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lionsdaughter
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« on: January 15, 2005, 04:29:16 PM »

Greetings,
    I am Rasta at heart, always will be and as long as the fear of Jah Almighty God and Creator is in me, I will not be shaken.
It has really troubled me to read some comments posted here about "White Rasta's".  
    Of course I'm white and I"LL NEVER KNOW WHAT IS LIKE TO BE BLACK.  Never experienced being black...never will.  Will never argue with that.  But it's not a black or white thing.
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« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2005, 05:10:26 PM »

Greetings,
       Sorry about that.  Color does not matter to God!
And if you let bitterness consume you about another race then you are working for Satan.   Yes,  Satan.  Satan does'nt play favorites to who is white or black, red or yellow.  He is working to deceive all of us for anything to fill our hearts with hatred to seperate of from JAH!  Rastifari!  If a white man comes speakin JAH RASTIFARI!!  Bless him for he speaks the truth.  If a yellow man comes  speakin blessings from RASTIFARI.  Then bless him for that is the righteous thing to do.  People's stupidness in color will soon fade, do not harden your heart on the account of Satan.  Yes, many have been victimized by wickeness, hatred, ignorance and stupidness.  But you have to be better than that.  History shows that ALL people have suffered from the grip of Satan's inhumanity.  The black population is not only one.  What about the Jews, and the Indians and those who migrated to America?  What about the Hebrews who were enslaved to build the primards?  My point is that we our all in bondage to this earth and the flesh.  We have ALL SUFFERED.  Over the wickeness of evil.  Don't fall prey to the bitterness that Lucifer brings.  Stop looking at the past and holding hatred toward one another.  Your future is glorious an bright because Jah promises recompenstion for all your distress.  SELAH!!!  JAH RASTAFARI!!  PRAISE HIM!!!!  SPEAK O' HOLY FATHER!!  You CANNOT change history.  You CANNOT change the things that be until JAH KINGDOM COMES.  Don't be afraid to love and forgive.  THAT'S WHAT JAH WOULD DO.  Selah
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preach
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« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2005, 05:40:44 PM »

Very beautiful and idealistic. But when exactly will we be compensated for our distress? And to be realistic nothing will ever compensate.
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2005, 09:16:50 AM »

Which comments about white rastas really trouble you?
I never really see anyone on here saying we must go and shoot up and cut up all the white rastas, or all the white people. Never see anyone on here saying we must enslave y'all as some kind of payback. All I see is some people pointing out some things from their perspective, and if that hurts someone's feelings, so be it, when it comes to African people, much more than our feelings have been hurt, and it is ongoing, not something "in the past". Yeah for sure African people are not the only people to suffer either, who was saying that? It seems like you're setting up a straw-man argument, you are talking as if people on here were talking about taking some sort of collective revenge on the entire white "race" when to my knowledge no one has said anything of the sort. If you got upset by something somebody said, look into yourself and analyze why it upset you, you might learn something. Anyway I think the record shows that African people are some of the most forgiving people, to a fault even, African people don't need y'all to preach to us about "forgiveness".
rasta is not about being soft and over-sensitive and group hugs and ting, rasta is looking reality hard in the face, and working to change that reality. If you feel in your heart that you have a part to play in this then no doubt you do, but your part is not to preach to Africans about "forgiveness", seen?
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« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2005, 05:54:16 PM »

I'm also curious about which comments on this board upset you; I find people to be pretty honest here.  This message board doesn't appear to be strictly Rastafarian by nature either, more like a collection of reasonings on Africa and the powers she holds throughout the earth.  Being that most people on the board seem to have a grip on history it stands to reason that there would be many reflections on the system of white privilege that remains in place today.  But yes, my lord is oneness, and we have to have faith that truths and rights will prevail. Selam
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2005, 08:14:47 PM »

I feel, your feelin the fire, what I sugest , is if you truly are a Lion dawta, then you overstand , the white man is still activly seeking to destroy the people of color  and keep them in sevritude an bondage ,as long as this is so you gotta ckeck your ego an realize, what you feel an do is different from how most white people feel an do . Until that changes you gotta chant down your white brothers n sisters who run this place,an feel the pain of your black brothers an sisters an stand beside them. check it , the prision plantation system , the planting of drugs an guns in our neighborhoods, the planting of AIDS in africa, are on going wars on INI , NOT THE PAST!   So as george bush says: INI will now say ,"your either with us ,or against us" SEEN? BOngo Mikey , AKA Hard truth
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