why does the american government forbid rasta's to learn or work because of their dreadlocks.?
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Do you mean to say that in the USA, if you have long, uncombed hair they forbid you to attend public school? Are you denied the right to work?  I find this scandalous.
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In my honest and humble opinion... I think the government is doing it to avoid a law suit or being labeled as prejudice themselves. The government isn't the ones that said hey im being discriminated against because of my race or nationality it is a few squeaky wheels that messed with the cog so much our government had no choice but to acknowledge there is a difference in skin tones. Its scary that people always blame someone else often our government for their short comings rather than accept that they aren't perfect, learn from their mistakes, move on, and try to become better people by learning from their mistakes.\n\n\nHave a GREAT day!
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First of all it is unconstitutional to make status a crime, that is someone cannot be lawfully detained unless there is proper cause or there is presidential authority under times of war. Only lately have decisions come down in Supreme Court which give basic rights to those detained in the US base in Cuba (Guantanomo Bay). \n\nThe problem with racial profiling is that it can lead to unconstiutional arrests and basic harrassment of minority groups simply based on skin color. This gives too many people, even those who are not racist and have good intentions, too broad of a license to police. \n\nThe question is: Once we start eliminating the constitutional rights of some, how long before our own rights are eliminated for what we think is a valid reason at the time. The whole point of the constitution and bill of rights is that those rights are inalienable, meaning they cannot be taken away or given away no matter what we think. Our founding fathers realized there will always be times when it seems our rights should take second to our needs, however, they also realize that certain rights are never worth compromising. Racial profiling leads us down that same wrong path of compromise.\n\nIt does not legally exists, but is still a policy used by certain police departments in urban areas and is used grossly by the FBI.\n\nThat is the jist of the controversy.
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Because the government dont want there own people in trouble.
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Because it is the right thing to do. It is just not right for people to be opressed by their govenment like it is here in the states.
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They are in my country. Thus, government servants aren't allowed to wear them to work. Neither can school children even on an extra-curriculum day.
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The ones who understand the laws are fine with them. The thing is that many people in America and other parts of the world don't inderstand the laws set in these countries, and people always fear what they don't understand. I saw the post above me that talks about a small minority of women from KSA who 'escaped' and wrote books on their 'lives'. I am sure you can find hundreds of thousands of women in the United States that have endured discrimination in the workplace ,Schools and even at home as copmared to there male counterparts and some who have been abused physically to quite an extent.. This Does not mean that all women hold that same point of view or are treated the same. Well the truth is that there is no abuse being done to the women in Saudia Arabia, they are free todo whatever is permitted to them through religon and they have all the rights that God has given them. We talk about freedom in the US but even to this day there has not been a single female president in the US, where as islamic countires such as Pakistan and Bangladesh have had female leaders. The women in the US have this Visage of freedom whereas they still have to struggle ten times more then men to get anywhere equal to men.In the 250 or years of US Democracy We have selected the first Female as head speaker in the Senate, it has taken over 200 years , where is the equality now? Lets not forget salaries , women are paid less then men for the same jobs on average( http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/12/08/working_women_earn_less/?page=1 just one of many articles on research done), where is the equality ? All I am saying is that The east has a different way of life which has been there for the last 1400 years and it is very difficult for a person living in societies such as the US to understand the brain set of these people, we should not be so quick to judge there traditions based on a handful of scorned women. bottom line statistics are always bias and they never give the whole story. remember that saying , Believe Half of what you see and none of what you hear.
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Its called racial profiling.....Black Americans also suffer the same....Sad to say.....
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Because America needs prisons to detain those who are to be tortured when interrogated.  If prisoners are held on American soil, they must be interrogated under the restrictions of the American laws, Constitution, and Geneva Convention.  If prisoners are held in other countries that are not restricted by little things like civil rights and civil liberties, then they can be tortured "legally."\n\nThat answer may sound harsh.  But, unfortunately, since WWII, The American Government has used other countries for this expressed purpose.
