Reflections On Two Different Worlds (Part III)
By Joy Harris-Bailey In 2020, the masses of my adopted country, America, voted out a wannabe totalitarian leader and ushered in someone of the leading opposing party. He vowed to change …
Oh, just because they can! – The idea of “Might is Right”
There was a time when corporal punishment was part and parcel of our Jamaican school system. It was, perhaps, a holdover from the old British colonial era. It was often abused …
Of Exits And New Beginnings
Part II The Vicissitudes of Tropical Life Joy Bailey-Harris I love being in cool Irish Town, several miles above the heat and flurry of bustling Kingston. The cool air, the unspeakably …
Of Exits And New Beginnings (Part I) My Journey Home
The feeling started as I watched the cop kneel into his neck. It wasn’t the kneeling. It wasn’t the public lynching. It was the hand in pocket. It was the nine …