KTULU IS BACK;1552154 said:
its a word a bunch of half-literate stoners made up because they are racist and refuse to accept any academic "white" knowledge as legitimate
Overstanding and has none of these connotations. Rastas simply desired to take the colonial language of oppression and flip it.
Initially Rastafari was a movement of black supremacy, but it now is mostly egalitarian and open to all races.
"that until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned; that until there is no longer any first-class and second-class citizens of any nation; that until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; that until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all, without regard to race -- until that day, the dreams of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained." Emperor Haile Selassie, 1963
ThaChozenWun;1552156 said:
Jim Ross the BAUCE....
You ain't never watched WWF in the 90s?
I remember Hulk Hogan, Bret the Hitman Hart, the Undertaker, Yokozuna (sp?), the Millionaire Man, and the Ultimate Warrior - but I never watched it a whole lot.
toktaylor;1553908 said:
i am a Jamaican and i have never understood Rastafarian...the whole Haile Sellasie thing...enlighten me please
Rastafari has roots in Bedwardism, Hindu holy men, Marcus Garvey, - "look to Africa, for there a king shall be crowned", Afro-centrism and Pan-Africanism, and especially cult-leader Leonard Howell who was the first to write that Selassie was God. Garvey disapproved of Howell, but he is still regarded as a prophet.
Most Rastas believe that Selassie is the human representation of Jah on earth. The coronation of Selassie was much hyped and it didn't help that the Ethiopians used such titles as Kings of King and Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah. Selassie was also said to trace his lineage to the house of David through the line of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (Menelik I). Ethiopia had never been colonized and was held in high regard by pan-Africanists.
If you ask some Ethiopians though, Selassie was a poor ruler. There are legitimate criticisms of his rule, and I think his early legacy was good but he was too conservative and autocratic to deal with the demands of organizing Ethiopia into a modern nation.