My message was about this part of the reasoning, and what followed from it:
Empress Carla, you said
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Empress Nzingha, you wrote:
"In the times that we find ourselves, these things are immaterial. Can a man change my belief because he distorts it for his own mind? No."
How 'bout if he distorts it for others? To me, this is a very material topic as it deals with the notion that Rastafari is only about the music or that it is only a One Love vibe or smoking herb. While I feel those are most certainly significant aspects of Rastafari, they are not all encompassing of what Rastafari IS. So if a one goes around touting these things and telling ones and ones they can make up the rest, is that Rasta? And how does this distortion enrich the movement?
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But as far as white people or other people who try to change what RasTafarI is about, I say that they are misrepresenting RasTafarI. Repatriation of Black people who want to return to Africa is fundamental to the movement, those that don't support that are misrepresenting RasTafarI. Also, Black people should be the rulers of every African country, both politically and economically, and those that don't support that are misrepresenting RasTafarI. Those that try to change RasTafarI and make it look like a hippy movement are misrepresenting RasTafarI.
Some people like to put all their focus on One Love because they can't handle Jah Fire, they are afraid to get burned. And those that are afraid to walk into the Fire and burn out their wickedness are misrepresenting RasTafarI.
Ark I
RasTafarI
Haile Selassie I
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