ADDRESSIN DA ISSUE OF COLOUR & RASTAFARI,BRADAS N SISTAHS PLS READ THIS

[JAH SWiTNES]

Greetings all in the name of the most Highest.
This Reasoning was quite inspired by Empress Coco's post and those who agreed with what da sistah was saying and with due raspect this is what I have to say.
I wish you could all see my face as I type this,as I was reading Empress Coco's post I was crying and itts all because of this race thing.
Mi Bradas and Sistahs who still have this issue of colour up dem sleeves read and overstand careful wat Ini is going to say::
Empress Coco says Rastafari is a movement fi Black people,well I dont disagree with that.I want mi bradas n sistahs out there to ask themselves HOW DID IT COME ABOUT THAT RASTAFARI BE STARTED? WHAT WAS THE REASON? WHY?
The only thing that comes up to I-mind is that Rastafari is there fi iyaric to claim what is ours,OUR ROOTS,OUR ROOTS PEOPLE,OUR ROOTS.As a Rastafari I am following H.I.M's teaching and only H.I.M can lead us to the TRUTH.H.I.M said we should not discriminate and if He says so then it should be done.
There is no point in arguing the issue of color because we were created by one,where do you think white people come from?WHERE?WE WERE CREATED BY ONE TO BE ONE.WHRE HAS THE ONE LOVE GONE TO NOW?
Of course white people came into our land and took it from us,well we know that,of cos we do.This is more like you guys want to punish people who are not responsible,I mean the new generation which are now Rastas,you want to punish them for the sins of their Ancestors,ITS WRONG,ITS VERY WRONG.
I believe those "white rastas" were meant to be Rastas because like you,they found the truth in H.I.M. and followed the TRUTH.WE WERE CREATED BY ONE GOD TO BE ONE PEOPLE,ONE PEOPLE.
You are all discriminating as soon as you say "for black people".Are we always going to fight for one thing for the rest of our lifes? Land? Oh no!! Rather as black Africans let us claim and fight for what is ours,OUR ROOTS.Well Afrika was for black people because them lived in it then but now Afrika is all ours,BlacK and WHite.With our first parents,Adam and Eve,the Creator said "I give you this land to live on it so that you multiply and occupy it" and that is exactly what happened we are now all over thihs world with whiites included.
No man owns this land,this land belongs to the Creator and we are all visitors in it as that one day we have to return back home to our Creator,thats it.
Oh blackman be clever,LOOK,IF WHITE PEOPLE ARE PART OF THE MOVEMENT,IT MEANS THAT WE ARE INITED,WE ARE ONE.WHICH SIMPLY = ONE LOVE.The Creator had a plan for us to inite that is why white people are part of us.
Its not this white generation's problem that your ancestors forgot their roots but its you problem to claim your roots as this generation,and its not their problem that their ancestors had an influence on your ancestors forgettig their roots.I SIMPLY MEAN BECAUSE WE ARE NOW TOGETHER LETS TRY TO MAKE UP FOR THE MISTAKES OUR FOREFATHERS(black and white) did and forgive each other.The Holy Book speaks bout FORGIVENES AND FORGIVENES IS THE ROOT OF RECONCILLIATION.
The whites are part of Rastafari to make peace,to inite,to make up for the mistakes made in the past because they found the truth.
Lets walk away from the past and live from the present not leave but live.
Look at some of the positivethings that were brought by whites,education,which led to technology,which you use at the moment,it led to BLACK EMPOWERMENT.
Open your eyes.
THATS A WRAP FROM JAH SWITNES.
SWIT AS ALWAYS.
KEEP IT ROYAL

[RasJaHIvah Lij Sellasie I Tafari]

And Father & Mother Sellasie I Tafari called the man Ras Aden I and thee woman Rashe Eden I ,They were of mixed complection(holy piby) Sellasie I Tafari i ni think a ladybird wither red and black spots should be called brown or purple and a white swan with a yellow bick be called green or better yet let us just mek our own pallette but mek it free from thee lust of flesh and in honour of father an mother jah ras tafari an mother menen

