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VI's whites must 'lend voices' against racial injustice- Skelton-Cline

- as local march against racial discrimination kicks off Saturday, June 20, 2020, @ 2:30 pm
Man of the Cloth and 'Honestly Speaking' radio moderator, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called on all 'Whites' living in the Virgin Islands (VI) to stand up against racism and lend their voices to the fight if serious change must come. Photo: VINO/File
The local VI march was sparked from the death of African American George P. Floyd Jr, 46, who was killed on May 25, 2020, when a white Minneapolis officer pressed a knee on Floyd’s neck for about 8 minutes and 46 seconds before he died, sparking racial injustice movements around the world. Photo: Internet Source
The local VI march was sparked from the death of African American George P. Floyd Jr, 46, who was killed on May 25, 2020, when a white Minneapolis officer pressed a knee on Floyd’s neck for about 8 minutes and 46 seconds before he died, sparking racial injustice movements around the world. Photo: Internet Source
The march against racial injustice is slated for Saturday, June 20, 2020, beginning at 3:00pm at the Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park in Road Town and ending at Queen Elizabeth II Park where there will be a closing ceremony with speeches, testimonials and poetry. Photo: Provided
The march against racial injustice is slated for Saturday, June 20, 2020, beginning at 3:00pm at the Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park in Road Town and ending at Queen Elizabeth II Park where there will be a closing ceremony with speeches, testimonials and poetry. Photo: Provided
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Outspoken 'Honestly Speaking' radio moderator, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called on all 'Whites' living in the Virgin Islands (VI) to stand up against racism and lend their voices to the fight if serious change must come.

'When we talk about white and black, we are not talking about skin colour simply... we are talking about a system, an institutionalised system that has been perpetuated, that pits one race against another and provides one race a certain privilege and power," he said on Wednesday, June 17, 2020.

Time to show solidarity 

Mr Skelton-Cline was at the time a guest on the 'Umoja' show, on ZBVI 780 AM alongside Mr Cromwell Smith aka 'Edju Enka' where he also said many of VI's caucasian residents understand the fight; however, they are afraid to stand up. 

"There are a lot of our white brothers and sisters of goodwill who are right here in these Virgin Islands... we need for you to begin to lend your voice and your body to the chorus. It is not sufficient for you to sit back on your chair of comfort and ease and say you know, they are right."

Skelton-Cline said speaking up is especially important in these times, "There are some black people who will hear you better than they hear me and so I am calling on you, I am beckoning you to join your children who are light years ahead on this matter of race."

March set for Saturday, June 20, 2020

So far in the VI, a youth organised march against racial injustice has since been scheduled for Saturday, June 20, 2020, beginning at 2:30 pm at Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park in Road Town and ending at Queen Elizabeth II Park.

The march was sparked from the death of African American George P. Floyd Jr, 46, who was killed on May 25, 2020, when a white Minneapolis officer pressed a knee on Floyd’s neck for about 8 minutes and 46 seconds before he died, sparking racial injustice movements around the world.

29 Responses to “VI's whites must 'lend voices' against racial injustice- Skelton-Cline ”

  • Freshman (19/06/2020, 13:35) Like (16) Dislike (17) Reply
    No whites will be there. They will be silent. The same way they keep to themselves. That is just it. Do not expect any whites especially UK nationals. If you get one white it would be a miracle. They torment, abuse and act prejudice against black people quietly. This language is heard in silence. Not the majority but the reality.
    • jeez (19/06/2020, 15:43) Like (18) Dislike (5) Reply
      The whites u have no problem with them but when it come to them island people from down the island. Oh no them need to hit the airport
      • @jeez (20/06/2020, 07:40) Like (27) Dislike (0) Reply
        Tell him again nuh? he sit back and watch and hear the nonsense about island people and I can't recall him saying stop the stupidness knowing that dem same white people loving to see our lack of unity and using it against us.

