Word: rastas
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...shut out all of the others. Particularly, I like Rastafarianism; if I was going to be anything, I'd say I was that. The people of the Christian church teach that God is dead and we can never be like God, whereas the Rasta church teaches that God is alive and that God is in every...
James is a brave writer, and he pushes his stereotypes to grotesque limits. At an all-Black school, for example, "throngs of students congest the corridor smoking resinous Rasta spliffs, snorting smack from tiny, waxed-paper sacks; drinking pints of Wild Irish Rose; sucking tubes of crack; fighting with razors; firing pistols; dry-humping each other against lockers; hawking stolen goods; miscarrying half-formed fetuses; singing gospel; and wailing the blues...
...Thirty-five to 50 percent of our customers are regulars," says Rasta, who was handling the coat check...
...Tina Rasta, an employee at the restaurant, says, "It's like Cheers--a place where everybody knows your name...
...torch. On One Bright Day, the new album he made with the Melody Makers (his younger brother Stephen and two of his sisters, Sharon and Cedella), there is a lot of tradition and a little trailblazing. "This album to me sound a little stronger," says Ziggy, 20, with deft Rasta inflections. "A little stronger in the beat. It feel harder, with more aggression. I sing it more aggressive. I'm getting older. Music is a weapon. You can use a gun for murder, or you can use it to defend yourself." That's the choice: clap hands or put them...