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Jun
30
On Consideration
June 30, 2003 | Leave a Comment
When I was sixteen, I had the opportunity to spend two years at the Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific. These were revolutionary years for me. The college was founded on principles of internationalism, something about which we learn very little in this country as a rule, and it had [...]
Jun
23
On Oral Culture
June 23, 2003 | 1 Comment
Have you ever been to a funeral, been handed the lovely funeral booklet with the dead person’s photo on the front and the obituary inside, read that obituary to pass the time because you got to the funeral an hour early to ensure you got a seat, and then wondered why you had to sit [...]
Jun
16
On Print and Power
June 16, 2003 | Leave a Comment
There’s an email making the rounds (I received it several months ago) entitled “Blacks Don’t Read”. Being Black, I read it. The general message of the email is simple and thought-provoking: that one of the reasons that African-Americans are still second-class citizens in their country is that they don’t read.
The email isn’t talking about [...]
Jun
6
On Culture
June 6, 2003 | Leave a Comment
Just recently I had the pleasure of teaching a young man who proclaimed that Wendy’s is as Bahamian as the Bamboo Shack. The reaction I get when I tell people about him is the same every time: a look of disbelief, a laugh, a scornful comment along the lines of “He mussee ain [...]