[JAH SWiTNES]

lol...........lol.........FAYAH!!!!!!! IRIE!!!!!!!1

[Rastagirl]

Greetings breddrens and sistren

This is a topic making I really sad and I fully agree with Jahswitnes why are there still people who are judgeing by skin colour? What makes one better than the other? We are all made after HIS image and its the same red blood flowing through IandI venes. The world will keep on fighting if you cant stop dis others. Its the unity that makes IandI strong. Positiveness, no downpressing of one another. With peace and love we will be strong, united in faith. When will the day come when the colour of a man skin is of no more significance than his eyes?
I know marcus garvey said ..."and its just now we see our god as a black god" BUT Jah is the most powerfull and therefore HIM can take on any flesh HIM like. Beside JAH lives in all of us and is therefore colourfull. Colours are what HIM created.
I live I a dream....I is a white Rasta married to black Rasta with a brown Rasta son, IandI is ONE.
Of course one cannot forget history, it would be wrong because history repeats until IandI learn from it. But it's wrong to judge by our forefathers sins. Beside are IandI not still paying the depts of Adam and Eve? Africa is the roots of all of us, IandI have all the same origin before the world splitted we were ONE, let IandI work on going back to that state, creating our heaven on earth. Let us prepare a better place for I children.

ONE LOVE
RASTA

[JAH SWiTNES]

I just wonder whats da fuss over colour.
Even HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY HAILE SELLASIE,The First,King of Kings,Power Of Trinity was not Racist.
Dem say follow HIS teachings but tha question is "DO THEY REALYY DO?"

[Lioness Heart]

Bless Brother,

Further, in light of our past collective insperience INI must be some what skeptical of 'light skinned' black people (of which I am one) until carefully proven over time.

This is almost a contradicting statement. Personally being of mixed roots, I&I don't see how being "light skinned black" has anything to do with mentality, spirituality or anything else. As with all race, ones are not born able to choose their physical appearance.

Need I&I remind the I HIM was not as dark as some.

If ones are mixed, and come out darker then their counterparts, does this mean more acceptance to the I? I&I have seen dark bredren and sistren come from very light parents, because of ancestry. What are the I's guidelines in this situation?

I&I full point is when ones try and play a race card on their own race, that is having an appetite for confusion, maliceness and overall destruction. How can we hope to move forward together if we continue to play shades? And more importantly, we cannot live in peace among other people and races if we cannot do so amongst ourselves.

Bless

[Baby Tafari aka Jah Fireworks]

Blessings!

>Also this does not change the fact that so many 'lightskinned' black people are in confusion about >where ther loyalty's rest heartically and about who they are, and INI cannot deny the tendency of >these ones to 'water down' INI message and movement as a result.

***hmmm, show I one example where a "racially mixed" black person within the Rastafari movement is feeling somehow loyal to the white supremacist (dats the enemy seen?).. I kno Iself being not even mixed but white according to race and skinlabels, but is still not even a lil bit confused concerning I loyalty.

Or is the problem a mixed persons ability to rest heartically with all humanity in a 1 Love state of consciousness without wicked prejudice, whiles knowing ones roots and culture still? Chanting death to all black and white downpressors. Life for Iver if we only learn to Love. Selah.

Just a thought..

Love

/Teee

[Lioness Heart]

This does not negate the reality that the darker you are the less priviledge you recieve and more downpression you experience, the reality of this must be accepted by all colors, in order to be dealt with effectively.

On I&I island, doesn't matter how dark you are, it's about birth roots and rights. Many a deep dark people in I&I country are running the government, and play partiallity with rich and poor. I&I know in the states it's all about who's lighter/darker/mixed, blah blah blah. But that is just one part of the world. We must look at the bigger picture right now, in order to conquer the system.

and let INI not forget how many powerful black liberation movements have been coopted and disenfranchised by 'light' skin blacks acting like whites once whites were removed.

