I did not cut my hair because it was itchy, or because of stupid comments, because of boredem...i cut my hair to prove my point, and to hopefully open someone's eyes to what is going on, in hopes that maybe, someday, it won't be a one man crusade to fight the stereotyping and discrimination associated with society today..cuz god knows theres plenty of it.
Sure, i could continue growing my hair, and launch a crusade to open peoples eyes by talking to them and showing them that a hair cut does not define who a person is inside, but honestly, lets think about every other one-person crusade on society. If i were to truly continue to grow my hair, just to spit in society's face, not only would i have lost the real reason i wanted the hair in the first place, but i would recieve nothing but the same i am recieving now: comments, stereotyping, and discrimination. One can only take so much of this, and it would be silly of me to put myself through that abuse just to make a mute point that society as a whole would not accept, nor even notice. Once again the individual has been surpressed by the whole, once again society shows its true restricting self. its sad, i know...but unfortunatly, i cannot avoid the society i despise, therefore i must play the game in order to stay ahead. But next time you see me, and my hair looks the same as it did for years and years before, know that I did not cut my hair because it was itchy, or because of stupid comments, because of boredem...i cut my hair to prove my point, and to hopefully open someone's eyes to what is going on, in hopes that maybe, someday, it won't be a one man crusade to fight the stereotyping and discrimination associated with society today..cuz god knows theres plenty of it.