By D. Markie Spring
Turks and Caicos Islands
When God created man, He did so in His own likeness!
Nowhere have I known that God breathed into a ‘black man,’ ‘white man,’
or an ‘Asian,’ or any other so-called races. Neither did He make any of
these humans superior to the other. However, there are people of one
kind that devote their chief energies to thinking that they are superior
to another.
Often, I refuse to use the word ‘race’ as I do not believe in ‘races.’
Conversely, I believe that there are people that happened to look
differently on the outside, but on the inside the human body, regardless
of differences on the outer layout of the person, our hearts, lungs,
intestines and other body parts are shaped the same, located at the same
dimensions of the body and have the same functions. Our blood is the
same colour and it operates in the same areas of the body, transported
by endless veins and arteries.
God is an omniscient Being and knew that the world would be one boring
place without differences. Imagine a world filled with blacks or whites,
or Asians. Visualize a world with one culture or language, or for that
matter one climate. When fast forwarded in time, the world would seem
like an austere, monastic, rootless ‘out-of-shape’ ball wriggling on its
axis while it dances around the blazing hot sun, tormented into a
monotonous brutish environment.
These facts have rejuvenated and given rise to modern day imperialism
and colonialism. One would think that imperialism and colonialism have
aged and that the world has rid these economic and financial,
nonetheless, political exploitations – think again!
West Indians look around! The facts are surfacing and are evident like
the shining stars in the night sky. Henceforth, the big regional
cooperation are dominated, controlled and directed by mega metropolitan
centres headquartered in the outer sphere of the Caribbean; and
nonetheless, establishing and expanding settlements within the Caribbean
Basin.
Furthermore, the colonizers are hiring liked-figured people, giving the
impression that the regional boys and girls cannot perform certain
categories of jobs, especially at management levels. West Indians are
given the duties of the dirty jobs and lower end jobs when they are more
experienced and qualified that the colonizers and their liked
creatures; and their only experience and qualifications stems from their
pale outlook.
They set up a ‘New World Order’ that is constantly and consistently
merchandizing their kind into the work force; dodging all legality of
the requirements, regulations and policies that directs the system. And
for those of us who have made it to certain level, we ended up being
paid at twice as lower than the non-West Indians on the jobs.
However, it must be noted that not all are the same, but there are the
legitimate few who tend to contribute meaningfully to the regional
economies and aid in lifting the standards of living for citizens.
Along this path, we cannot solely blame the imperialist-colonizers for
their actions, but the local authorities, including our government,
business entrepreneurs and lawmakers for solely concentrating on holding
back one another especially those from neighboring islands and their
constant disregard to neo-colonizers that are secretly spreading their
empires.
Astoundingly, this fascist doctrine defeats the lure of economic
infrastructure, such as the ironic fate of the ‘Education Revolution’ in
SVG, the surge for independence in the Turks and Caicos, or does it
subjugate the strife for political and economic stability within the
region?
Already, we are witnessing the aftermath of these two phenomena; impacts
that are both immense and pervasive – and effects that are both instant
and protracted on our societies from inequality, exploitation,
enslavement, trade expansion and the creation of new literature and
cultural institutions.
Our fall is subsequent to our failure in accepting our own while the rest take advantage of the vacuum within our system!
Wake up!
June 27, 2012
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