Why The Overkill?
It was the late American novelist, playwright and social activist, James Baldwin, who wrote: “…for power truly to feel itself menaced, it must somehow sense itself in the presence of another power …
Religious-political hypocrisy within the United States
“Si de hypocrites dem a galang deh!Sy de hypocrites dem a galang deh!See di hypocrites dem a-galang deh! Man, go!”— Robert Nesta Marley There are a lot of things about the …
The Power Of Symbolism
In the I800s, American novelist, short story writer and poet, Louisa May Alcott, – the author of the novel “Little Women” – wrote the following words: “Far away there in the sunshine are my …
American Democracy A Funny Thing
Democracy, at its most rudimentary level, as practised in the United States, is a very strange ideological animal. If it were a creature in the wild it would be more of …
Give Me Liberty!
In any debate or discussion it is wise, first off, for those so engaged, to be on the same page in terms of terminology and context. How many times has it …
The Power Of Symbolism
In the I800s, American novelist, short story writer and poet Louisa May Alcott — the author of the novel Little Women — wrote the following words: “Far away there in the sunshine are …
Cannibalism Of Souls
The Black man has often been painted in the dark, bestial and bloody hues of the savage cannibal. Such propaganda had been used as a pretext to colonize, to civilize and …
I Don’t Understand!
Does White America, by and large, misunderstand the centuries old plight of Black America? Is what they project, in many instances, as a “misunderstanding” of the issues in that regard really …
Ode To Broader Views
There is always a danger of developing a myopic view of life outside of the broader sweep of history. Avoiding its lessons and not being able to track its developmental or …
It Never Occurred
Daydreaming was one of my favourite pastimes when I was a young boy. Like the fictional character Walter Mitty in James Thurber’s first short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, …
What Happened?
He was born a babe — as innocent as all such acorns of flesh and blood are — which spring forth and was lovingly cuddled, dutifully nurtured, and fiercely protected. There …