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Reader: Don't hate credit-card hippies for their dreadlock love

Patricia Calhoun | November 22, 2011 | 6:00am
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Some art is timeless.

And so it goes with "White People With Dreads: A field guide," which Jef Otte created over a year ago, but keeps attracting comments from dreadlock enthusiasts.

Creditcard hippie is just the latest to discover the post, and weighs in with this critical review of one of the women in that field guide:

Creditcard hippie is just the latest to discover the post, and weighs in with this:

That first girl is freakin beautiful man. Can't all you people just get over yourselves? White people honestly don't want to steal anything from you, and us "credit card hippies" aren't exactly the conformists to do a hairstyle just to "be a hippie" or because we wanna be like the black man. Maybe we just like the hairstyle? Think about that next time you see a black guy in skinny jeans on a skateboard and think it's completely natural. P.S: does it mean that i'm trying to be black when I listen to Marley? cuz if so you can paint me black and call me Leroy, or Jamal, or whatever. Peace out man.

If you missed "White People With Dreads," see it here.

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