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Well, you cant generalize and say that all rasta´s behave a certain way because at the end of the day, we are all  just human. Actually, there isnt much guidelines  set as to how a rastafarian should behave. The best advice I could ever give is to go to where it comes from - Jamaica - and spend time with Spiritual leaders in the rstfn community. There are so many stereotypes and myths about rastas that would all be cleared up if you actually get it from the horse´s mouth.
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the American government is not white supremcist, if it was we would not have affirmative action that hooks up non whites in education, jobs and contracts.  We wouldnt have hate crime laws that only whites are ever charged with.  it is instead pro business and pro israel so whatever corporations and israel says, they do
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The Rastafarian movement gave first appeared in the early 1930s. Rastafarians were followers of Marcus Garvey who worshiped the Almighty in the person of Haile Selasssie. Rastafarians worship Haile Selassie, former emperor of Ethiopia, under his precoronation name Ras Tafari. They consider the former Ethiopian emperor to have been a divine being, the Messiah, and the champion of the black race. Rastafarians consider themselves to be the ancient Hebrews who were exiled in Babylon. Rastafarian lifestyle includes dietary rules, often vegetarianism, the wearing of uncombed locks and beards, and the smoking of ganja. \n\nMany Rastas outlaw the combing or cutting of the hair, "citing the holy directive in Leviticus 21:15: "They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh (White 12)". These long, thick, strands of hair are called dreadlocks. Rastas often compare their dreads to that of a lions mane, which also happens to be the symbol of Haile Selassie."Children often pull on a man's dreadlocks to make sure he is real.They are feeling the person out, making sure he/she is not a negative or weird person (McDaniel A1)".\n\nThe Rastafarians formulated a strict set of dietary and hygienic laws to accompany the religious doctrine. They shun the ingestion of alcohol, tobacco, all meat, especially pork, as well as shellfish, scalefish, snails, predatory and scavenger species of marine life, and many common seasonings like salt.In short, anything that is not "ital," a rasta term meaning pure, natural or clean, is forbidden (Chevannes 204). The rejection of the pig can be found in the importance of this animal in traditional life. The wild pig was for many years during slavery the only important source of food for the runaway slaves. Rastafari reject the pig, probably on the same basis that many of them also reject saltfish because it was one of those foods associated with slavery. For most Rastafari, the sight of a pig rummaging through garbage on the streets of the slums, or at the dumps in competition with the flies, is revolting.\n\nFear of contamination from the pig is extended to Rastafari fear of contamination from the dead. Rastafarians believe that they will never die as long as they remain true and faithful to Selassie. When death does come, "it is always explained away by saying that the subject had departed from the chosen path of Rastafari, had violated some divine precept, and was therefore struck by the mighty power of Jah (Selassie) (Chevannes 203)". It does not matter whether death is by accident, sickness, or by the agency of man. Rastafarians therefore do not even attend funerals.\n\nAn important contribution to Rastafarian culture is the smoking of ganja. Smoking ganja is a ritual celebration called a "duty (Chevannes 199)". Before a Rastafari sets out on a journey he performs a duty. Journeys begin with a ritual smoking and prayer in the yard of departure. The chillum pipe used in these rituals should not be called a pipe, but a cup or a chalice because Deuteronomy and other sections of the bible in speaking of sending up incense to Jah were referring to the herbs. If members of the group are smoking their own spliffs, they are put out or laid aside when the chalice is ready to be lit. One of the members prepares the herbs, cutting it up, dampening it with a few drops of water, and mixing in the tobacco from a cigarette (Rastas say the tobacco cuts down on the harshness). Caps are removed from their heads as they are about to set fire to the herbs. Everyone is silent and in prayer as the chalice is passed around counterclockwise. Journeys are taken quite seriously, if a Rasta were to stub his toe of his left foot at the start of a journey, which is a sign of bad luck, it would be enough to cause him to turn back and start again.\n\nRastafarian women are usually segregated fro
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To avoid a grip of power and discourage would be dictators.\nLikewise, it is provided for in the Constitution.
