Dahleen Glanton: Dreadlocks should be as acceptable in the workplace as blond curly perms and man buns
My picture appears with my column in the Chicago Tribune three times a week. But if most readers happened to pass me in a hallway, they probably wouldn't recognize me.
That's because for me and many other African American women, hair is an accessory. Sometimes I wear an Afro. Sometimes I wear it straight or wavy or twisted. Sometimes I have braids hanging down my back. Sometimes it is in crinkly curls. Sometimes I get sick and tired of messing with my hair and throw on a wig.
That's my prerogative. I have