And no dark skinned people ever attempted this? I&I feel embarrased, even shamed, when I&I see my people stoop to these levels in order to fit the "mold". But it is not just "light skinned" black people, that is the reality.

As for having to prove any loyalty, I&I leave that to His Majesty, not any man on earth. Jah knows the hearts and meditations of man; let HIM know and deal with I&I. Man cannot offer the comfort of I&I Lord, and as such do not have high set standards in I&I approval ratings. I&I raspect & love mankind as I&I family, but do not seek authority to no one but I&I Majesties and I&I earth parents.

On a different note, I&I overs the "water down" argument, but it's not an intentional wrong doing. Mixed roots, (as I&I), come from 2 peoples. In I&I case, come from 3, but different story. I&I have met ones with similar background regarding mixes and feel black "movement/supremacy" is racist, and it should call equality for all races. This is because being raised by different culture parents, seeing a family grow with love in such a way portrays a view of "why can't we get along as easily as my family?" This is no watering down, just a homely version of freedom. Open minds do not, in fact, makes ones brains fall out. Seeing all sides of a story can encourage growth and strength.


Blessed love and guidance

[Lioness Heart]

Greetings,

For some reason, ones feel the need to always twist I&I words on WOJ.

Let I&I clarify:

{On I&I island, doesn't matter how dark you are, it's about birth roots and rights. Many a deep dark people in I&I country are running the government, and play partiallity with rich and poor.}

which part of what I said suggests that darker is "better" or that color plays a part in how corrupt one can be?

I&I was showing the I an example of a different part of the world. I&I never suggested the I spoke of being better towards color. Color playing a part in how corrupt one can be: INI must not allow INI "white" Bredren into positions of 'power' or 'leadership' within the movement for obvious reasons. Further, in light of our past collective insperience INI must be some what skeptical of 'light skinned' black people (of which I am one) until carefully proven over time.

I&I overs what the I has said Brother, The I has a different open-ion then I&I, raspect.

Guidance & Love

[Baby Tafari aka Jah Fireworks]

Blessings..

I-Wombman's vibe on this is, dat I truly see the African in general avin a more natural REALationship to Jah.. which no reLIEgion could eva kill.. Dats why I as a Spiritual I, I feel I gat more in common wid Africans in general, regardless if they call themself Rastafari or not, or if they trod muslim, christian, traditional or freestyle like I Kingman.. I gat more in common with Africans who grew up in Africa who is conscious, proud and in touch with their roots than I gat in common with those regardless of race and skinshade who grew up in the west, detached from their African roots- I an I African roots. 1 Blood. =Proven facts and personally Ixperienced.

The Euopean in general has drifted and negatively evolved further away from Jah. But I rather ave a spiritually conscious white person aware of his/her black african roots leading the way, than a black person no matter how darkskinned who is unaware and mix up bout things..

Rastafari is not a skin thing, circumsise dat heart and see we all bleed same way.

Love Always

[Baby Tafari aka Jah Fireworks]

Blessings.

Sorry for tekin time wid I reply.. had some technical problems.. Parts of this letter is gonna be more general, and in some I adress the I more directly.. so wen I speak of haters further down U dont ave to tek it personal aight?

Well Bredrin, if the I say so (bout I reasonment being typical). I am just glad then that more and more come to see this truth then. Blessed Love.. For the record, the I line of thinking aint exactly pioneer too, and I am yet to come across it in a even remotely convincing form.. (u might wanna consider dat a challenge). Still, no matter the grandiloquence I tend recognize the truth by its unique sound. (Well, dat last might come across as arrogance, I confidence has been mistaken for dat b4).

Wat homeworks do the I suggest far I, and also therefor assume I did not study well enough?

