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關於林書豪的髮型風波，版上已經有很多文章了，林自己也親上火線寫了篇文章，甚至也有
關於這篇文章的新聞。

但是我必須說林文章寫得這麼動人，那篇新聞該翻的沒翻，整個美感都沒了，不知所謂


我們還是來看原文吧!



https://imgur.com/alfY2jL.jpg

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/jeremy-lin-brooklyn-nets-about-my-hair/

Oct 3 2017


So … I have dreads now.

嗯…我現在有雷鬼頭了。

And you probably have some questions and comments. I definitely want to hear
them.

你可能有些疑問跟意見，而我絕對是很想聽到這些疑問跟意見。

But first, really quick, I hope I can take you back through my journey to get
them.

但在那之前，我希望可以讓你們知道我留雷鬼頭的心路歷程。

I never thought I’d ever think so much about hair. Honestly, at first I was
surprised anyone would care what I did with my hair. When I started growing it
out a few years ago in Charlotte, it was just something I was doing with six of
my family members and friends. It was meant to be fun, and to be an expression
of freedom.




I didn’t really plan for it to be anything more than that.

真的完全沒有計畫說這會超出原本的範圍。

Then I kept going with it and it started to become … a thing. Looking back, I
can see why my hairstyles turned some heads. (What was I thinking here?) But I
liked how the process of changing my look actually made me feel more like
myself again. I realized that in the years since Linsanity, I had spent a lot
of time in a box, worrying about other people’s opinions on what I should and
shouldn’t be doing. I wanted to stop basing my decisions so much on what
strangers or critics might say about me. It was cool how something as simple as
how I wore my hair could pull me out of my comfort zone and make me feel more
free. Before I got older and had a family and kids and all of that, I wanted to
be able to say to myself, Who cares what anyone else thinks? For me, the
different hairstyles became a fun way to do that.

然後我繼續的變髮，因為他成了一件事。回頭看，我可以理解說為什麼我的髮型會這麼的引
人側目 (我到底那時候在想什麼? )

https://imgur.com/qOZFrrj.jpg



People definitely had a lot of opinions about my hair. A lot of people didn’t
like what I was doing — they sometimes questioned my judgment. The loudest
person in this camp was my own mom. At one point, I even challenged myself to
rock a double ponytail (I know, I know) just to test whether I was truly past
the point of obsessing over outside approval. And yeah, maybe the whole thing
seemed like it was a stunt to get attention. I can understand that view … even
if I knew that it wasn’t my real motivation. Over time it stopped bothering me
when people made fun of me — the whole point was for me to enjoy being myself,
no matter the reaction.



There was one type of response, however, that made me pause. With my other
hairstyles, the worst thing people said about them was like, “Dude, that looks
dumb.” But I didn’t care too much. I was doing it for me.

其中會讓我遲疑的，所有的髮型裡，人家最多就只是說『兄弟，這看起來超蠢的』，但我不
介意，因為我是為了自己開心做的。

https://imgur.com/kCrkyZU.jpg

Friends would say things like, “Bro, what about appropriation?”



I’ll be honest: At first I didn’t see the connection between my own hair and
cultural appropriation. Growing up, I’d only ever picked from one or two
hairstyles that were popular among my friends and family at the time. But as an
Asian-American, I do know something about cultural appropriation. I know what
it feels like when people get my culture wrong. I know how much it bothers me
when Hollywood relegates Asian people to token sidekicks, or worse, when it
takes Asian stories and tells them without Asian people. I know how it feels
when people don’t take the time to understand the people and history behind my
culture. I’ve felt how hurtful it is when people reduce us to stereotypes of
Bruce Lee or “shrimp fried rice.” It’s easy to brush some of these things
off as “jokes,” but eventually they add up. And the full effect of them can
make you feel like you’re worth less than others, and that your voice matters
less than others.



So of course, I never want to do that to another culture.

想當然的，我從來不想這樣的對其他的文化。

But I had never really deeply considered how something as seemingly personal as
my hair — as an Asian-American NBA player — could affect anyone else.

但我從來沒有考慮過說，身為一個亞裔美國人，我髮型這樣的私人的事會影響到其他人。

Which brings me to the dreads.

這又回到了雷鬼頭。

Actually, it all started with braids back in Charlotte — not dreads yet. I didn
’t know much about braids, but Kemba helped me out. He even lent me one of his
do-rags because I had no idea how to care for my braids or where to get a
do-rag.



