What does it even mean “pro-life” in a world where so many seem comfortable with an ever-climbing death toll at the hands of a virus if it means they get to enjoy their lives as they see fit? The same people aren’t particularly bothered by extrajudicial police killings, maternal and infant mortality rates, or even making sure that children have enough to eat.
I have to ask what it is Trinbagonians really want at this point of the neverending shitshow. The hard truth that our big, hardback, 59-year-old nation needs to fully face is that this is a PANdemic and it is not over.
Authority does not exist in a vacuum. People vest power and authority in individuals and organisations so they can fulfil their responsibilities. We give them the authority so that they may serve in our best interests.
It’s one thing to be caught in a terrifying global scenario and understand the need to hold strain until things get better. It’s another thing entirely to sit and watch as other people’s (thoughtless at best, selfish at worst) actions extend everyone’s suffering nearly two years later. Even as the tools to improve everyone’s circumstances are right there.
I’m not saying “The Black Jacobins” should be on the primary school curriculum. I’m simply saying that, as a nation still struggling mightily with the lessons our former colonial masters taught, we should probably be doing better than this when it comes to educating our children about their history.
Whether we’re pursuing excellence in our fields or striving to keep a roof over our heads and food in our stomachs during a pandemic, we deserve REST.
When I see a billionaire spending vast amounts of money to send a penis-shaped rocket to outer space for a few minutes ✨during a pandemic✨… I have questions.
At this point in the pandemic, isn’t it time to finally pull our heads out of our collective backsides and actually work together on this?
It’s difficult to tell the true story of Haiti and still claim the kind of moral superiority the “developed world” needs in order to wield influence on a global scale. It’s no less challenging to claim a divine right to rule if you’re being honest about the kind of brutality you’ve inflicted in order to do so.
What if we ditched SEA exam and finally decided that all ah we is *actually* one and therefore every single child deserves to be provided with a meaningful education?