Dreadlocks are a symbol on many different levels of Black culture, unity, and resistance to white assimilation. Now from a cultural standpoint, it’s also shit. ► Dreads take effort and skill to apply, mats are the product of active destruction and neglect of hair.
► Dreadlocks are healthy hair that can be washed, mats are damaged and often non washable without risking mold. ► Dreadlocks are twisted together neatly, mats are tangled in knots. What’s the difference between the last two? This is hair with a looser curl in a lock pattern Hair with a tighter curl in a lock pattern (Dreadlocks) Straight hair that has been matted So like “Goldilocks” was named after how her hair took a “lock pattern”, but those locks would be comparatively loose. A lock pattern is where the hair twists around and “locks” together.īlack people pretty much exclusively have the tightness of curl needed for a dreadlock pattern, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other lock pattern hairstyles (such as a peyot, the sidelocks worn by various Jewish groups). Dreadlocks are a kind of lock pattern for hair that is very curly.
