“Rasta Rapunzel,” let down your dreads ... “That has to be a World Record for longest Dreads,” said a hair enthusiast. “Someone needs to contact the Guinness Book of Records and have ...

We would keep our hair in dreadlocks, and we would express no opinions. For a time, we were—or at least we appeared to be—the perfect Rasta family. I tried my best to walk this path ...

People in Jamaica encouraged Chertow to style his ever-growing hair into dreadlocks, he said. He bought Rasta hats, which are often red, gold, black and green and represent pride in Rastafarianism ...

Outside of her home, Sinclair felt ostracized for being Rasta. At school, children taunted her for her dreadlocks ... After she cut her hair, she adds, "I did not exist to [my father].