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The ONLY "Noise" I'm Hearing Is Coming From The "Ole Coolies" and "Old Douglas" On WST

Before I begin, I would like to share with you ALL, my attitude and opinions on RACISM. A couple years ago I wrote the following poem, titled None Of My Friends Are Niggers:

None of my friends are niggers
Though many (of them) are of African descent.

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Institutional Racism - The Control of Arts, Education, and Culture in Trinidad & Tobago

Many WST members, fail to understand how the mechanisms of "institutional racism" operate. We already see the "No Pan In The Classroom" issue taking "center stage". I wanted to share with you a more close-up view of how this form (of racism and race 

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No Pan For Indian Arrival Day.

No pan for Indian Arrival Day.

Just Indian dancers and an' tassa like it was Hoosey

(Who say?)

Yeah, but Jack Warner was dey

(I doh know what Jack Wanna be...)

Buh, he coudda warn ah brudder!

Yuh mean tuh tell me that it ain't have one pan side, made

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Honoring Our Brothers And Sisters In The East Indian Community For Their Contributions To Pan

If anyone did the math, they would realize that the first time I played pan, I was in my early twenties. Although my dad was involved in the steelband movement, for some reason, he did not really encourage either of his sons to join a steelband, prob

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WTF. (And I don't mean World Taekwondo Federation.)

I awoke this morning, and decided to log into WST. I'm not sure if you all have been tuning in to the last 24 hour's postings, but I really had a "WTF" moment, when I saw SIDDS' latest postings. Now, in my opinion, I think this guy has some serious i

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