        I say leave our caribbean people alone, send them South Africans and Europeans home.
    • walk (19/06/2020, 21:24) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
      I was in the vigil for the murdered Kendoy back in 2005 and I will be there tomorrow , you will notice me as according to you I will be the miracle
    • Rubber Duck (20/06/2020, 02:35) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
      If Skelton Cline was not the face behind this there would be a lot more whites there.
    • @freshman (20/06/2020, 08:23) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      If the whites show up, it will be to take a head count of how many locals are there. They watch us more than we watch them. And they use their gardeners, housekeepers, and so-called "black" friends to keep tabs on what we do. That thought should outrage all of us and cause us to seek more unity amongst all Caribbean people.
  • BVIslander (19/06/2020, 14:14) Like (37) Dislike (3) Reply
    Before you ask the whites to come out, try fixing yourselves first when it comes to blacks on blacks. Yes, there are blacks on blacks as in BVIslanders vs. other Caribbean islands islanders and vice versa
    • @bvislander (20/06/2020, 11:31) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      The reason there is black vs black issues is mostly because of colonialism, self preservation and greed which was all constructed in these Caribbean islands by the white folks, talk that my BVIslander brother/sister!
  • BVIslander (19/06/2020, 14:14) Like (27) Dislike (4) Reply
    Before you ask the whites to come out, try fixing yourselves first when it comes to blacks on blacks. Yes, there are blacks on blacks as in BVIslanders vs. other Caribbean islands islanders and vice versa
  • speak out (19/06/2020, 14:19) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
    MR CLINE U WILL WAIT LONG FOR THAT, JUST TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR BEHAVIOR AS BVI RESIDENTS AND YOU WILL GET ANSWERS FOR YOUR SELF . WE HAVE SOME GOOD WHITES AMOUNG US BUT ALSO HAVE SOME WHO ARE DOWNRIGHT RACIST . DONT EVEN WANT TO MIX OR ASSOCCIATE WITH COLOUR PEOPLE SOCIALLY . NO ONE WILL EVER ADMIT THAT THEY ARE RACIST BUT ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
  • Earl (19/06/2020, 14:56) Like (65) Dislike (2) Reply
    I am in support of this movement but I rather lend my voice to shut Skelton Cline up !
  • down2earth (19/06/2020, 15:06) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    Yap, Yap, Yap! You ain't 'fraid you tell cows howdy?
  • Hmm (19/06/2020, 15:15) Like (40) Dislike (18) Reply
    But blacks are also racist, so let's not act like it's only whites LOL boy, life is so funny
  • Disinterested (19/06/2020, 17:09) Like (5) Dislike (4) Reply
    The majority of Whites whether it is 60%, 70%....etc are conditioned that they are superior to Blacks physically, mentality, intellectually and economically. This conditioning catapulted them to a position of White privilege in every sector of living, eg, healthcare, housing,education, employment, judicial system.....etc. They were also conditioned to fear Blacks warranted or not. If one Black is bad, all are bad. For centuries, they felt that Blacks were/are not equal to them. For example, there was a 3/5 clause in the US Constitution, ie, Blacks were equal 3/5 of the number of Whites in any Slave state for congressional representation. The clause was negated by the 13th Amendment, ie, abolishing slavery. That equality attitude still exist among many Whites. Nonetheless, there is a small % of Whites that are decent but lacked the courage to come out and expressed their feelings, fearing isolation in their enclaves. Instead, they suffer in silence and get lumped with the racists that are residing in the VI.

