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A shift into the dark?
A shift into the dark?
I am not American. However, I recognize the United States of America for providing a model for democracy around the world. No, its democracy is not perfect, but it is earnest. In principle, it seeks on numerous levels to work against tyranny, to empower its citizenry. The execution of these has been far from perfect, but the ideals have been sound. There is a status post on Facebook that…
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A little perspective
Anyone who follows this blog is probably aware that partisan political commentary of the sort we prefer is not one of the things I do. That’s by design. In the first place, too many people in this nation engage in partisan political commentary, so much so that many of us believe that our governmental institutions have been set up for the benefit of political parties, rather than political parties…
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#wemarch like flamingoes
Something has changed in the air. Today, I took part in a peaceful march from Arawak Cay to Rawson Square in Nassau. I can’t easily articulate why, though. It was not a protest on my part. It was most certainly not a partisan gesture; I have come to consider Bahamian party politics (the only kind I can honestly talk about) a petty, visionless affair more concerned with personal vendettas than…
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Ethnography, the view from the ground, The Washington Post, & Trump voters
Ethnography, the view from the ground, The Washington Post, & Trump voters
No, it’s not your typical discussion of numbers, etc. I’m sharing this link (I’ve pored over many!) because it uses the techniques we use as anthropologists to understand the perspectives of people considered to be “other”. It looks at how engagement itself can become a road to empowerment. The end of the article, which quotes part of an interview with Kathy Cramer, a University of Wisconsin…
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#UB4me #UBBlue #UBProud (at The Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium)
#UBProud #UBBlue #UB4me
#UB4me #UBBlue #UBProud (at The Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium)
Waiting in the Press Room to go on the air during the live broadcast for Charter Day #UBProud #UBBlue #UB4me (at The Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium)
President Trump
President Trump: Voters vote they only way that they can. But they don't make free choices: they have no control over the ultimate outcome.
It’s impossible to let this day pass without writing something about this title. I let Brexit go by because, well, I was stunned; I said my piece on the Bahamian gender referendum because I was disappointed. But not to say something about this election, which was historic, yes, and not the way I had wanted, would be a travesty. So let me say this: yes, I am disappointed. Profoundly so. But can I…
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Hurricane Matthew: #massivefail (2)
Hurricane Matthew: #massivefail (2) I'm a citizen & a patriot, and ashamed of the way our government has responded to this disaster. (1) BPL
I’m writing this in the cool breeze and dark room of a home in an area which not only has yet to see electricity restored, but even to see any presence of our Power and Light company for blocks around.* Hurricane Matthew blew past us two weeks ago, and we have yet to return to normalcy. I am a citizen, and a patriot, and I am ashamed of the way in which our government has responded to this…
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Hurricane Matthew: #massivefail
It’s Tuesday. Two weeks ago, I was at the Philip A. Burrows Theatre at the Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts (aka the Black Box), watching Kim Brockington perform Zora and the Dicey Doh sing in the spirit of Joseph Spence. We were being Bahamian, being resilient, running our theatre festival up to the last minute possible before the monster storm Matthew was due to strike. I have to say, I…
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After Hurricane Matthew
(Sunday) I’m listening to a long and somewhat rambling address to the nation regarding Hurricane Matthew and its impact. Apart from having confirmation that this was the worst hurricane in almost a century to hit New Providence, there is not a whole lot of information that I have not heard before or that I cannot figure out for myself. If I were marking the presentation, I would deduct points for…
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Facing the eye of the hurricane
Facing the eye of the hurricane
Well, Hurricane Matthew’s on his way. I am too tired to type right now so I made a video to let you know what’s going on. This is the last thing I’m going to do in my home office, which is battened down like the house, before the storm hits. Am shutting down the computer, covering it with plastic, taking the hard drives, and going into the house.…
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Li(v)es that matter
Last week, following the exchanges that were taking place on travel advisories to the USA, I felt I should weigh in. I didn’t. The issues at hand seemed too big, too heavy to lift. And the discussion felt too old, the way in which it was moving too predictable. It’s as though all our arguments have worn two or three deep and well-trodden channels in the landscape of possibility, and whenever we…
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Love, Hate, Democracy and Christianity
Love, Hate, Democracy and Christianity
Bahamian pastors, I have a question for you. What did you preach about yesterday? It’s the first Sunday since the referendum, so I imagine that many congregations were engaged in praise and thanksgiving for the Bahamas’ rejection of changes to the status quo that might allow for gay marriage. But it was also the morning of a massacre. Did you preach about that? If you did, was Christ your…
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Gilbert Morris on the Referendum
Gilbert Morris on the Referendum
In a well organized society, equality cuts both ways, and must include for instance changes to family law so that good fathers, can gain custody or have proper access to their children. Overall, I do not believe this referendum contributed to the good of The Bahamas. Governments of the Bahamas are too political and so undermine their credibility as constitutional arbiters. We cannot make the…
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Considering the constitution
The real victims of [the] unequal entitlement to Bahamian citizenship … are … children, regardless of their sex. The key provision in the Constitution, where the debate is framed around gender, but could also be framed around children’s rights … — Stephen Aranha “I want a Bahamas that ensures that no one can be discriminated against on the basis of sex, and all men and all women enjoy the same…
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