Subject Term: Aliens / Journal Title: The Voice

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Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Sewell,Tony (Author)
Format:: Newspaper Article
Publication Date:: 2001-01-15
Published:: London
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:: The Voice
Journal Title Details:: 943 : 9
Notes:: The irony of the black man with his top off - such as almost any black music star you care to mention - is that it doesn't say to me: "Look at this wonderful black man with his six-pack." We were never wanted for our minds, which was why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. We were flesh, a commodity, labour. As today's black man shows off his pride and joy, the modern billboard becomes the equivalent of yesteryear's slave stocks. The tragedy with the flesh doesn't end there. Too many of us are impressed by a black fascism which fails to question the oppressive power structures of idealised family structures or the obsession with genes, blood and national pride.

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Format:: Newspaper Article
Publication Date:: 1998-05-04
Published:: London, UK
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:: The Voice
Journal Title Details:: 804 : 11
Notes:: There are three reasons why I think we have missed the Windrush boat. The first is that we have not really controlled this event but allowed it to be run by `caring' local authorities. I never really understood why we should wait for grants from the council to construct our own memorial of significant anniversaries. This dependent or entitlement mentality has meant that we are always waiting for a handout to make things work. The irony of this is that those who came on the Windrush were in search of a better life where their own efforts counted for something compared to dread of their colonial existence in the Caribbean.

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