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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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Consul General R. N. Ramgoolam on "Afro-Trinidadian Culture".

"In a keynote address to mark Black History Month, Trinidad and Tobago Consul General Rudrawatee Nan Ramgoolam challenged Afro-Trinidadian young people to fulfill the richness of their cultural heritage. In a speech that detailed the history and sign

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NONE OF MY FRIENDS ARE NIGGERS by George D. Goddard

None of my friends are niggers Though many (of them) are of African descent. None of my friends are crackers Though many (of them) are of European ancestry. None of my friends are kikes Though many (of them) are of "Jewish" heritage. None of my frien

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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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Transcending race, ethnicity, color of skin and class through spiritual consciousness and pan.

The philosophical concept that the pan invention brought with it the ability to unite the differences created by race, ethnicity, skin color and class is becoming more and more prevalent in the overall modern writings of the history of pan by histori

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Are We "Musicians", Or Exotic Props Stuck In The Stereotype?

Recently, a call came in – someone was looking for a steel drum player for a local gig, and was referred to this one “working panman" from Trinidad; a Florida resident, and one of Boogsie's "crackshot" tenor pan players for Phase II. Negotiations wer

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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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