When I got to the Nets, the conversation continued. When I first signed in
Brooklyn, I remember talking to Rondae about hair. He told me he would grow his
hair out with me — and that he’d get dreads with me. One time, Caris chose my
braid design when I wasn’t sure what to get. Before this season, D-Lo, DeMarre
and I discussed what the process of getting dreads is like — how painful the
beginning process is, whether you could still rock a hat, how to maintain them,
things like that.


Caris 幫我選了辮子設計。在這季開打前，我跟D-Lo 還有 DeMarre 討論說雷鬼頭的過程有

多麼的艱辛，到底還可不可以帥氣的帶帽子，要怎麼保養之類的話題。

I still wasn’t sure. A recent conversation I had with Savannah Hart, a Nets
staff member who’s African-American, really resonated with me. I told her
about my thought process — how I was really unsure about getting dreads
because I was worried I’d be appropriating black culture. She said that if it
wasn’t my intention to be dismissive of another culture, then maybe it could
be an opportunity to learn about that culture.



Savannah introduced me to Nancy Moreau — my kind and amazing braider from the
All Hair Matters Salon in Rockland County — who did my hair when I first got
to Brooklyn. Nancy is already well-known around the Nets practice facility for
doing hair for myself and the Nets staff, and the players and their children.
And Nancy gave me another push to go for dreads.

Savannah  還介紹了Rockland County的 All Hair Matters沙龍店的辮子師傅Nancy Morea
給我，我剛到Brooklyn的頭就是她理的。Nancy 在Nets訓練中心很有名的，她幫Nets的工作
人員、球員跟他們的小孩理髮，而Nancy也推我綁雷鬼頭。

I took some time to think about it but still had reservations. I asked Rondae
if he’d be willing to get dreads with me and he said, “Bro, I’ve been
growing my hair out for you. Let’s do it.” So this weekend, Rondae and I got
our hair dreaded — for eight hours straight.



https://imgur.com/646ITRE.jpg

At the beginning of this article, I said I wanted to hear what you think. I
truly do.

在文章的一開始我說我很想知道你們的想法，這是真心的。

Because honestly, I may be wrong here. Maybe one day I’ll look back and laugh
at myself, or even cringe. I don’t have the answers. But I hope the thing you
take away from what I’m writing is not that everyone should feel free to get
braids or dreads — or that one gesture can smooth over the real
misunderstandings that exist in our society around race and cultural identity.
Not at all.



This process started out about hair, but it’s turned into something more for
me. I’m really grateful to my teammates and friends for being willing to help
me talk through such a difficult subject, one that I’m still learning about
and working my way through. Over the course of the last few years and all these
hairstyles, I’ve learned that there’s a difference between “not caring what
other people think” and actually trying to walk around for a while in another
person’s shoes. The conversations I had weren’t always very comfortable, and
at times I know I didn’t say the right things. But I’m glad I had them —
 because I know as an Asian-American how rare it is for people to ask me about
my heritage beyond a surface level.



It’s easy to take things that we enjoy from other cultures — that’s one of
the coolest things about a melting-pot society like ours. But I think we have
to be careful that taking doesn’t become all we do. With all the division,
political turmoil and senseless violence in our society right now, we need to
talk to each other more than ever.



To listen to the real concerns of someone from a different background — and
not just their everyday, superficial experiences — that’s pretty
uncomfortable. After Linsanity, for instance, a lot of people were excited
about celebrating the underdog who happened to be a minority — which is great.
But when it comes to more complicated topics — like racial discrimination,
police brutality or the day-to-day difficulties of being a minority —
 sometimes people aren’t always as interested to go there.



Taking the time and energy to ask about the things we don’t know may be messy
— but we don’t really have a choice. We can’t let our divisions get worse.

花時間跟精力詢問我們未知的東西是混亂的，但是我們其實別無他法。我們不能讓我們的隔
閡繼續惡化。

Again, I may not have gotten it right with my idea to get dreads. But I hope
that this is a start, not an end, to more dialogue about our differences. We
need more empathy, more compassion and less judgment. That takes actual work
and communication. So let’s start now — please join me.



Thank you so much for taking the time to read this … now I’d love to hear
your thoughts. Feel free to leave a comment or question on any of my social
media platforms.

非常感激花了時間讀這篇文章的你們。現在，我會很開心如果能聽見你們的看法。請隨時在
我的社交平台上留下評論或問題。

Jeremy Lin / Contributor

林書豪 筆


https://www.theplayerstribune.com/jeremy-lin-brooklyn-nets-about-my-hair/



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