I overstand the desire to guather among Rastas, and applaud the desire to bring forth equal right ls and justice. As a non-African coming into a Black movement, there are key issues that you may wish to ignore or not relate to, as your experience of life, as a white man, will obviously be different then ours. What you consider trivial, can mean life or death for Afrikan people under white supremacy. With all due respect, you may be blissfully ignorant to the fact that to trivialize the black experience is a direct result of white skin privilege. There are words you speak which send "red flags" to InI, underneath the whole "can't we all just get along Kumbaya" stuff. Remember, when we speak of Word, Sound and Power, it is not some cute little rasta lyric that sounds good in a song.
1- Like di breddah mention, Rasta does not debate. Debate reflects COMPETITION & OPPOSITION
2- Rasta nah deal with no "recruiting" bizznezz.
3- Rasta nah deal with POLI-TRICKS
4- Rasta is an AFRIKAN movement born out of RESISTANCE to white supremacy. Do not confuse us addressing this DIVISIVE system with US being divisive. There's a big difference, and unless you walk in the shoes of a Black Man, you cannot and must not trivialize our reality or define it as divisive.
Based on the reasonings you have shared, InI sight that you've still got a long way to go towards fully overstanding this. This is not meant as an offense. We all still have much to learn. There is a process of deprogramming from this Matrix that we all must go through. White supremacy has imbedded itself deeply in the very fibers of this system, but our trod and experience is different then yours. You must humble yourself to that reality.
We are not hippies. Wr are not flower children. This aint Woodstock. No Kumbaya business here.
If you wish to enter into a black movement, first begin to overstand the Afrikan experience and history. While you might expect us all to be like Martin Luther King, unlike him, we aren't dreaming of equality anymore. You might just find a few Malcolm X's among InI, who simply have no business about how you want to see Rasta run its house or have you interpret what our movement should and should not do.
If you can start with humbling yourself to that FIRST, you may begin to overstand a very CRUCIAL aspect to RasTafari.
Imagine walking into the OAU (Organization of African Unity founded by His Majesty) as African people guather to discuss our liberation, and you walk in talking about "let's not be so divisive and trivial". Ya might just get a rude awakening when you hear a collective African ROAR.
Same thing will apply right here. And you'll find that you may get schooled, firstly by Afrikan people, but also from white Rastas who have walked through that same FIYAH and have begun to overs InI experience and history.
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