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True meaning lost in Modern day Festival – Hon Andrew A. Fahie
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – First District Representative Honourable Andrew A. Fahie believes that Festival as celebrated of late has lost some of its meaning and that the Territory needs to get back to the true significance of what Festival is meant to celebrate and to ensure that there is no more enslavement of any kind.
‘Forget the nuclear family; make more children!’ – Rev. Dr Bentley Thomas
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – There is a campaign out to prevent black Caribbean families from becoming too large and this traces its way back to slavery when families were torn apart, said Reverend Dr. Bentley Thomas, who presented a sermon on Sunday August 3, 2014 at the Sunday Morning Well.
Hon Mark H. Vanterpool equates influencing of persons with slavery
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) challenged Virgin Islanders to remove the shackles of bondage that hold the Territory back from benefitting from a number of Government initiatives.
After 50-years, Are we moving forward or marching backward??
By Alred C. Frett
A Month of Black History: August should be considered as the real Black History Month from the Emancipation of Slavery 180-years ago to the Civil Rights March on Washington 50-years ago… Indeed until the late 1960’s/1970’s Social Laws designated Slave Descendants as less than Human with little or no acknowledged rights and for them to strive for fairness and justice meant certain prison or death.
Sometimes the hotter the water the stronger the steel!
By Alred C. Frett
After being threatened with contempt of court and years in prison because of my last article, it must be difficult for those of you who have given me so much support to understand me asking you to restrain from belittling or crucifying the Magistrate… I think she did as she thought fit and I appreciate her lessons and take her instruction to research and educate you most seriously.
Knowledge of slavery required for true Emancipation celebration - Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Talk Show host, Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka is of the belief that a stronger, more intimate knowledge of slavery is required in order to celebrate the Virgin Islands annual Emancipation Festival in its proper context.
Are VIslanders placing nationality before race?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With the Virgin Islands’ Emancipation Festival just concluded, a discussion on race and the history of African descendants dominated the Umoja radio forum last evening, August 15, 2013 and it was implied that descendants of Africans may be putting their nationality ahead of their race.
VI had highest rate of runaway slaves in British Caribbean – Dr Angel Smith
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands (VI) possessed the highest rate of runaways in the entire British Caribbean during slavery, according to Dr Angel Smith.
Woman allegedly fired for eating ice-cream on the job!
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI – A resident of Cane Garden Bay is calling for justice as she claims that persons working at a popular restaurant in the area are being treated as “slaves” as they are not being allowed to eat or snack while on the job and if found defaulting are subjected to disciplinary action and verbal abuse.
21st Century Blacks should stop blaming Whites for their Plight
By Alred "AC" Frett
Black Man needs no help from the White Man in destroying himself:
February 2013 has arrived and again we celebrate another Black History Month which implies some inherent degree of Affirmative Action and Racism… However, while we should never forget the injustices of Slavery, it would be equally wrong to become stuck in the mentality of blaming the White Race and others for the devious actions or in-actions of our own Brothers and Sisters.
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