CoI has racist colonial undertones with UK interrogating VI- caller tells Premier
However, one caller on the VIP Let’s Talk radio show on October 19, 2021, complained that there remains inequalities regarding powers between the United Kingdom and the Virgin Islands and this he says has racist undertones.
UK must face CoI interrogation too - Caller
According to the male caller, given that the VI should be in an equal partnership with the UK, he said just as the VI Government is being interrogated with the CoI, the UK Government must also face interrogation via their own Commission of Inquiry.
Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1) said that part of the mandate of his government is seeking more self-autonomy and empowering the people of the territory so that the territory can take charge of its own affairs.
“Our country is larger than political parties and we have to understand that… so we have to look about the constitutional talks that are coming up… and decide where we want to see our country in the next 10-20 years,” he said.
Hon Fahie said for the next two decades, most of the existing politicians will be paving the way for the next generation of leaders.
According to the Premier, “We want to make sure that whatever we do, we empower our people… so we need people to participate in the review when it begins, and to see how you can be the captains of your own ship, we have to have confidence in each other,” the Premier said.
VI must become captain of its own ship - Premier Fahie
As such, Premier Fahie said that the future of the VI remains in the hands of the people, however, it should start in the hearts and minds of the people in the way they see each other for the sake of future generations.
“I feel that the CoI, once done in a transparent and accountable manner, will help us to become better, but in no way should it help us become bitter and in no way should be an impediment for us to continue to be more forward-thinking with what we want to do with these Virgin Islands,” the Premier reasoned.
Hon Fahie said the VI must now think about how to advance constitutional talks in the 21st century and beyond and which reflect that the territory can man its own ship and do so in a transparent and accountable manner.
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30 Responses to “CoI has racist colonial undertones with UK interrogating VI- caller tells Premier”
get all emotional and talkative
mouth talk don't do hand work
Moreover, undoubtedly, the slave trade and slavery give birth to supremacy/superiority, special privileges and entitlements. Slave labor built the economies of the UK, US, built individual wealth, create educational and other institutions, created financial institutions etc. Slave labour created special privileges entitlements and opportunities in health, education, employment/jobs, housing, transportation, sports and entertainment, military, law enforcement, banking etc. On the other hand, slaves were treated as subhuman. They were denied the routine privileges taken for granted by others.
For example, they could not marry, had no rights to their children, could not own property, could not leave any inheritance to their children( if they knew where they were), they were treated as chatel property that could be mortgaged, bought, sold, rented out, give away, abused, disposed; prevented from getting an education, poorly fed, poor medical treatment, if any, etc. The colonists imported these behaviors and practices into the colonies. Several centuries later some of these attitudes towards slave descendants still exist.
Further, the VI is a self-governing territory, sharing power with the UK. But the partnership is unequal and the power is tilted heavily towards the UK. The UK can used that power to investigate the VI but the VI lacks any means of challenging the actions and behaviour of the UK. For example, if the UK don’t like bills passed by the duly elected HOA, the crown can refuse to give assent to the bill(s), meaning the bill dies, and the VI has no recourse. Of course, bills in UK rarely if ever not assented to. I think the last a bill was not assented was in 1708 ( Scottish Militia bill). With the constitutional review, some adjustments to partnership are needed for more balance. Talking about balance, the COI should be balanced so as to bring positive change to the territory and not a Crown v. VI vendetta.
They see the BVI not as an equal partner but as a subordinate. This is consistent with the corrupted Christian dogma that the white race had a divine right to subject Blacks. Then conscripted science join in to do the dirty work of white supremacy. Social Darwinism erroneously concluded that racial hierarchy was nature’s will. These are not just centuries old beliefs; there are modern day believers in too many institutions, ie, government etc that embrace this nonsense.
Not all whites embrace this nonsense but too many do. Many will greet you with a broad smile but their hearts, attitude and behaviours are foul and vile.
I don’t care about either and neither do most people here. It happened to all races and it was bad but now it’s not here.
Racism, though quiet, subtle and hard to detect, is real. Invariably, whenever racists are presented with truths and facts, their defense is that you are playing the race card. Others have listed the vices of slavery so I will not list them here.
Nonetheless, slave labour was exploited and provided and is still providing special privileges and benefits for slave owners and their descendants. And though slave labour fueled the economy of the UK and other countries, slaves and their descendants have not benefited from the fruit of their labour. This is not fair. Yet the beneficiaries of the fruit of slave labour don’t want to make slave descendants somewhat whole as other racial/ethnic groups have, eg, Jews, Japanese….etc.
Further, when a policy is proposed to correct a racial disparity they oppose it, claiming that this or that minority group wants to freeload off of the taxpayers. But if the same policy that was proposed to correct racial disparity(s) applies to everyone and people that don’t need the help, all is well. Corporate welfare no problem. Cart you all ass talking about playing race card.
Getting a dose of your medicine
on that tiny island it was discovered by the ongoing commission of inquiry only the black natives are involved with questionable activities
our reporter was reliably informed that persons
from europe, asis and united states can set up any business on this tiny island and no questions the source of the money
Nonetheless, corruption is a universal problem in developed/advanced, emerging, and developing countries. It is prevalent in the UK, US, Europe, Canada, Australia, Africa, and Central and South America. It is in North America, Asia, South America, Europe, Africa and Oceania. It is a difficult problem to root out, for the leaders who should be rooting it out are knee deep in it. It is a vexing problem in poor Anglophone Caricom countries. All these governments are viewed as corrupt making it easy to set up business without any hardball questions.