But many do not. The best things in life are intangible. Each of us needs to take the time to share these important life gifts with our youths. Reggae music has identified the evils of the capitalist system from the very earliest times of roots music. Jamaicans and other displaced Africans are keenly aware of the injustice and racism which perpetuates economic power and political control by certain segments of the population.
Racial segregation is one tool of oppression.
The plague of greed has now targeted today's children to become microcosms of an adult world where money and power is worth more than fresh air and nutritious food. Reggae music is one of the few resources in today's world which educates against superficial value systems. It is imperative that those of us who believe in human rights, justice, and the respect for the natural world bond together in unity and move reggae music forward so that the youths can benefit from it. Reggae music is the uncensored truth. Most children intrinsically want to do what is right.