The time has come to move from rhetoric to action, but even this challenge could become another case of rhetoric, if we do not design the institutions through which action can be achieved. – Michael Manley Errol Miller’s latest two volume work, Elections and Governance: Jamaica on the Global Frontier – The Colonial Years and … More Institutional Design
Every Black History Month for the last 20 years I have deliberately sought to circulate articles from my blog “The Half Not Told” in an attempt at kindling a conversation, hopefully a balanced conversation, an honest conversation, a hard-to-have conversation about race … and race like family, like nationality, like social group and faith community … More Sacred Stories – The hard problem of RACE
This past week, I learned that another mind-warrior (that special breed of historian that directly engages mental slave masters) has transitioned to past permanent – Runoko Rashidi, … More A sense of history
Having just watched our own national ritual of ancestor worship, I am reminded of Jesus’ frustration: “In vain do they worship me teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.” The New English Translation says “Their teachings are merely human rules/commandments. Jesus knew that for worship to be effective, it has to be both sincere and … More Heroes Day Reflections
There is no grammatical mistake in the title. I am not asking us to identify ourselves. I am asking us to identify our ‘we’. When you say ‘we’, who is that? ‘We’ is not a plural pronoun. (Forget what you learned in school. It’s wrong.) ‘Us’ is a singular entity. A union. An amalgam. A … More Who is we?
The deployment of psychological weapons in the subjugation of conquered peoples is a strategy widely recognized. Naked aggression might win wars but it does not efficiently subjugate conquered peoples. It tends to foment rebellion and create instability. As much as global multi-culturalism, with its promise of increased international harmony, is a welcome break from the … More Black History – Day 5 Brown vs Black
The Bible is not my authoritative frame of reference for many things, Certainly not for Nuclear Physics, nor Information Technology. I’m sure the same is true for you. The very notion that that simple statement jars some is a sign of what Dr. David Kuk, former head of Apologetics at The United Theological College of … More Black identity – Day 4 Black History Month
The story of Nehanda can pose a problem to those who would deftly try to fit the history of the world into a dogmatic theology. It might not be a perfect fit. From the ancient annals of Zimbabwe – the story of Mbuya Nehanda.
If there is an ongoing Great Philosophical Debate between Science and Religion, there is an equally salient if less public debate between the claims of Religion and those of History. The very allegation that sacred texts, in an attempt to establish as fact some particular cultural narrative or cosmological idea, make quasi-historical claims, is offensive … More Black History Month – Day 2
Welcome, I’ve decided to promote my Blog: The Half not told – Black History without the whitewash during Black History Month. In my most popular article last month, To bow or not to bow I mentioned the fact that we’ve been around for quite a while (Africans). Certainly longer than anyone else. Who we are … More Black History Month – Day 1
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