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<p>In response to a Kenya-based <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/dr-dre-slams-hateful-far-right-politician-unauthorized-song/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">politician</a>&#8216;s negative comments about people in locs, Twitter users showed out to shut down the hate!</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">George Peter Kaluma Trashes Locs &; Stands 10 Toes Down</h3>
<p>The conversation kicked off after <a href="http://www.parliament.go.ke/node/3258" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Peter Kaluma</a>, a member of the Parliament of Kenya, shared a notice sent out to students at Kenya Methodist University earlier this year.</p>
<p>Specifically, the letter—sent from the Dean of Students—was intended to &#8220;encourage all students to adopt a style of dressing and appearance that would be acceptable in the various fields of work and society in general.&#8221;</p>
<p>The very first subject that was tackled was &#8220;rasta/dreadlocks,&#8221; as the dean urged students to &#8220;wear properly groomed hair.&#8221;</p>
<p>Kaluma, clearly in agreement, tweeted the notice and added, &#8220;This should be enforced by all universities and learning institutions.&#8221;</p>
<p>As for his rationale, Kaluma proclaimed that the institutions are &#8220;training leaders in various fields, not prostitutes!&#8221;</p>
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<p>After the tweet began picking up traction, one user called it &#8220;very trivial.&#8221; He also inquired, &#8220;What&#8217;s wrong with dreadlocks?&#8221;</p>
<p>In turn, Kaluma dug himself into an even deeper hole by writing, &#8220;Imagine your doctor, lawyer, engineer in dreadlocks.&#8221;</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Black Twitter Shuts The Politician All The Way Down</h3>
<p>Kaluza&#8217;s second tweet particularly picked up a ton of steam, and it kicked off a trend where people showed off their locs while speaking on their professional accomplishments.</p>
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<p>The tweet was also slammed as &#8220;anti-Black,&#8221; while others poked fun at the absurdity of Kaluma&#8217;s statement.</p>
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<p>One person proceeded to draw locs onto Kaluma&#8217;s photo. In turn, Kaluma responded, saying, &#8220;Ladies are cool in locks, not men pthoo! Dreads takes away male oomph and make men look effeminate!&#8221;</p>
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<p>While Kaluma seems to be standing firm, his sentiment was definitely drowned out by the pride, love, and support.</p>
<p>Shoutout to errbody out there proudly rocking their locs, and don&#8217;t you ever let someone say your crown is unprofessional!</p>
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