at a time when bda is enjoying a good economy and is being hailed as the most stable blk majority country in the world - it's sad that some haterz are trying to be as negative as possible - and even trying to compare us to what is going on in kenya - which is a.) racist because other than that govt. having the same skin colour as many in the plp we have nothing else in common - b.) ironic considering that many of the problems that african countries are experiencing are as a direct result of european colonial rule
what is also sad is that these scaremongers are unknowingly carrying on a racist tradition that some white bdans have been practicing for years- and guess what the sky hasn't fallen yet:
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in 1902, Pastor Charles Monk of Allen Temple in somerset stood up for the rights of black people when he published accounts of the mistreatment of black laborers working at the Royal Naval Dockyard in his newspaper the New Era - Monk was quickly charged and found guilty* of criminal libel and spent 6 months in jail, - the press of the day stressed that Monks behavior and paper would threaten the "stability" of bda.
in 1920 Reverend Richard Tobbitt of the Richard Allen Church in St. Georges was the respected headmaster at St. Georges Parish school, one of only 2 high schools for black children on the island. However when then governor, Willcocks discovered that Tobbitt was a "garveyite" espousing black empowerment in bermuda, he instructed the govt. and the board of education to threaten the AME church (who ran the school) that they'd cut off funds to the school unless Tobbitt was fired. teh govt. felt that the presence of black empowerment in bda would threaten our "stability".
in the 40s dr. e. f. gordon tried to create a unified front while lobbying for fair labor practices and for Black representation on the powerful all white Labour Board thus ushering in a powerful era of union representation in bda. the govt. of the day felt that the labour union would threaten the "stability" of the island.
in 1959, dockworker joe mills formed a unified front for the dock workers under the BIU against the unfair practices of the stevedores. the stevedores engineered dissidence among union members by a.) using a smear campaign against mills and b.) encouraging the formation of a rival union, because they felt that a powerful dockworkers union would threaten the "stability" of bda.
in 1965 the BIU clashed with belco over working conditions and wages at the power company. the govt. and the press of the day attacked the BIU saying that the strike that they called would threaten the "stability" of the island.
in the 80s, while the PLP was making headway the UBP started scare-mongering about the PLP being pro communist and that they would chase business away from the island and threaten our "stability".
in the late 90s with the PLP on the verge of success - the UBP and some biz leaders warned that if a plp govt. was elected that IB would flee and that our "stability" would be threatened.
a decade later bda is a bigger player in IB than ever.
in 2007 the PLP govt. proposed laws to ensure that everyone shares in the economic prosperity of the island - the UBP and it's supporters warn that this will threaten the 'stability" of our island.
it seems that anytime blk bda asks for equality it will threaten the 'stability" of our island.
it was lie 100 years ago and it's a lie today.
