Racism continues in VI & Governor doing nothing- Edmund G. Maduro
“Even right here in the British Virgin Islands we are being discriminated against when it comes to the colour of our skin,” he said.
Speaking on his radio show The EGM Show last evening March 10, 2016 on ZROD 103.7 FM, he said that this ugly phenomenon is most evident where white tourists prefer to have a white captain on their boats instead of black ones.
“Some of our captains are not allowed because they are black. The so called visitors who come to the country, according to a charter boat company, don’t want to have a black man on their boat. Serious racial discrimination!” he said.
Mr Maduro also alleged racial discrimination when it came to property and other aspects of business and commerce in the territory.
He continued his accusation that Governor His Excellency John S. Duncan OBE continues to do nothing to stop the violations of persons' rights in the territory.
“Why is the Chief Executive through His Excellency the Governor not carrying out the responsibilities of the Constitution...should we have a Government which do not protect these rights. It is corruption and blatant wickedness for the Governor to sit down and see these things and I am not going to stop calling his name,” said Maduro. "That is why he was sent here, to ensure that our Constitutional rights were not abused," he said.
It is not clear whether any reports or evidence of racial discrimination as being alleged by Mr Maduro have reached the Governor's Office.
Mr Maduro has often said racial discrimination is nothing new in the territory and he was able to witness it firsthand when he was Chief Immigration Officer of the Virgin Islands. He believes, however, that it should never be encouraged in the Virgin Islands.
44 Responses to “Racism continues in VI & Governor doing nothing- Edmund G. Maduro”
Me is real socal comantatar and me know bout dis tings - Edmond loud mouth racialist fool.
How him ever be runnin imogration dept?
The truth is tolans are the most racist and predudis towards outsiders. The want white friends and treat they own black people like sh*t. look how the tolans will look down on there own and will be nice to the white people, the go out there way just to help the white folks. And before you know it the white people have there business and tolans will be upset at them but I guess when you hate your own that what happens. Look at the fat guy that died and buried in the sea he help a lot of white people and not one of them came to his funeral. SO SAD.
You're kidding, right? LOL.
Check this link if you want a tall glass of truth! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6xRPqXV_tc
Zimbabwe is one of the few countries left in the world that has state sponsored racism - however it is now the whites that are discriminated against by the black majority. The black on white racism there is much much more serious that the rather petty black on white racism that we have in the BVI.
“Racism” is a concept that is historically rooted in the oppression of blacks by whites (slavery, colonialism, apartheid, imperialism etc.). By definition, “Racism is the ability of one group to systemically subjugate another for ownership and control of wealth, resources, and power.” Therefore, since black people as a whole have never had the social, economic nor political power to subjugate white people, it cannot be called racism. The only reaction black people can revert to, up to this very day, as a consequence of seemingly not being able to wash-off-the-evils-of-slavery, is express and enact unsavory forms of hatred (against Self and others), prejudices, biases, and forms of bigotry and discrimination.
As of today, view link: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national/joes-crab-shack-apologizing-after-using-photo-lync/nqh67/
Although applicable to the US, there are some points that apply to us in the Caribbean!
For example, after Integration in the U.S., Whites fled the inner cities and Blacks were elected mayors of those cities. Nonetheless, though the mayors had political power, they lacked economic power. The cities floundered. Reentrification is bringing people back from the suburbs and exurbs, displacing low income residents, pushing them into the suburbs and seedy areas of the cities. To break the stranglehold, we must let go of the mental slavery and embrace and be proud of who we are.
Persons who are aggrieved by workplace discrimination should bring their cases forward through the proper channels i.e. by writing and filing complaints at Labour Department or bringing action through the Courts. Only then can we accuse the Government of doing nothing if they do not respond. You cannot expect a response to hearsay, rumours, and innuendo.
Please use your good intentions and assist persons to raise their concerns through established channels and stop poking the racism boogeyman.
Different colors, different nationality, those babies is growing to play together and have fun they are not looking at color. It is the adults that teaches them to be racist against each other when they grow up.