    Yes, there is racism in the VI. Locals bending over backwards to accommodate Whites cause it to fester and spread. Oh yeah, there was help from some self-hating Uncle Toms. It is time to root racism in the VI. Racists in the VI should feel unwelcome and uncomfortable. Hear is a news flash. There is a false equivalency with any friction between locals and residents from the southern Caribbean islands and the attitude of Whites against residents of African descent. By the way, the term “island People” has nothing to do with being from an island or continent(clearly the VI is a chain of islands) but rather the term is a direction reference., eg, down islands(south). And with a 130+ different nationalities, the term has expanded. Nonetheless, let’s turn out and support the BLM march tomorrow. Well, don’t expect too many Whites to show up. One is quicker to sight green mules streaking across the sky.
    • @Disinterested (19/06/2020, 19:57) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      the world hasmore Asian people per population black and white are about equal so where do you find your facts,this is the BVI i would expect to be 70 to 80% black again you are talking absolute fake facts. THIS IS NOT THE USA, you hate the whites but as you state the BVIslnders do not it is the other blacks in the country who are racist towards the white expat commuity because they want what. If you wish to make it then workhard and go for it but stop trying to bring race into it when all you are here for is to chase the mighty green back $$$.
      • Where do you get your facts (20/06/2020, 08:17) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
        Did disinterested touch a nerve? And for the record, facts cannot be fake. What he is saying is absolute correct. You don't have to be in the USA to know this or see what is happening here and in the rest of the Caribbean, the rest of the world for that matter. No one is discounting that we people of African descent in the Caribbean have our own internal struggles as it comes to relating to each other, but make no mistake that these White ex-pats here are our friends. Their form of racism is more organized, more insidious, so just because you happen to be on the payroll don't think we can all live happily ever after. The ones here are trying to do exactly what their colonizing ancestors did...take over. So you can sit at your house and pretend you don't chase the mighty green back $$$ and believe that such a thing as fake facts exist.
  • @hmm (19/06/2020, 17:14) Like (9) Dislike (1) Reply
    You are correct, there is a lot of blacks that are racist against each other. The light skinned blacks is racist against the dark skinned blacks. I recall my grandmother telling us we better not bring any dark skin man in front of her door, don’t marry or date a dark skin man or your kids will come out ugly with nappy hair. So tell me isn’t that racist? My grandmother is black, born and raised in Tortola. I am not ashamed to say my grandmother is a black racist but, I want no parts of it. My grandmother treat the light skin grands like they are the golden eggs and she treat the dark skin grands like they are S**t. Correct me if I am wrong is that not being racist?
    • Observer (19/06/2020, 17:57) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
      @@hmm. Apparently your grandmother adapted what was the culture of her day. Education is the key to all race relations. Christian education is the highest education. It teaches that God is Love and that we are to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. In other words we are to Love One Another...
    • Tim (19/06/2020, 20:34) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
      Please don't hold that against your grandmother. Its obvious that she was brainwashed because that was taught from slavery. The generation after is more aware of these things so it is expected that the behavior would change.
  • harsh (19/06/2020, 19:51) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    solets allmarch for a criminal, just as the deadliest day in american history in Tulsa was started by people trying to protect a criminal, do you not see the history in it? This march has verylittle to do with the BLM movement and more about me me me movement from the halfs getting the half nots marching and buying their t-shirts that they say monies will be sexton.....yea just like you will stay in quarantine.
  • GG (19/06/2020, 20:03) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    So vino will defend a cartoon on the ground of freedom of speech. I wonder if they will post my comment telling CSC to SHUT IT!!!on the ground of my freedom of speech. Let us pray...
  • enough (19/06/2020, 20:18) Like (5) Dislike (5) Reply
    There is a great level of discrimination in the local job market. Certain private firms with white UK MD/CEO's are doing everything in their power to ensure locals are kept out of their firms. They strategically create job adverts to ensure no locals will apply then simply tell our incompetent labour dept no locals apply then bring in their UK white counterparts already handpicked for the job who have less experience/qualification than the job advert and certain locals.

    It is high time we adopt the Cayman Islands model regarding work permits with set timeframes and no renewals thereafter.

    When will the Minister of Labour really protect locals & tackle this longstanding issue?
  • bvi (19/06/2020, 20:22) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    white entitlement & prejudice against local blacks is evident by the grave disparity in salary packages even where the white & local have the same qualifications. The discriminatory factor is seen when the white is given sometimes twice the monthly salary of the local.

    Also, whites especially from the UK etc., segregate they only came here for the big remuneration packages, lovely weather, sea & sand. There care nothing about us! only the cats & dogs then they are up in arms
    • @bvi (20/06/2020, 08:27) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
      You ain't telling no lie. UK expats are the worse.
    • facts (20/06/2020, 13:21) Like (1) Dislike (2) Reply
      Very true. Then they come here as heads of our trust companies etc and treat the locals like crap while hiring their caucasian friends in positions they have not a clue how to handle and collecting large pay while asking us to teach them how to this and that.... true modern day slavery just in an office with ac
  • Big Slick Willie (20/06/2020, 03:16) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    I won't be there. I'm a paramedic and sworn to treat anyone in need. However I think most of the racial stuff stirred by Democrats and their bedmate media is only created to benefit their agenda of division. Enjoy your protest. It should be uplifting and a great chance to visit.
  • awakened_observer (20/06/2020, 08:55) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    How to kickstart the time of tribulations: step 1, get a race war going, get humans to hate and fight each other. Well played Lucifer.
  • Glass House (22/06/2020, 13:23) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Folks that live in a glass house shouldn't throw stones.


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