About whites and mixed "watering down" the movement.. the only thing I an I water down is this fluid evidently erroneously existing within parts of this trod (or within some that feel they r on it):

Truth is, Jah choose who and who He call on this trod, not man, and evidently there are white Idrens allready walking the walk. And some are callen to be frontline Souljahs, like Iself. But not for Iself but for Ixpanding Jah Kingdom seen?

It is up to each and every I to to hear Jah calling wen I an I recieve it, and dats not for a next I to judge nor aprove, seen? Ah well, ones can try till they turn green far all Jah care (and maybe create a next race dat way?) but a real Rastafari stands for truth even if he/she stands alone or in the midst of enemyland. Dats wat meks Iself personally fit as the frontline Idren I am, standing firmer than firm, totally fearless and wid a Rasta Far Eye open wider than wide, and a hEARt to hear clearer than clear!!! So I-Wombman dont shake, and so should noone who knows their foundation to be Jah.. coz noone can stop wat Jah gat in movement, only Him gat the masterplan.

Sadly I can see this things of feeling insecure bout whites and "mulattos" within the movement are symptoms of inferiority complex, and we need to bun dat out just as hard as we do superiority complexes and the total sellouts!!!

Water down wat? No water can quench Jah Fire!!! And for ones dat maybe did not kno, Jah is Love. And I am aware dat many ppl reading this has some corny stereotype image of some hippie paleskin Rastafariwannabe speakin bout ONE LOVE, and some haters on this spidersweb tried to apply it on I before too just to ridicule coz I seem to pose a threat somehow maybe coz of the way I see tru them very clearly.. I dunnu.. Barbie Rasta is among the cutest Ive heard so far. Well, anyway, nobody tried it "in real life" and dat speaks volumes doesnt it?

Yeah, LOVE LOVE LOVE ONE LOVE AND MORE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE lol. LOVE b the ultimate truth no matter whaa no hater say bout it.

I an I is no weakhearts wen I an I chant ONE LOVE I an I fellow Rastafari!!! Noone can tell I an I dat I an I water the message of ONE LOVE down or any folly like dat, straight!!!

I an I are the TOUGHEST, I an I keep the message of ONE LOVE fully concentrated

ONE LOVE -mek the wicked shoke on it. Still it be the common ground to stand on wen all other things shake and fall.

Selah

[Baby Tafari aka Jah Fireworks]

Wow, I was writing a real long reply to this, but I lost it.. forgot to copy.. still gat some technical problems dat I cant afford to solve rite now.. well anyway, am gonna try give a lil shorter reply and try not sound annoyed wid it since I lost the first one..

>For those coming from the background of the "white" races culture I can overs why ones would want >to leave it. But unfortunately most don't and end up bringing that baggage with them into INI's livity, >this has been the case Istorically again, and again, Jah may have moved your heart towards INI but >you learn the culture from it's black architects, then due to superiorty conplex feel you don't have to >listen to INI anymore and in typical 'white supremist' fashion try and change INI movement to suite >your own desires,adding in your own corruptions, often the same ones you had tried to leave behind, >giving no authority to your own teachers.

***Wow bredrin, quite biased. But dats allrite, most ppl are.. then again most people try not to (I hope, naive as I tend to be at times). Anyway, most of us growing up in the west grew up wid Babylon ways as normative.. but some few of us was never really into dat still, and refused the indoctrination. Anyway, the divide and rule part really seem to gat hold of U though, so I tek it Ur raised in the west or in some really influenced area/situation still. Skintone alone dont shield much against dat am afraid. The main downpressors may look more like I in the skintone than U, and the ones that divide and rule tend to wanna play dat card regardless of the side of the table they play it from- or with what agenda.

Am glad U brought dat Blessed Ible Word U did, and I will adress it further down as well.

Anyway, I ave no problem lettin a Black man (or wombman) leading I way in this Movemant, I gat Selassie I and JAHsua seen? And plenty a Black Idren walked before I, personally guiding I as well. But I wont be blindly mislead by any black person dat comes along still, dats pure deadly! Not necesarily coz U a black person U is more spiritually aware or "worthy" than I. Dat pharisee biz, straight. I bun dat (pharisee biz, not U).

