Should white people have dreadlocks?

It is harder to get a job if you have dreadlocks

Question: Should white people have dreadlocks?
Position‹2 of 3›: No, white people should not have dreadlocks
Argument‹2 of 4›: It is harder to get a job if you have dreadlocks

Most work environments discourage dreadlocks, citing them as unclean, unprofessional, or unsafe for work.

The argument

Companies usually frown upon employees with dreadlocks due to their negative connotation of being unprofessional. In blue-collar jobs, dreadlocks can pose a safety hazard depending on hair length and the occupation. If a fireman were to have dreads, that would pose an extreme safety hazard. Stricter white-collar professions discourage dreadlocks due to deeming them unhygienic and associating them with marijuana. In the US, a woman with short, clean dreadlocks was given the choice of changing her hair or losing her new job. Her boss claimed that they tended to become messy and are not professional. The woman walked out of her job and decided to keep her dreads. Dreadlocks get in the way of people's professional lives.

Premises

[P1]Dreadlocks carry negative professional connotations and can pose safety or hygiene concerns in many workplaces. [P2] People with dreadlocks face real consequences, such as being forced to choose between their hair and their job. [P3] Adopting a hairstyle that impedes employment is imprudent when one could avoid those barriers. [C] Therefore, white people should not have dreadlocks because doing so makes it harder to get and keep a job.

Counter-arguments

Instead of forcing people to change their dreadlocks for work, companies should be more accepting of peoples' choices and personal expression. Society and workplace culture have evolved enough to be accepting of atypical hairstyles. Forming dreadlocks is a lengthy process, and most are able to wear them for years. Forcing someone to brush out or cut off their dreadlocks renders a long and tedious process pointless and suppresses individual style.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P3] Companies should be more accepting of dreadlocks.