Wow!! I've been gone a while but its a lot of interesting thoughts that came out on this subject... I know it may seem like beating a dead horse..but until Africans are fully liberated home and abroad; mind and spirit. We must continue to review topics as these, because of the importance it has within the Afrikan community as a whole, not just the Rastafari movement... I also now understand there needs to constant dialogue between Afrikans, on not just the white race, but more importantly, in the effect, of how we can take control our own destinies, build better communities,stop violence in our communities, ,support more Black businesses, and uplift the black race as a whole.
At the end of the day if whites or any other races of people claim to be rasta or not I could care less at this point in time in my life. My focus is about us helping our own Black people because no one else is gonna do it for us and we should not expect others who benefit from the system...whether they agree with it or not to help us...or for that matter; to understand our plight as Black people. We know our history, we know what's been done to us as Afrikan people. Now what are we gonna do to fix the problems???? How are we going to fix the situation for our children and grandchildren??? How are we gonna bring back Black self-love in the hoods and ghettos where are people our suffering??? What are we doing to change the dynamic of Prison Industrialized system which is mainly filled with our people??
Chanting Rastafari, growing locks, proclaiming Black upliftment and eating Ital...are all great things..but are problems in the Black communities go deeper than this, and it's time to actively attack these problems. We all know due to the past our situation won't change overnight...but if we don't actively start we know for sure it will never change. People of other races that get it can help us rebuild our communities, the one's that don't can stay out of our way, and do their own thing.
Haile Selassie I. Empress Menen I.
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