The Problem Of Labels In The Current American Landscape
Junior Murray Perhaps one of the most hated words in the modern American society — one often used as a term of derision — is the word “liberal.” The vehemence and …
“Out of many,one people” – actual or aspirational in respect to Asian Jamaicans?
There were moments in my youth and in my early adult life when I heard it said that the problem in Jamaica was never about racism but one that was, more …
I Swear – How Serious Is The American Pledge Of Allegiance
“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” With those …
Who Should Be Recognised As Heroes?
What if a public figure who you revere as a hero was found guilty of a crime or of some act of gross immorality — should the honour for such an …
Why Try To Prevent Discussion, White America?
Why do those who initiated the conversation on race get to be the ones to end it, here in America? In fact, what they were engaged in was no dialogue at …
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 …
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 …