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"The Movement was about addressing Black people's experiences at the hands of a White system"
Great Sistren..mi post di above, an I woman agree wid di I reasoning..but it is NOT ONLY about addressing di peoples experiences yuh know...it is about equal rights an justice fi all people..an since it start off in Jamaica, INI mek up of one people, yuh see it, an deh is more den jus INI who suffer at di hands of di SYSTEM..any one who is willing to chant down di system, who embrace Rastafari teachmants (including how dem sight di spirituality of di livity) is not only a symbolic rasta, but in Yard, dem kansider RASTAFARI..more den I woman right now so, since I woman Faith is different now, regardless of I livity..it IS a spiritual movemant, an as tosh sung fi equal rights an justice..mi know seh him also mek di distinction of WHO IS A REAL AFRICAN, since ones cya be RASTAFARI OF ANY RACE, CHINEY, BLACK, INDIAN, YUH SIGHT? Tosh sung NO MIND YUH COMPLEXION, AS LONG AS YUH A BLACK MAN, YUH ARE A AFRICAN..NO MATTER WHERE YUH COME FROM, AS LONG AS YUH A BLACKMAN, YUH ARE A AFRICAN...He didnt seh if yuh not black yuh are not a Rasta still..so in yard mostly dem come fi know dis.
in His Light and Love
kaya I
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