Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Haircut or Turbans?


In the article “ Haircuts or Turbans?”   In the New York Times, By Amelia Gentleman explains:

Jugraj Is a boy who had long hair growing up and part of their culture you had to wear this turban. He said he doesn’t like it on him. It would keep getting in the way of things and said “I feel smarter without it”. They have a rule, that they prohibited their members from cutting their hair because it’s supposed to be a symbol of Sikh pride. He was one who wanted to stand out and not look like everyone else.  Globalizations had a big impact on them. When September 11, 2001 happened they get mistaken for Taliban’s and harassed by the airport security guards. They then now want men to cut their own hair and to not have mom do it for them.


What I thought about reading this article was that it was very interesting to see what other cultures did around the world I did not know anything about Turbans tell now. If I was living over where they were born and raised and I had to wear a turban. I would but if I had to keep long hair and that on me I would probably get hot and would definitely cut my hair even though I would probably get looked at weird. Because no one cuts their hair, where there from. I do get that people at the airport would think there a Taliban because they wear those turban head wear thing too. Most people just assume what you are when they have never met you or don’t know anything about you.

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