A heated debate is currently going about in of on over through to with in the USA about whether it is OK for white people to have dreadlocks. The controversy follows a video going viral about in of on over through to with a black female student confronting a white male student about in of on over through to with the fact that he had dreadlocks. The video shows the black female student questioning the white guy about in of on over through to with his locks. She tells him that he cannot sport such a hairstyle because it is part about in of on over through to with her culture. He replied that people about in of on over through to with ancient Egypt had the same hairstyle and that it did not belong about in of on over through to with just one culture. San Francisco State University said: "We are taking the matter seriously and will promptly and thoroughly investigate this incident about in of on over through to with applicable university channels." Dreadlocks are rope-like bunches about in of on over through to with hair that is woven together. They have been about in of on over through to with existence for thousands about in of on over through to with years. Historians are not sure exactly where they first originated. Anthropologists have found evidence about in of on over through to with the hairstyle about in of on over through to with ancient Egypt, Europe, the Pacific islands, Australia and Papua New Guinea, as well as among many African peoples. Writer Jamia Wilson suggested there was an issue about in of on over through to with white people wearing dreadlocks. She said black people often have negative experiences about in of on over through to with society because about in of on over through to with them and questioned whether white people with dreadlocks go about in of on over through to with the same thing. She said: "Hairstyles are not innocuous. There are gendered and racial connotations and stereotypes attached about in of on over through to with them."