as k_orr says, nuthin stops a white person frum callin themselves rasta

but much of rasta idealism is about resisting and rising above opression

unfortunately, too many white ppl who call themselves rasta are eager to call everybody gods children and say that we all struggle together when in reality their struggle is very different from black struggle

if a white person won't acknowledge the scope of the opressor and isn't willing to look inside themselves and stop declaring themselves safe and equal, they really have no business getting their hands dirty with the struggle

if they do, then they may realize that they are treading on sum hallowed ground and have no business claiming black power traditions as their own

whether or not they shd respectfully participate is debatable

but, no matter what my opinion is, ppl gonna do what they gonna do

==**peace**==

"the skilled binder uses no strings or knots, while to unloose what he has bound would be impossible." Lao Tzu


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