Comments on: Should Barbadians fear a multicultural society?

By: Barbados Underground from Saint Michael, Barbados

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:44:58 +0000

The author is entitled to his opinion of course.

In our opinion he neglects to elaborate on three points:

1. The Caricom experiment which sees Barbados and Trinidad being the magnet countries in the flow of immigrants. Remember Caricom is a collection of poor countries compared to other common markets/economic groupings.

2.The impact of an ethnic population i.e.Indo-Guyanese which are emigrating from a political, economic and racially stiffed country.

3. Emigrants who are provoked by economic considerations only usually adopt a clannish behaviour. In a small island like Barbados this is undesirable.

There are other points the author needs to develop to expose this issue.

By: Michelle Cave from Sachsen, Germany

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:58:46 +0000

I’ve read a couple of your articles now Zak.
They are good, insightful.
This one though doesn’t go deep enough into the Bajan psyche, even the Bajan fear of shall we call it change, being upstaged, intrusion by other, better…for it to have done justice to some rather good tenets that you’ve put forward. Good effort though!

By: Kalebarkab from Hessen, Germany

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:32:32 +0000

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By: Marcus from Saint Michael, Barbados

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:09:56 +0000

I have a sneaky feeling that ‘Shupes’ may find anything ‘academic’ to be ‘baloney’. Come on, what you said there is a blatant stereotype. Indians hate black people ergo we should get them out because they will hate black people in Barbados too.

By: Shupes from Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:24:40 +0000

When de canadians gih back de indians de land dat duh tief, then ya all can be a paragon of virtue. Until then bajans dont want to hear from the likes o you because indo-guyanese are a problem. They dont co-exist well with black in guyana so i dont know why wunna think dat when duh get on a plane and come to barbados dat duh gonna leave duh prejudices behind. They simply travel with their prejudices, they dont need to pack dem in a suitcase, there are in their hearts. So Zak, a lot of academic baloney – please call a spade a spade.

By: Wanderer from Saint Michael, Barbados

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:07:44 +0000

Great article, Zak. Indeed it is a self fulfilling prophecy. They have already formed ghettos and very few of them want to/are accepted when they attempt to integrate. Maybe we’re already beyond the bend – I wonder if there’s any turning back?

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Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:18:54 +0000

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