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Re: Forgive slavery, forget reparations

Greetings Rastafari,
With all due raspect to the sistren, who is my elder, I would agree with ones who sight the stain of colonialism in her writing. Her statement that
***Instead of the successful inter-racial relationships that all Jamaicans enjoy with each other, a barrier would spring up between us all and what little harmony exists in this beautiful island would disappear.***

...sounds very much like the myth of assimilation and peaceful coexistence created by the Jamaican government (the national motto, something like "Out of many, One people"). I am certain that Sistren Makeda Blake Hannah is aware that early Rastafari in J'ca struggled toward dispelling this myth, and I do not overstand her statement about "all Jamaicans" enjoying inter-racial harmony. Even she seems to back-pedal somewhat when she refers to "what little harmony exists"...

It also seems somewhat a-historical to I that she, as a Rasta wombman and presumably well aware of what the history of American investment has done to her beloved country, writes that

****Countries are already paying reparations anyway, in the form of loans, grants and project funding, both here and in Africa. The philanthropy and generosity of the European Union and the U.S.A. are well known in Jamaica.****

...I wonder if the situation in J'ca has changed so much in the past decade or so, as my understanding of J'ca's more recent socio-economic situation is admitedly limited (I will seek this information...).
It sounds as if this Rasta sistren, well experienced in the repatriation movement has come to the conclusion that in her life, in her experience, her energies would be more effectively focussed on other issues.
I wombman-sight a response to the proposed Rastafari code of conduct (I can not recall the name of the Idren who wrote it at this moment), reminding all that knowledge of Africa and African affairs past and present, as well as personal action toward the betterment of the Motherland is essential for all Rastafari. I, personally, am not clear whether or not this includes/ requires repatriation.

Blessings.

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Forgive slavery, forget reparations *LINK*
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to clarrify... *LINK*
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Pleae do not ask us to forget History
I give thanks, Baba Ras Marcus!!! *NM*
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in other words, Rosalind...up yours!!!
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when did rosalind EVER show anger to you?
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Repatriation and Reparation Is International
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