TRIUMPH OF THE “UNDERCLASS”
By Hubert Williams
Boston, Massachusetts, October 21, 2014 — In 2003, in a lengthy document sent the office of Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, reacting to her extremely well presented book “Living History”, I had expressed misgivings over societal weaknesses and the emerging role of well-educated, highly-placed working women which could have the unintended consequence under Democracy of an ‘underclass’ literally controlling small jurisdictions such as those in the English-speaking Caribbean… and, in the fullness of time, large jurisdictions, too.
She is absolutely a “women’s libber” and a very strong proponent of an education system which separates girls and boys, particularly at the secondary and tertiary levels. Of her own experience at Wellesley College in Boston (one of the world’s foremost women’s universities), she wrote:
“Unlike some of the smart girls in my high school, who felt pressure to forsake their own ambitions for more traditional lives, my Wellesley classmates wanted to be recognized for their ability, hard work and achievements. This may explain why there is a disproportionate number of women’s college graduates in professions in which women tend to be under-represented.” Continue reading
Bridgetown, Barbados, Jan 14, 2013 — There is something rotten in the Port of Bridgetown, but the circumstances are of such that it will not be easy for the authorities to unmask all of the perpetrators, because those involved likely operate in groups and most probably guard each other’s backs.
Running Back Home to a Guyanese ‘Crismus’ – by Hubert Williams (1975)
A treat by Hubert Williams, who does his own “creole ting”…. Caribbean Contact, December, 1975.
Our Thanks to Param Sharma for retyping this old article by Hubert Williams and submitting it to Guyanese Online.
All roun de wurl dey gone lookin for greener pastures, but den evry year-end droves o’ dem duz cum runnin back home cause, dey tel we, noway else aint gat Crismus like Guyana Crismus.
Jus look at dem: in fancy clothes an big kickah shoes wuh dey pic outa catalog, talkin wid akcent an spennin money wile. But is true wuh dese Guyanese immigrunts seh … we crismus is boss.
Is really a potpourri of a lotta tings. We duz celebrate it wid de frenzy of Latin Americans, riddum of West Indians, de appetite of Africans an’ Asians, likker-guzzing capacity of Europeans, an de staying power of de Vietcong.
Is dats why noway else cyant match we Crismus. Continue reading →
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