I think its a abusive over-reaching of the term Dreadlock to subsume the elaborate braided hair. One thing is BRAID hair one other is filthy Dreadlock I think cornrows look worse aesthetically on whites than dreads, just my opinion, but cornrows can at least be practical: get them done once and have months of care free hair. Some women in the military do it. But I heard a horror story of a white girl who got cornrows as a kid, just so she could go the summer without having to do anything with her hair...her hair got deformed and was kinky and frizzy for months after having them undone.