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Re: iyah 360
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The following is from a response in a previous thread that I feel addresses this issue:

givin_thanx: "Iyah, does this present manifestation just the European manifestation? Or the manifestation of ehtnic-ism and race-ism all over the earth? Are Africans innocent of the stains? Are Chinese and Tibetans, EVER, in their his/herstories free of this stain? What about the Germans? Or the Irish? Moors trading SLAVS, Moors (there weren't dark skin Muslims in the Spanish empire?!) coming over to the "new land" and enslaving Natives here? I have a picture from a JA Roger's book of the biggest slave driver in South America...dark skin African man with little slave boy kissing his devil ring...SO DO IANI ERADICATE ISELVES WHOLLY? OR JUST PARTIALLY?"

iyah360:* In relation to white supremacy - which is a main issue that confronted the foundation of Rastafari people in Jamaica - we deal specifically with its manifestations. While dealing with this issue - we will find it mirroring other situations throughout the world. It is necessary to seperate the idea of white supremacy from other justifications for enslavement and conquest as it is not the ONLY reason for enslavement and conquest - each situation has its own particulars which must be addressed. White supremacy is a fabrication which was created to justify slavery and conquest.

When dealing with self-knowledge and spiritual development we tap into the personal reasons for conquest and domination - a function of the ego. In this aspect, all humanity has the same issues -we all have an ability to fall to or rise above our selfishness.

We cannot necessarily confuse the two(i.e. ego issues and physical manifestations OF these ego issues) though when dealing with a problem as white supremacy - which if it is broken down IS a function of a god/ego complex - BECAUSE the inertia behind ideas is great and spins realities which must be dealt with specifically and cannot be simply wiped away by saying we are all one while ignoring the historical and physical realities that such mindsets have fostered.

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