Hampton dean stands by ban on dreadlocks, cornrows

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - Sid Credle, dean of Hampton University's business school, stands by the ban he placed on dreadlocks and cornrows over a decade ago...

White people with dreadlocks: Fashion choice or clueless?

A. Breeze Harper, Frugivore Magazine

OPINION - Are white people not allowed to practice yoga, Buddhism, get tribal bands, or wear locs since it’s not ‘white culture’ (and what is ‘white culture’ anyway)?...

Women with natural hair: Still facing job discrimination?

Renee Martin, Clutch Magazine

CLUTCH - In a market in which all must sell their labor for profit, discrimination against natural hairstyles decidedly limits the options of people of color, who at times must choose between being true to themselves or conforming to racist and other appearance standards.

Woman caught smuggling cocaine in her dreads

Clutch Magazine

CLUTCH - If there's one thing you don't want to be caught doing in Southeast Asia, it's smuggling drugs...

Dreadlocks: Acceptable in corporate America?

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - Monique Grissette-Banks worn her hair in dreadlocks for the past six years and says from personal experience locks are becoming more acceptable in corporate America...

Dread man walking: Marlins make Reyes cut hair

theGrio

They love his bat, they love his glove and they love his speed. But the dreadlocks? They've got to go...

Ladies, are you ready for the 'locs' revolution?

Starrene Rhett

theGRIO REPORT - Grooming, for most loc wearers is simple once a routine is established but when it comes to people's attitudes and reactions, that's where things get unpredictable...

Dreadlocked dummy hung from tree in Brooklyn

theGrio

NEW YORK - A scarecrow with dreadlocks that was hung from a Brooklyn tree by a noose was removed Wednesday after a city councilman complained that it was racist...