Hemphill,
Have you ever heard of Rekia Boyd?
Have you ever heard of Stephon Watts?
Have you ever heard of Ronnie Wilson?
Have you ever heard of Dominique Franklin?
These are a SMALL number of names, out of hundreds, of black people who have been murdered by police in my city in very recent history. None of these killings were aggravated at all. Rekia was shot in the back of the head by a drunk police officer with an unregistered firearm while she was standing with her friends in a public park. That cop still has his job. Stephon Watts had mental disabilities and he was shot to death in his own home by a cop, in front of his father.
None of this got reported on in the media.
My city recently won the Stanley Cup (or some big hockey game if it wasnt the cup). White Blackhawks fans started a riot in the North part of town. They robbed stores (including a Gamestop in which all the merchandise was looted), flipped over cars, set fires, started brawls, openly consumed alcohol and did other drugs in public, and harrassed police. There were almost no arrests and virtually NO negative news coverage. There is a picture of a white man literally CHOKING A COP with his bare hands; this white person was NOT CHARGED of any crime.
Don't believe me? Look it up.
When white people come here and ask why they can't be Rastafari....this is exactly why.
Read a fucking book. Stop paying attention to the mainstream media. Do some heavy-lifting for yourself and actually put in the effort to understand before deciding you like our culture and aesthetic, claiming it for yourself, and then dismissing the struggle of our People. I am not a spiteful person but what you are doing here is a form of White Supremacy and I am unapologetic in the defense of my People.
Learn. Or at the very least sit, be quiet, and listen. This is what Rastafari is. If you don't like it then get the fuck off our message board.
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