The narrow approximately 20 mile stretch of road from Jerusalem to Jericho mentioned in the parable of the Samaritan (Lk. 10:30-37) was infested with robbers or bandits who hid out in the caves along the way. We are so familiar with it that we not only misname it the parable of the Good Samaritan (reflecting…
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Of ‘Black’ and ‘Negro’
On Monday night (Feb. 16), during an interview with me on Drive Time Live (HOT 102 FM in Jamaica) about my new book Revelations on Ras Tafari, host June Hines joined Rasta poet Mutabaruka in expressing mild disgust with my use of Negro as a synonym for Black in the context of the discussion and more so my use of certain craniofacial features to describe who a Black person is….