# SF State dreadlocks incident: Is it for real? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-state-dreadlocks-incident-is-it-for-real/750590 "2016-03-30T01:12:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-state-dreadlocks-incident-is-it-for-real/750590/41 "2016-03-30T22:45:54Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > So someone who wears a cowboy hat is actually misappropriating a sombrero. And we all now know, from recent news (and the obligatory [recent thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=786113)) the consequences of misappropriating sombreros, even (or especially) miniature ones. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-state-dreadlocks-incident-is-it-for-real/750590/42 "2016-03-31T06:12:10Z")
The camera work seems too clear and focused and the audio also too clear so I do wonder if it was a fake. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-state-dreadlocks-incident-is-it-for-real/750590/43 "2016-03-31T07:55:17Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > From the [Wikipedia “Cowboy Hat” article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_hat): > > A bowler isn’t best hat for someone who works in the sun all day. The fact that the bowler was the most popular hat in the west during the cowboy era doesn’t mean that cowboys wore them. Most westerners weren’t cowboys. > > So someone who wears a cowboy hat is actually misappropriating a sombrero. I once saw a National Geographic article on Colorado ranchers where one of the things they said was certain types of hats are more common in different locations. One of them was exactly a _sombrero cordobés_, black with a short cylindrical top and round brim. In other words, what Zorro wore in the older movies… ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-state-dreadlocks-incident-is-it-for-real/750590/44 "2016-03-31T09:30:14Z")
As a serious question - since when are dreadlocks seen as being only / predominantly black? I also thought they were supposed to be Rastafarian? ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-state-dreadlocks-incident-is-it-for-real/750590/45 "2016-03-31T11:23:41Z")
Of course remember college students can be a rather odd bunch with many groups trying to get them fired up on different issues. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-state-dreadlocks-incident-is-it-for-real/750590/46 "2016-03-31T17:31:39Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > As a serious question - since when are dreadlocks seen as being only / predominantly black? > > I also thought they were supposed to be Rastafarian? Perhaps he self-identifies as Rastafarian. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-state-dreadlocks-incident-is-it-for-real/750590/47 "2016-03-31T19:47:42Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > As a serious question - since when are dreadlocks seen as being only / predominantly black? > > I also thought they were supposed to be Rastafarian? As I’ve alluded to before, I’ve seen a belief (that I can’t confirm) that the word derives specifically from the slave trade, so that may be part of it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-state-dreadlocks-incident-is-it-for-real/750590.md?page=2)