Can a white person be a rastafarian?

Yes, you can be any race and become Rastafarian. There aren't very many in the U.S., though; the majority of them live in Jamaica.

Why would you want to join a religion you know nothing about other than using marijuana(boiling not smoking usually) and wearing funny hats and growing locks?

I have seen some whites wearing dreads but I don't think they are rastas. But come to think of it, I remember talking to some white guy downtown who told me he was a white rasta, downtown is weird cause random people you don't know talk to you. So I guess its possible but I'm not carribean so wouldn't know

Sure, there are white Rastas. They tend to take a pretty laid-back view and they listen to freedom music and smoke a lot of pot, usually. There is some Christian elements, but also some voodoo in the faith. There is an Ethiopian element, but they are not race exclusive.

In today's post-Bob Marley world Rastafarian is a code word for pothead.

Yeah. There was just an example of a white family on trading spouses on TV.

i like to smoke weed to feel a close presence of Jesus and God. And it feels soooo dammmm intense.

It's Pastafarian. RAmen.

No they just sit around smoking dope.. there is nothing to believe or join.. go to Jamaica and smoke dope and have sex then your in.