Dear Editor,
In the wake of the USA elections and a Trump win — who I do not believe is racist — the talk of racism (the inherent superiority of one race versus others) has only become more pronounced. That talk had gone nowhere, it was always a present distraction and illusion for some.
One thing, though, if we blacks kept focused and united to build our black people, economies and businesses so that they are strong globally, racism would be irrelevant. What we have more of, though, could be classified as a kind of economic apartheid.
We blacks can have our racial preferences too, and some of us do. Are we racists? Some of us refuse to worship white images of God, are we racists? Or prefer to see a blackman in Jamaica House or the USA’s presidential house, are we racists? Or would never have a white wife/husband or girlfriend/boyfriend, is that racism?
The white man or the Chinese or any race has a right to their racial preferences, and I have no problem. We blacks must stop playing the ass, make use of opportunities, live within our means, stop killing each other, unite, and be the best at what we do or what we are. That must be respected by all blacks, imitation whites, white or yellow people.
The media globally has been doing their listeners a disservice, especially in the USA, by fuelling misinformation regarding racism to the detriment of many ignorant and sometimes lazy-minded people who can turn deadly in many cases. Those rioters in America, to whom President-elect Trump has said “stop it”, could do more harm than good to the image of that great democracy America has been and still is. Does anyone recall China’s Tiananmen Square massacre where over one million pro- Democracy protesters participated in 1989? Over 10,000 were arrested and hundreds killed on the spot as tanks and troops rolled in, while others were sentenced to long prison terms while others executed?
Michael Spence
Liguanea PO, St Andrew
micspen2@hotmail.com
In the wake of the USA elections and a Trump win — who I do not believe is racist — the talk of racism (the inherent superiority of one race versus others) has only become more pronounced. That talk had gone nowhere, it was always a present distraction and illusion for some.
One thing, though, if we blacks kept focused and united to build our black people, economies and businesses so that they are strong globally, racism would be irrelevant. What we have more of, though, could be classified as a kind of economic apartheid.
We blacks can have our racial preferences too, and some of us do. Are we racists? Some of us refuse to worship white images of God, are we racists? Or prefer to see a blackman in Jamaica House or the USA’s presidential house, are we racists? Or would never have a white wife/husband or girlfriend/boyfriend, is that racism?
The white man or the Chinese or any race has a right to their racial preferences, and I have no problem. We blacks must stop playing the ass, make use of opportunities, live within our means, stop killing each other, unite, and be the best at what we do or what we are. That must be respected by all blacks, imitation whites, white or yellow people.
The media globally has been doing their listeners a disservice, especially in the USA, by fuelling misinformation regarding racism to the detriment of many ignorant and sometimes lazy-minded people who can turn deadly in many cases. Those rioters in America, to whom President-elect Trump has said “stop it”, could do more harm than good to the image of that great democracy America has been and still is. Does anyone recall China’s Tiananmen Square massacre where over one million pro- Democracy protesters participated in 1989? Over 10,000 were arrested and hundreds killed on the spot as tanks and troops rolled in, while others were sentenced to long prison terms while others executed?
Michael Spence
Liguanea PO, St Andrew
micspen2@hotmail.com