escapingbabylon.com

I just washed my hair and remembered that I had this lurking in my draft folder.

BBCCaribbean.com | Dreading dreadlocks.

BBC Caribbean has been reporting that, in the Bahamas, two customs employees are facing the threat of dismissal because of their hairstyle.

Their dreadlocks have been deemed “unacceptable” by Customs authorities, who insist that the rules and regulations as they apply back that position.

The two women have been cautioned. The letter they received on the matter made it clear that the authorities felt that wearing their braids and dreadlocks on the job is “unquestionably unacceptable”.

This isn’t an unusual story in the Caribbean, and is one of the reasons why, with all of my hair craziness, I never got dreadlocks until this year. Honestly, it’s my separation from Jamaica that has enabled me to get dreadlocks. I’m really enjoying having them, but I expect to get a fair amount of flack for them when I get home.