Good over Evil

Apon watching the video of the Boboshanti it became clear that there were some similarities and differences between the documentary and the way Rastafarians are portrayed in the book. Initially, the landscape where the Boboshanti live is in correlation with the image portrayed by the book. They live off the land and are commited to the ital way of living having no running water or electricity. Similarly, the colors (red, yellow and green) and symbols (dreadlocks and the Bible) shown in the documentary are things the book mentions as vital to the Rastifarians. Although there are many similarities between the book and the documentary there is one major difference I caught.

The narrator of the video says there are signs posted in the mountian comunity which restate Rastafarian ideas about justice and the right way to live and worship. He also mentions on sign in particular which he says reads "good over evil" when in reality it reads "black over white". The sign displays an idea in opposition to many morals held by Rastafarians according to our book. There are many portions in our book which state, "every ritual that has deveoloped [...] constitute an attempt to escape or deal with the reality of opression"; however, the Boboshanti have a sign posted claiming white to be evil (seams like a bit of opression right?). The book does not prepare for this kind of dislike of white peoples and I'm not sure if I can totally justify white as evil.....