BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – One of the inescapable incidents of man’s inhumanity to man is the need for reflection on events which some of us would rather forget.
Slavery, in our case, and the Holocaust, in the case of the Jews, are two examples of such atrocities, but modern-day ethnic cleansing and the whole colonial experience also come to mind.
Two recent news items brought us face to face with this need to reflect, if only to ensure that we honour the contribution of our forbears. The recent publication by Sir Hilary Beckles, a well known academic and social and economic historian, of his latest work entitled Britain’s Black Debt, is an important contribution to a balanced and proper appreciation of our past as a people once suffering under the yoke of colonialism.
