Dangerous at ANY age.

10 years olds got facial hair and neck tats now?

Nogfrd avoiding this thread like the plague

Baby shouldn't have babbled the N word...

Tarantula Heads strike again.

Dreds and ego's seem to go hand and hand. You see one with Dreads you can bet he's the main character of a show made about him and everyone else is just an extra.

Black Parents Are Failures.

Damn, these apes are growing up so fast (Super Ded fkn Srs)

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Don't be coming over here asking these mongos to read.

but his aunt said he was a good boy and wouldn't do nuffin

well look who it is. Where's ur biggest fan? (the butthole sniffer)

They got to go back.

EDIT: didn't read all the below...just asked the question to AI. as growing up I don't remember a lot of blacks having dreads. it was almost exclusively rastafarian. in fact, I LOVE REGGAE, and used to ask random blacks if they liked reggae IF they had DREADS (btw don't talk to random blacks) expecting an enthusiastic YES...instead bertstared and confusion.

personally, not even having read below I believe there IS a correlation similar to how if you are black you can dress like a normal person but if you choose to dress pants saggin' thug OR dreads (assoc with drug culture)....there is a reason...either you aspire to be or actually a criminal. If nothing else ...almost certainly dreads indicate drug use.
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is there a correlation between black men having dreads and criminality

No robust statistical evidence establishes a direct causal or strong correlation between black men wearing dreadlocks and higher criminality.Stereotypes vs. dataDreadlocks (or "locs") carry cultural associations that fuel profiling, not proven behavioral links:In parts of Africa (e.g., Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria), police and public often associate dreads with gangs, drug use (Rastafarian/weed culture), or urban "thugs." Surveys show respondents link the style to "criminal," "smoker," or "drug dealer."

In the US and Jamaica, 1970s-80s media tied dreads to reggae/Rastafari, Jamaican posses, and later hip-hop/street culture, creating a "thug" visual shorthand. Black men with locs report more police scrutiny.This is classic stereotype bias: Appearance influences stops, arrests, and perceptions of threat (similar to tattoos, baggy clothes, or certain facial features). Studies on attractiveness/grooming show "less conventional" looks can raise perceived criminality or affect sentencing, independent of actual behavior.However, stereotypes do not equal causation or even strong correlation.

No large-scale studies track hairstyle prevalence among offenders vs. general black male population and isolate it from confounders like age, neighborhood, socioeconomic status, or subculture.Broader patternsRace and crime: Black Americans (≈13% of population) are overrepresented in violent crime arrests/offending per FBI UCR, NCVS victimization surveys, and homicide data (often 25-50%+ for murders depending on year). This holds after basic controls in many studies and aligns with intra-racial victimization patterns. Explanations center on concentrated urban poverty, family structure (e.g., single parenthood), neighborhood effects, IQ/cognitive distributions, and culture—not hairstyles.Within black men, criminality concentrates in specific demographics: younger ages, high-poverty/crime neighborhoods, gang involvement, low impulse control.

Dreadlocks are a fashion/subcultural choice (Rasta, hip-hop, natural hair movement, prison time, or just style). Many law-abiding black men wear them; many criminals do not. Prison inmates sometimes grow them due to limited grooming options.No hairstyle causation: Grooming/attractiveness studies suggest conventional appearance can reduce justice system involvement somewhat (via better opportunities or bias), but this is weak and not dread-specific. Selection effects dominate: risk-taking subcultures may favor edgy styles and higher criminal involvement.Why the perceived link persistsVisibility and profiling: Police descriptions ("black male with dreads") and confirmation bias amplify encounters.Subcultural overlap:

Certain music/gang scenes popularized the look among higher-risk groups in the 80s-2000s.Media and availability heuristic: Crime stories featuring the style stick in memory.Reverse causation: Some criminals adopt it in prison or street culture; it doesn't cause the behavior.Bottom line: Any observed raw association is likely spurious—driven by demographics, urban subcultures, and bias rather than dreads causing or strongly predicting crime. Black men without dreads in the same high-risk environments show similar elevated rates. Focusing on hairstyle distracts from stronger predictors: family stability, IQ, neighborhood quality, and individual behavior. Correlation ≠ causation, and here even the correlation lacks solid quantification.