Let's Keep Getting The Word Out: Stop Exploiting the Name and Image of Rastafari

“If one benefits tangibly from the exploitation of others who are weak, is one morally implicated in their predicament? Or are basic rights of human existence confined to the civilized societies that are wealthy enough to afford them? Our values are defined by what we will tolerate when it is done to others.”

William Greider    

 

I just wanted people to take pause and think about what they actually view what may or not be "foreign cultures". While people do indeed traverse the world and engage new cultures on a scale like at no other time in recent history; travel is no longer only the whim of the rich or plight of the slave, oft times given the "right" and freedom of expression here in the States, peoples culture gets ridiculed without second thought.

Black Truth Media/ Discussion on Black Liberation 04/12 by Black Truth Media | Blog Talk Radio

Black Truth Media/ Discussion on Black Liberation 04/12 by Black Truth Media | Blog Talk Radio

Caribbean Embraces Minister Farrakhan

Caribbean Embraces Minister Farrakhan

Another Woman Takes the Helm in Africa

“WOMEN must be at the forefront of nation-building to bring the South African citizenry together and, therefore, develop a whole new ethos of human co-existence,” 

Steve Biko

“There's no transformation process that could bear the desired outcomes without women throwing their weight behind that change initiative, and the same holds for the nation-building process.” 

Steve Biko

President Joyce Banda

I would be more than a little remiss if I did not take a brief moment to acknowledge Malawi's new President, The Hon. Joyce Banda.  To be honest, I knew of President Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, and that the current presidents of Brazil, Argentina and Germany were all women.  But when I took a second to verify just how many current female heads of state there were in the world, I was shocked to say the least.

Different Needs Equal Opportunity Human Rights Course 04/10 by Black Truth Media | Blog Talk Radio

Different Needs Equal Opportunity Human Rights Course 04/10 by Black Truth Media | Blog Talk Radio

EACH ONE TEACH ONE JERUSALEM SCHOOL ROOM 04/05 by Black Truth Media | Blog Talk Radio

EACH ONE TEACH ONE JERUSALEM SCHOOL ROOM 04/05 by Black Truth Media | Blog Talk Radio

Too Much Commercialization

“The best people have left and the old people have retired, and commercialization has taken hold.” 

Xu Tian

It has been some time since my last official post.  My hiatus was self-imposed and much needed in the scope of things.  However much has occurred in the time since we last connected and I will be attempting to cover as much as I can, of that which is relevant to our interests and pursuits as Rastafari.

That said, I stumbled across something quite disturbing the other day.  As a matter of fact, it was downright deplorable.  But first let me explain how I reached that moment in my day.