Comments on: Reparations march riddled with hypocrisy

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 14:22:51 +0000

All I can say is WOW. This article screams ignorance and a complete lack of understanding why there must be reparations all over the world with regards to the longest and largest of stolen, enslaved, murdered, tortured, and psychologically damaging of human beings in modern times. Slavery is only part of it. The complete decimation of Africa is also due justice, as are other indigenous people. Reparations must be paid to the ancestors of slaves throughout the world. Could come in many ways. ..free college, no interest house loans, no money down on first home, cash, free medical for the next several generations, and then we can all move forward. Time for the world to admit, recognize, teach, learn, and pay for past atrocities. This wasn’t one of humanity’s lesser evils. This was the biggest atrocity in modern if not all human times. How dare you try to brush it under the rug. No one says that when Jews, Hiroshima survivors, Rwanda survivors, Japanese interred people etc…and those don’t even come close in size or length of the colonization and enslavement of the African people. Shame on you.

By: Joy

Joy — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 08:04:08 +0000

I cant tell if this is satire or just plain dumb…given the author’s previous articles ill go with dumb.not worth a rebuttal! LOL

By: Dee

Dee — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 06:56:11 +0000

It’s evident from reading the above article that the author has no idea what the march in question was about. Do not think it went unnoticed that there is NOT ONE interview contained in the article and therefore the so called article was laced with Mr Dingwall’s opinion.

For your information, Mr (keyboard warrior) Dingwall, the march was organised to highlight the plight of former African and West Indian colonies and requesting reparation for the impact the transatlantic slave trade had on these countries and peoples. No research, no enquiry just you, Mr Dingwall, sitting behind a keyboard, typing about things you know nothing about. I guess quoting from a few banners constitutes research and investigation right? As someone who was there myself I would be in a better position to comment on the event than you as I am left with no doubt, after reading the tosh you submit as an article, was just second hand observation formed from reading a few articles and/or photographs was it not Mr Dingwall? Me thinks you need to go back to school and hone your art…and I’m not talking journalism school neither, Elementary school would more be in order, as you need to go back to basics

You’re doing the Caribbean people an disservice by producing such ill-informed rubbish and you St Lucia Star are casting doubt on your own credibility by reproducing such rubbish.