In today’s generation, stereotypes sport an extraordinarily big portion in our society. These stereotype are expressed so much that people are almost compelled to believe them. Stereotypes are made by people who have a false thought about a certain group and the thought gets told to more and more people then a stereotype is made. For example, black people eat watermelon and eat fried chicken. This stereotype has been going on for years and years. Most stereotypes that are constructed came about way before our time. Our descendants and the way other people looked at our ancestors are the reason for these labels that subsist today. A group of people that a numerous quantity of stereotypes such as, being lazy, having dreadlocks, and they all
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This stereotype is another thing that Bob Marley and his family are revolved around. The Marley family are well known for their music and more importantly their long dreadlocks. Their hair is a huge trademark in the Marley name. With their name being so big in Jamaica the jamaican dreadlock stereotype started. The dreadlocks hair style is now a big trademark of the jamaican look. It is also a big part of the Rastafarian religion. That 's another reason why so many jamaicans have this look. In the rastafarian religion it is believed that their strength comes from their hair, so they grow it really long and the hair is most commonly dreadlocks. This belief come from the bible. The story of Samson the Nazarite and how he got his strength from his hair influenced this belief. With the rastafarian movement growing more and more people are getting dreadlocks. With this getting more popular the stereotype will indeed live …show more content…
According to Betty Declouette “The stereotype about most Jamaicans having dreadlocks are not true. I say this from my past trip to Jamaica where a lot of Jamaicans did not have dreadlocks”. This shows that this stereotype is false. Most of the people of Jamaica with this hairstyle are rastafarian or are having them for a fashion statement. This stereotype is the based off the lack of knowledge of Jamaica and knowledge of the big names that comes from Jamaica. Visiting the area alone proves that the stereotype of all jamaicans having dreads is a bit
This stereotype is another thing that Bob Marley and his family are revolved around. The Marley family are well known for their music and more importantly their long dreadlocks. Their hair is a huge trademark in the Marley name. With their name being so big in Jamaica the jamaican dreadlock stereotype started. The dreadlocks hair style is now a big trademark of the jamaican look. It is also a big part of the Rastafarian religion. That 's another reason why so many jamaicans have this look. In the rastafarian religion it is believed that their strength comes from their hair, so they grow it really long and the hair is most commonly dreadlocks. This belief come from the bible. The story of Samson the Nazarite and how he got his strength from his hair influenced this belief. With the rastafarian movement growing more and more people are getting dreadlocks. With this getting more popular the stereotype will indeed live …show more content…
According to Betty Declouette “The stereotype about most Jamaicans having dreadlocks are not true. I say this from my past trip to Jamaica where a lot of Jamaicans did not have dreadlocks”. This shows that this stereotype is false. Most of the people of Jamaica with this hairstyle are rastafarian or are having them for a fashion statement. This stereotype is the based off the lack of knowledge of Jamaica and knowledge of the big names that comes from Jamaica. Visiting the area alone proves that the stereotype of all jamaicans having dreads is a bit