>if you truly loved Black people you would have overs what I am saying, marrying one does not help in >this arena.

***Yea, an african man married mi, wat more do U kno about me still since U wanna try mek a point bout it..? Did U study I life any further? Or is bias talking still? Just please dont talk to mi lika am not a conscious person. If I didnt Love Black people I wouldnt Love maself and I leave it up to U to figure dat one out by Urself.

>You are right I am saying nothing new here, and I dont' mean to be rude but I honestly have no more >time to waste on these levels, there is to much work to do for INI people who already are aware of >reality,

***Please dont keep replying if U feel U aint gat time. A true this put food on noones table so, there is no force unless ego trippin or feeling it indeed is important on a next level, so then dont be like U aint gat time, aight?

Ahhh.. now to I favorite part of the I letter:

Matthew 15:22-28
"...out came a philistine(gentile,'white') woman...who started shouting 'Son of David take pity on me, my daughter is tormented by a devil', But he would not speak to her, his disciples pleaded with him.........finally he replied 'I was sent only to those lost sheep of the house of Ysrael', but the woman had come up kneeling at his feet. 'Adonai' she cried 'help me'. He replied, 'it is not fair to take the childrens food and throw it to the house dogs', she replied 'ah yes sir; but even the dogs can eat the scrapes that fall from thier masters table'. Then Yeshua replied 'Woman you have great faith. let your wish be granted'......"

***I gat no problem identifying wid the wombman in the story, Ispecially right here and now.

Hmmm.. Why, oh why did the I manipulate the Word by emphasizing certain things, and leaving out the part of wat the disciples (not yet fulfilled in their faith, still recieving Jah teachings) pleaded? They wanted Yahsua to send the gentile woman away (and so they behaved as the wicked pharisees Yahsua so resented). So Yahsua was testing and so teaching His disciples, opening up their Hearts, since they didnt know that Yahsua also came for the “unworthy” gentiles. LOL One can imagine they felt so embarrassed with her hanging around them bugging Yahsua - “One Love” right?;) But Yahsua obviously read the Disciples minds and kept quiet until they begged him to say something. And since Yahsua was ignoring her for so long allready they felt really confident she got to go!!! Yahsua kno to test ppl a true!!! So then Yahsua finally told the wombman wat these men felt was correct to tell her. But the gentile wombman knew Jah in her Heart allready, she had NUFF faith in the fact that Jah is also for her. Therefor Jah used her as an Ixample to teach the Disciples about this perfect truth.

No greek no gentile no jew no man no woman no nuttin all is 1 in Christ. Selah. There is no dna that bounds more than FAITH. Oneness and Love.

Beware of manipulating the WORD like certain downpressors always tended to do. Please check Revelation 22:18-19. Seems like even some Rastas wanna manipulate Jah Word in this time, so this is also a reason why IanI refuse to be blindly mislead. I leave all judgement up to Jah though.

Love and Light

/Baby Tafari

[Baby Tafari aka Jah Fireworks]

Much Love!

>I have in no way suggested the righteousness of all black people, by virtue of 'blackness', >black and white as they are known today is only an illusion. but one that must be dealt >with correctly, for it to be effectively eradicated, and for righteousness to prevail.

***I am so glad the I see that. In this discussion it ultimately means any I can lead or mislead in this movemant as on an individual level, but its a black culture still no way round dat and no reason one would wanna change dat and mek it into a new age ting or whaeva.

>But he would not speak to her, his disciples pleaded with him 'please speak to her and >give her what she wants, because she is shouting after us'

***Blessings. Now this is interesting. Can the I please give I the directions to the original wordsound and sourses, untranslated, so dat I may study it further?

>The first principle of Black Supremacy is that all Mankind are created equal.

***A true, as I-Wombman live it.

Oneness