Rick Lowe
In a recent blog by Nicolette Bethel over at Blogworld entitled On Holding One Other in Contempt she starts out by saying:
"There’s an affliction that strikes countries whose histories come out of colonialism. It’s one of the legacies that dangles on, like a dying but not-quite-dead jellyfish, wrapping its tentacles over whatever it can reach, spreading its venom to newer and newer generations. It’s the sense that what happens in your space of the world, what takes place in your territory, is not quite real. It isn’t really happening to proper people. What is real, or important, or of anything significance at all, happens Over There — in the Real World, where Real People Live. Where we inhabit are the realms of the shadow people." [More...]
Your not so humble blogger left the following comment:
I’m often left bewildered why colonialism is still blamed for this stuff after all these years. Surely we only have ourselves to blame at this stage of the game (42 years of self rule…3 or 4 generations)? What am I missing?
Can our WeblogBahamas visitors provide an answer?
