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And on a lighter note, this is my afternoon.

NAH WORRYS, NUH HAFFI LET GO….IT JUZZA BAJAN TING….NOW NUK IFFI BUK :P

Ethnic Minority Dominance in a Small-Island-Developing-State and the Implications for Development: The Case of Barbados:

The plantation system in the Caribbean has been likened to a total institution, which created its own cultural, political and economic ethos. A clear-cut, well-defined hierarchical structure, based on race, class and caste flowed from the plantation system.

Plantations became total institutions because they imbibed a dichotomous relation of dominated and dominant, whereby just as in a prison or a mental institution the inmate is resocialized into a new set of values, so too the African slave was ‘seasoned’ to remove his culture and basic self. Therefore, modern Barbadian society is a direct consequence of the plantation system’s all-encompassing value system which brought together several culturally and racially different groups of people, meant to coexist in order to satisfy Barbados’ incorporation into the world capitalist system as a plantation hinterland.

- Haajima Degia, June 2007

A fascinating read.

Sir Charles Williams, one of the richest men in Barbados and the single-largest landowner on the island, claims to be a self-made multi-millionaire, who has benefited in no way from his race in a society whose most affluent also happen to be white. This UK-produced documentary excerpt adequately kisses his ass.

Navy Diver 2nd Class Ryan Arnold snorkels on the surface to monitor multinational divers below. by Official U.S. Navy Imagery on Flickr.

New Problem Child: WAISTLINE [2011 Barbados/SVG][Tite Choonz Riddim, Prod. By Kirk Arthur]

New Mr. Dale: WOW [2011 Babrados Crop Over][Tite Choonz Riddim, Produced By Kirk Arthur]

A photo I took on my last trip to Barbados

Shout out to all these people visiting from around the world!

“The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.” - Bahá’u’lláh