QuoteReplyTopic: bye bye waves hello dreads Posted: May 05 2007 at 7:48am
I know what u talkin about son cuz i stay up there but dont do it son everybody got dreads so youll be nobody but everybody else besides when u have waves girls be sweatin u and be tryna brush ur hair when u pull out ur brush they wanna brush ur hair and some more but dont do it moe cuz you will be just anotha dude wit dreds
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When I first applied to abercrombie I didnt get hired. And I applied later after I cut my braids and was hired. The manager is black he told me straight up it was because of the braids. Dont get mad at me im just giving yall a lil insight on what i know.
I see what you mean & we all gotta do what we gotta do- seems like them bills allways be travlin twice as fast as them paychecks, but if they ain't feeling ya braids, locks, you or whateva then, that job ain't right for you anyway. Don't get me wrong, I aint' sayin you ain't good enough for they job, but what I am saying is you're not gonna be happy there anyway if they can't hire you for you. ya digg?
Yea i agree its on how you carry yourself but remember people are still prejudice. If you want someone to take you seriously in the work place I would be as clean cut as possible. Still a white mans world. They can still be ignorant.
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About the hair thing I see the point of view that Dutch is saying. I'm only going by my experience and working in a clothing store is not on my list of possible jobs. So I don't know what it's like on the other side. But it's all good though we all must do what we have to do do to keep the money flowing into our pockets.
I agree with you 25cent, alot of members that came on within this year are way past me in posts, but that is because i dont respond with things like cosign. If i see someone answered the question and i dont have anything to add i wont respond to it.
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Lol u letting lil wayne hype u up? Lol....I can't do that ish lmao....but dreads are coo....I see some sexy ass women sporting em....I gotta get me 1 with dreads!!
TEAM BLACK SPINNAS.....I tell my barber make my cut extra fresh.....I got some hoes I'm checking out 2nite lol
When I first applied to abercrombie I didnt get hired. And I applied later after I cut my braids and was hired. The manager is black he told me straight up it was because of the braids. Dont get mad at me im just giving yall a lil insight on what i know.
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Hair does matter, i worked for Abercombie and Fitch on 5th ave in manhattan and they told me straight up who gets the job and who doesnt. No matter how well they present themselves or how groomed their hair is Dreads, braids, anything that isnt the societial norm which is short and neat. Its not fair but its life.
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Getting a job all depends on how aggressive you are. I see guy with all types of hair styles getting jobs in Chicago. One thing you gotta realize is it's how you present yourself getting a job. Also, they're not dreads, they're called locks. If you have some mini locks going and you're well groomed, dressed professionally, and you have the requirements, you'll get the job. Black people are so stuck on how their hair looks when go out for a job. Then when they go out to get one they speak in fragment sentences and Ebonics.
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