Log In

Dear Sir, I would like to have the opportunity to respond to the letter published in the December 23 issue of The Royal Gazette called “Letters that should not be promoted” by (Member of Parliament) Rolfe Commissiong and which was written in reply to...

Bermuda’s recent commemoration of the life of Nelson Mandela provided an occasion for pioneering civil rights activist Georgine Hill to call for unity in the Island. Now 95, Ms Hill, an early foe of segregation in Bermuda, offered to help fund the tr...

October 1, 2013 Dear Sir, I recently heard the Premier’s impassioned comments in reference to his job initiative and race. He, like others, must remember that, as a result of almost two hundred years of the unabashed practice of white supremacy and w...

29 September 2013 Dear Sir, For a long time I have felt a burning desire to discuss the issue of race specifically to white Bermudians through a public forum such as this newspaper. I can not wrap myself around the thought that white Bermudians do no...

Today marks 50 years since the landmark US Civil Rights-era gathering widely known as the March on Washington, and the delivery of Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have A Dream” speech to the 250,000 participants in front of the Lincoln Memorial. For B...

July 20, 2013 Dear Sir, The US President’s rhetorical question: What would have been the reaction if it had been Trayvon Martin with a gun who shot George Zimmerman because he felt threatened for being followed, probably can be answered without ambig...