Cheddy ---
Funny, I know lots of folks in Nevis who think that Kittitians are
colonialists---54% at last count, I think.
And St. Johnians who think BOTH the US National Parks Service and the
Virgin Islands Legislature are colonialists.
And residents of Tobago who think that Trinidadians are expoiting them
pretty mercilessly. (actually I may agree to that!)
And folks in Frederiksted who think they are oppressed by people in
Christiansted.
In 1969 the people of Anguilla revolted against rule by St. Kitts. (That's
two out of three for St. Kitts---their flag's palm tree is getting pretty
raggedly)
I suspect if I lived in St. Martin, Statia or Saba that I would be pretty
sure I was being exploited by people in Curacao, if not Amsterdam.
And within memory, the fine french folks of St. Barths revolted against
their colonialist masters in Guadeloupe---and I have it on good authority
(well maybe I made that part up) that the residents of Baie St. Jean are
prepared to revolt against Gustavia..
Can't we just agree to let the Balkans practice infinite balkanization? and
the rest of us will just try to get along?
Or if we really want to mix it up, we can combine the discussion of
colonialism with the oppression of lingualism and bemoan the lack of
postings in authentic tongues of the people, like Taino or Ge or Gullah or
any of the mutually intellible or mutually unintelligible creoles or
patoises. Or even white people's tongues like Welsh, Gaelic or
Basque/Langue d'Oc.
Oh the vicious sardonicism of old fools....like me...
bruce potter for only himself....
At 12:04 PM 6/6/99 -0300, Cheddy Browne typed :
>i am overwhelmed at the number of People who have interest in the remaining
>colonies. We seem to be a rich area for study. What surprises me, is that
>not one of YOU have chosen to study or even mention the peculiar aspect of
>Colonialism and the fact that it still exists. It appears to me that most of
>You have assumed that Colonialism is normal and acceptable. Or maybe it is
>that Universities don't fund students who are researching the Anti-Colonial
>aspect of britains remaining Colonies.
>Every governor in the last 15 years has stated that Colonialism is an
>anachronistic system. However, it is still real, it still exists, and many
>of US decendents of the African Holocaust, the African slave system and its
>inheritor the Colonial system are still chaffing under the heavy handed
>Colonial bureaucracy that implements colonial policy.
>At a recent meeting on Decolonisation in St Lucia, the remaining colonies
>that were able to bypass roadblocks and get real representation all stated
>categorically, that no matter how small their population, so long as they
>and the (mother country) Administering Power were not kith and kin, they had
>no desire whatsoever to remain attached to their colonial masters.
>For your information here is a view from the bottom up of how the remaining
>colonies across the board view their status and relationship with england.
>Much of this is specific to Montserrat but there is enough from the
>remaining Colonies to allow any interested to draw a conclusion about how We
>all feel.
>regards
>cheddy browne
>http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/4751
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: A.L.Jeremiah <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, June 06, 1999 12:08 PM
>Subject: Another new subscriber
>
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I thought that I should introduce myself as well. I am an undergraduate
>> (not sure that I can really call myself an academic) studying Law and
>> Politics at Hull University in the UK. My primary
>> interest in subscribing to this list is expanding my knowledge about the
>> British Dependent Territories in the Caribbean. I have lived or spent
>> time in a few of the territories (most recently Turks and Caicos) and
>> am considering postgrad studies in this area after I graduate.
>> I am also writing a web site about the territories. It is in its very
>> early stages though because I am slowly teaching myself HTML. If anyone
>> has done any work about any of the territories I would be interested to
>> read it.
>>
>> Anna Jeremiah
>>
best wishes
bruce potter
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