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This is only an issue because these people are too lazy and don't want to work for anything. Illigals are even getting gov assistance, and now we are makeing it so that they don't even have to learn english. that is a good question tho... why ARE we bickering over legalizing a bunch of free loaders who can't communicate with the general population? Yea, that will be good for the country *scoff* But we can't deport them! That might hurt their feelings... god, america is really irritating me lately!
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Because otherwise people would be forced to work in dangerous conditions and there'd be nothing you could do about it. You could be asked to work on a wet floor or with no safety gear when working machinery.Thats all the info you need unless you enjoy pain!
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they are failing to inform Americans of certain dangerous trends in America.\nlike no more religion in school and how this was done and by what type of thinking did we get to this point in America.\nWe have given all our rights over to the state and federal government and this is what happens when you pass laws restricting freedom .WHEN you tell me it is illegal to be in a public place like a park after 10 pm or before 6 am you have opened your self to so many losses of freedom that ,  that type of law makes possible i am ashamed to be an American today .\nWe had people fight and die so that we could be free from oppression and servitude.The right to have representation to ensure the public intrests were served and not taxed without it being for the good of the people.\nTHAT these people would never pass laws that infringed upon the   basic freedoms of all men and the bill of rights describes our freedoms.This does not mean o fifty foot statue of a naked man and woman engaged in intercourse can not be placed in public on my property.\nthis does not mean i can not engage in sexual acts on my property in full veiw of passers by.\nTHIS does not mean that Ican not or should not be deprived of the right to be free.\nto this end you have the right not to buy my services not to have me work for you denie me permission on your property denie me the right to shop in your store and to make it known that you do not approve of my actions and until i come to my senses i am not wanted around.\nyou may say this leads to discrimination but i say it leads to people providing work and food and services to the very type of person that you wish not to support in yopur community and those who wish to help them by giving food and jobs and support can also be included in you freedom to denie sevices to such people as you see fit .\nTHIS however does not give me the right to refuse sevice on account of race religion or sex age marital statues and so on .\nBY making sex in public veiw illegal you have violated that persons rights to do as he wishes and there fore opened your self up to laws being passed to prevent you from doing what you wish . \nBAD community behavior needs to be handled by the people in the community by making live difficult for people wh othrough there actions do not change to meet those standards and it is your right to refuse to help someone for these resons and these reasons alone.Some where in america naked statues and open sexual gratification may be acceptable and in many places it is not so naturaly some one stiggmatized by a community would search out a place that he could live in peace and enjoy freedoms to shop and go where he is accepted .by passing laws against anyplace exsisting where he can do this you risk losing your freedoms also .\nAmerica does not recognize the danger in forbidding gay marriage or many other laws that end freedom and more and more america is becoming a police state.ONLY people who can afford fifty foot fences are free today to do what i have descibed and this is wrong america for what goes on behind closed doors can affect all americans if to many fences go up all of us lose our freedom and the ones behind the fence do as they please secure in there property to act as they will.these were called lords of the manner dukes and so forth with the power and control of the people who the took pleasure in taking from there hard work and goods for the protection of the castle walls.\nHAVE we become so entreched in our own needs and freedoms we have destroyed all freedom and choice i may not agree with a persons right to say what they want like a kid who mentions jesus in a speach at school but i sure do defend her right to do so as well as a man to erect a disgusting statue or fonicate in public as repulsive as i find some behavior it is freedom i find more important then stoping him .ONCEone persons behaviour is questioned it only becomes a matter of time till you too are being denied your freedoms.\nWE
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Because they are lazy & unmotivated and want things handed to them instead of working for it, even though 95% of the people that try & use that can't identify anyone in their family that was a slave. Using slavery as a scapegoat.