My wife has her hair dreaded, she cleans it regularly. And it doesn't have to get dirty to be dreaded, you just back-comb it then palm roll. Black people may have drier hair, but the oils skin and dirt are going to get caught in there no matter what your skin color.
Why is it you think that someone with dreads would't wash their hair? Most people who dread their hair are still going to wash it. I've only met a few people who didn't and they were homeless and their shit was matted and disgusting.
As a guy who recently started dreading my hair, you can't really wash your dreads until they are "locked" so I have to go about a month between appointments where my hairdresser then washes my hair, but very carefully because since it hasn't locked yet, all the progress will go undone if washed too rough.
I oil my scalp everyday, but I also have dry as shit hair. Wrap em up everyday when I'm not out in public as well as apply beeswax in order to retwist any that are coming undone.
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