Dear Editor,
Whenever a person of colour gets near some money in Jamaica it always seems to end up in great controversy, even if it is a mirage, as is the case in the "Outameni controversy".
Until the critics of this deal are assured that Lennie Little-White did not and will never receive a cent of this money in his hands they are going to continue their protests.
It is very obvious that what has upset these people is a black man being paid over $180 million for a piece of land which, in their estimation, is worth much less.
A recent cartoon in the Jamaica Observer that shows Little-White with the words "black man time" across his shirt takes me back to the financial crisis of the 1990s, which was initiated by a few black men challenging the upper end of the financial system. It was said at the time that it was black man time now, not by these brave men, but as a call to arms by those who were in control of all of the money.
When the slaves were sent here from West Africa the ships carried slaves from different tribes who were still fighting among themselves. The deep distrust and hatred for each other continued, and as I watched the news on television on Thursday evening, the line-up of protesters indicated to me that the descendants of those that came on those slave ships are still with us.
Until we learn that all of this is designed to keep us poor, we will always be protesters with only a bus fare in our pockets.
Ken Spencer
Kingston 8
ken3_1999@yahoo.com
Plain old black infighting
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Whenever a person of colour gets near some money in Jamaica it always seems to end up in great controversy, even if it is a mirage, as is the case in the "Outameni controversy".
Until the critics of this deal are assured that Lennie Little-White did not and will never receive a cent of this money in his hands they are going to continue their protests.
It is very obvious that what has upset these people is a black man being paid over $180 million for a piece of land which, in their estimation, is worth much less.
A recent cartoon in the Jamaica Observer that shows Little-White with the words "black man time" across his shirt takes me back to the financial crisis of the 1990s, which was initiated by a few black men challenging the upper end of the financial system. It was said at the time that it was black man time now, not by these brave men, but as a call to arms by those who were in control of all of the money.
When the slaves were sent here from West Africa the ships carried slaves from different tribes who were still fighting among themselves. The deep distrust and hatred for each other continued, and as I watched the news on television on Thursday evening, the line-up of protesters indicated to me that the descendants of those that came on those slave ships are still with us.
Until we learn that all of this is designed to keep us poor, we will always be protesters with only a bus fare in our pockets.
Ken Spencer
Kingston 8
ken3_1999@yahoo.com
Plain old black infighting
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