Hi Hive account@papa-pepper, thanks for sharing your views and opinions on this controversial topic. I see where you are going, and I am grateful that their are persons out there in the world, who don't judge people by their race.
Nevertheless, the question "if a person should wear it or not because of his/her racial background" isn't just a question to pride in their own cultural background. You see, the question "if a person should wear it because of the racial background" is a really complex one.

On the surface it might be a racist question floating above while the density to this question lies underneath. Trying to understand, why a person would even pose such a question, gives an answer to what we have been looking for. The answer to why this question was posed in the first place is because, the person asking isn't sure if there was a loss of information on the way trying this new "style".

• Did they do their homework first, read up where its origin lies?

• Do they appreciate other cultures as much as they do their own?

• Or are they just copying because of the new wave splashing all over the social media networks?

Wouldn't it be a discriminatory question if a broker told a random guy, who never put the effort in looking up how the system works, has the money, but wants his gains as fast as possible, - if he is sure with what he is doing?

In my opinion people tend to not appreciate where these "new trends" come from, be it because the media doesn't give any disclosure where they have their influence/inspiration from, or be it because some people just want to stand out as much as possible without any pre-knowledge of what or why they are doing it.
-And as recently surfacing (2016), the well-known cornrows are being called "boxer braids" by elitists and the media, clearly re-naming a style they took from the urban culture and re-branding it as their own.

So to make things clear, I think white people can wear dreadlocks how much they want, however respecting the culture it comes from is a must, and acknowledging that by using/wearing something from a different culture must be respected and appreciated as they do their own culture.

Thanks for reading.