Daily Archives: 04/04/2019

Guyana Politics: AFC calls for Constitutional Amendment on Dual Citizenship

04/04/2019 – 3:41 am

AFC calls for Constitutional Amendment

 Apr 04, 2019 – Kaieteur News – By Kiana Wilburg –

Raphael Trotman

Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) , Raphael Trotman, is of the firm conviction that the time has come to amend the constitutional provision, which stipulates that a dual citizen cannot sit in the National Assembly.

He expressed this view yesterday at his party’s press conference, which was held at the AFC’s Head Office in Kitty. Responding to questions from Kaieteur News on the said provision, Trotman noted that it essentially shuts the door on the Diaspora. The lawyer commented, too, that it is doing the nation a disservice.        Continue reading →

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Stop Racism Indoctrination – Only One Race: The Human Race – Jane Elliott Video

04/04/2019 – 2:20 am

Anti-Racism Educator Jane Elliott: ‘There’s Only One Race. The Human Race’ | NBC BLK | NBC News

Known for her “blue-eyed, brown-eyed” experiment, where she ran her class as though the children with brown eyes were superior to children with blue eyes, educator Jane Elliott has spent the last 50 years fighting racism.

Jane Elliott (née Jennison;[2][3] born May 27, 1933) is an American former third-grade schoolteacher, anti-racism activist, and educator. She is known for her “Blue eyes–Brown eyes” exercise. She first conducted her famous exercise for her class the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. When her local newspaper published compositions that the children had written about the experience, the reactions (both positive and negative) formed the basis for her career as a public speaker against discrimination.    Continue reading →

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BREXIT: ‘The People Have Spoken – The Bastards’ – By Frank Lee

04/04/2019 – 1:43 am

BREXIT: ‘The People Have Spoken – The Bastards’ – By Frank Lee

The whole brouhaha around Brexit has amply demonstrated the under-hand tactics used by the losing side post-2016 referendum. There seems no dirty trick that the PTB and their useful idiots will not employ in their ongoing campaign to keep the UK in the prison of the EU and keep the sinking ship of the EU afloat.

The counter-revolution campaign contained of 4 discrete but interconnected segments.

READ MORE – BREXIT: ‘The People Have Spoken – The Bastards’ – By Frank Lee

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UK to pay up to £200m in compensation to Windrush victims – The Guardian UK

04/04/2019 – 1:36 am

UK to pay up to £200m in compensation to Windrush victims – The Guardian UK

22nd June 1948: MV Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury Docks in London

The home secretary, Sajid Javid, has announced that the government will pay up to £200m in compensation to people whose lives were damaged by the Home Office’s mistaken classification of thousands of long-term British residents as illegal immigrants.

The announcement comes almost a year after the government admitted that its treatment of the Windrush generation had been “appalling” and promised reform of its immigration system and compensation to those affected by hostile environment policies.

“Nothing we say or do will ever wipe away the hurt, the trauma, the loss that should never have been suffered by the men and women of the Windrush generation, but together we can begin to right the wrongs of Windrush,” Javid said.

READ MORE: UK to pay up to £200m in compensation to Windrush victims

 

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USA: Some students get into college the hard way; they earn it – By Mohamed Hamaludin

04/04/2019 – 12:25 am

Some students get into college the hard way; they earn it

By MOHAMED HAMALUDIN

News that the FBI charged 50 rich people in a bribery scheme to get their  low academically achieving daughters and sons into Ivy League schools has been making headlines around the country.

Perhaps less known are the instances in which low-income African American students have made it into top schools the hard way: They earned it.

Jakelia Baker, 17, of Augusta, Ga., applied to 65 colleges and was accepted by 55 and offered scholarships worth $1.3 million, The Washington Post reported on Friday. The Lucy Craft Laney High School student in Augusta will graduate in May as valedictorian with a 4.1 GPA. She has taken honors and Advanced Placement classes, served as president of the National Honor Society and the student council, excelled at sports and found time for extracurricular activities.          Continue reading →

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