"Also the I cannot be "accepted" as a Rastafari, the I either is or isn't Rasta, deep in the I's heart."
You highlight something worthy of discussion.
I used to take Rastafari to solely mean the spiritual side of it, along with Ital etc. And deep in my heart, I know that I am a spiritual being in a human setting.
But I think the point that GA is trying to make, and others, is that Rastafari means a specifically black African culture. And one cannot choose which culture to be born in to. It does not make one culture better than another.
As I mentioned on another thread, Native Americans have a culture, which their spiritual practice too. If you were not born a native American, you can never say "I am a native American". This doesn't make you better or worse, just the way it is. It is very possible that someone non native American, non rastafari, ie hasn't been brought up in those cultures shares a deep spiritual connection in the longing to leave Babylon, and wishes to help in all of the culture's pursuits.
Just I think it may anger people because it seems that it is stealing their culture. It doesn't change who you are as a person, or even as a spiritual being.
All the best,
Joe
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