For a young African American child, the Church was where they could strut like peacocks in their Sunday’s Best or be praised for their own merits and talents (when used favorably for the Church). For grown folks the Church is … Continue reading Re: Pharaoh’s sun
Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad before him, Marcus Garvey before they, Noble Drew Ali before that, have all essentially doctored ancient African history to favor modern blacks. All these men were great leaders themselves and only sought to instill national pride … Continue reading Re: Make peace with reality
Using the term “Rasta” to popularize and sell commodities is entirely insulting because it is colloquial. A musical, religious, socially conscience political movement that unites African persons globally should not be defrauded to sell young white men in Europe and North … Continue reading Re: Using the term “Rasta”
In the Caribbean hospitality industry the agents of consumption of mobility can be translated into a tourist/servant relationship which was formerly master/slave.The notion of emancipation is not purely legal, the descendants of immobile slave populations are recipients of an imbalanced … Continue reading Re: Purely legal
Traditionally how one has fun is usually a great socio-economic divide between classes and colors around the world. Heaven and Earth: Consumptive Mobility and the Calabash of Grenada Continue reading Re: Fun
The ludicrous idea of the virgin wild is still purported in the Caribbean despite incredible property development and construction. The golf course, tennis court, pools, and private marina for yachts are the spoils of land afforded by those who can … Continue reading Re: Virgin wild
Caribbean tourism is where there is an immoderate and aggressively perpetuated feeding of delights and stimuli to non-residents in their Northern idea of “heaven,” there remains a flightless, permanent fleet of servants, a place where their feet are firmly grounded … Continue reading Re: Caribbean tourism
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