Submitted by Old Onion Bags
Where does Mac Fingall get off with his absolute rude and crude behaviour, Monday at the Christ Church Foundation School’s Black History Month celebrations?
For those not privy to the goings on, Mac infront the school’s filled auditorium, did the unforgivable. In a nutshell he informed all in attendance, that people(obviously includes classmates) of a fairer complexion, owe their colour to the fact,that a white man indignantly raped their great great grandmothers.
C’mon Mac, we all know you can’t say that. (Even if it were in some cases true). Not when you a retired school teacher from the Lodge School, and today a mentor for many young inmates at Dodds Prison, a societal icon, just recently received a Barbados Service Star.
No Mac, such could be termed provocative and racial insighting behaviour, that if misconstrued by the Foundation’s School students, could lead to disharmony at the Prime Minister’s old school. Now we wouldn’t want that,right Mac?
Listen Mac, Jack ya behaving Slack….hence the Flak. Ya owe the school an apology for such unsavoury behaviour. In future Inspector Bacon, do consider your audience before starting one of your oppressive and haughty omelettes. Ya hear muh Jack?
247 responses to “Come on Mac, Where is Your Class?”
@Deeword
You sure you read what I wrote?
I made the point that in places like Thailand and China darker people are generally Field workers and so society tends to favour lighter skinned citizens and as such it had nothing to with Whitey in certain countries.
My own wife’s mother would tell my wife off if she went out in the Sun too much and indeed the use of parasols in the East is for the reasons I stated.
@Alien
I have no way of being sure, BUT it is in the realm of possibility that a very intellectually advanced group from extra terrestrial sources spliced some DNA!
They might have been Angels? We know of certain entities (giants et al ) that loved Earthling females and mated with them according to the Bible. I doubt Earthlings were familiar with DNA, thousands of years ago indeed 50 yrs back!
Many waste time on skin when we supposedly all originated in Africa anyway. Humans just love division and fragmentationin many different forms!
@Miller
I have long been pissed off with those Bajans who did not want to share Sir Garfield and M Ali wid me! They were my icons as much as any black kids.
I still enjoy annoying some pun here by pointing out that technically Tiger W is Thai if any one “racial” designation is to be used.
I cant confirm how much if any black blood I may have BUT certainly there are Bajans who have a significant proportion of my lineages blood who are not 100% Caucasian.
But why do you think that many so-called white Bajans, pack their offspring , especially daughters, off to refrigerated Canada?
Stay in these hot climes, and eventually the tar brush will daub them.
I applaud the courage of Mac Fingall to delve into this issue. This issue of shadism within the Caribbean is a common theme which has shaped our mind-set dating back to the time when the first white European forced himself onto one of our womenfolk. What was the result of this unholy reunion? Well we know the answer to this.
I believe that Mac Fingall made a fundamental assertion that those of light-skinned descent should delve carefully into their history in order to assess the origin of their pigmentation and how they (light-skinned people) were able to make gains due to their pigmentation at the expense of their darker skin brothers and sisters.
Their history is nothing to be of proud of and should be seen as a source of profound shame. I do not need to elaborate on this point as those who contribute to the BU forum are all reasonably intelligent people.
Unless we in the Caribbean are prepared to discuss our dirty linen, our hypocritical and our shameful past we will forever continue to stumble towards a bleak future. We Barbadians have always been in denial of our history and are clearly unwilling or incapable of discussing it.
What a pity that it has taken a light-skinned Bajan to speak the truth! To those who feel offended by his words and tone – I do not give a damn!
I still remember being shocked in 1974-75 that the prevailing opinion in the UK was that Black fellas would not perform well in the EPL, at that time I doubt they were any except maybe Cyril Regis. However, there were a few gents around known as Pele and Black Pearl? Who says whiteys cant be dumb as rass!
Exclaimer i also have the courage to shout fire in a crowded theatre because it is the truth, ja
Exclaimer February 8, 2015 at 4:52 PM #: “… dating back to the time when the first white European forced himself onto one of our womenfolk…”
You may also explore to what extent our womenfolk have welcomed such force and how the extent of their receptiveness of such force has impacted on Black people. Have our womenfolk contributed to our current position?
… disproportionately?
@ MoneyBrain February 8, 2015 at 4:36 PM
“I cant confirm how much if any black blood I may have BUT certainly there are Bajans who have a significant proportion of my lineages blood who are not 100% Caucasian.”
And if you can you ought to be proud of your dual or multi-heritage.
The same way that ‘variety is the spice of life’ miscegenation is the best protection against the genetic ravages of Nature’s inefficiencies. Just look at the variegation that exists among the flora and fauna on our blue planet. The bees and insects do have their role to play in spreading the joy of intermingling fertility. So too do the human spermatozoa and ova.
Inbreeding, whether at the communal or race level, is mankind’s biggest threat to the long-term survival of the human species.
So we ought to relax in the many rays of sexual sunshine in multi-coloured splendour that come our way.
That long tall dose ah salts is just another powfull foolish attention grabber who does not where and when to keep his mout shut.
Cannot understand why some people have not yet realized that this reject is not suitable for any position of master of ceremonies among the human population.
Harry Turnover February 8, 2015 at 8:06 PM #
… sounds a bit too emotional – almost personal.
His comments are akin to telling AC that there is BLP in her ancestry
@millertheanunnaki February 8, 2015 at 2:50 PM #
Chuckle…..I am an agnostic,hence all things are possible until proven and since nothing has ever been proven,we are where we are today with BBE et al……..proof comes from one not produced by humanoid as all of us are programmed,again no proof……lol
lawson they say truth can be stranger than fiction, you just might have stumbled upon a a truth
.On the 6th August 1945 my great granddad Col Paul F. Tibbetts flew a B29 Superfortress Bomber called the Enola Gay over Hiroshima with a single payload, the first atomic bomb ever built attached to its undersides. The bomb was named the “Little Boy”, for what reasons, neither I nor my great grandad could imagine. The bomb was dropped at exactly 2.08 am on the sleeping Japanese for maximum effect killing close to two million men women and children in their sleep. The real killer however was the radiation effect on Japans air water and food supply, also any survivors who were either badly burnt, or inhale the toxic fall out remnants living within a 500 mile proximity.
To this day my family would like to individually apologies to each and every family for this horrendous genocidal act inflicted on the Japanese people and to mankind. It was my great great grandad’s dying wish. As part of my life’s mission to compensate the good people of Japan, whose fore parents suffered this wrong as a direct result of the action of one of my ancestors, I am to visit 200 schools in Japan extending my family and country’s sincere apology for the brutal act.
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I have come across this blog my mere accident while surfing the net and thought I should if I am allowed to toss in my bit. In Japan today the physical radiation effects on the people of Japan are LONG GONE, but not the memories, if stirred.
Question for you is: Can anyone in their right minds say to anyone of those children in the classroom I will be in tomorrow, “you have radiation effected blood running in your veins because back in August 1945, the 6th to be exact The Little Boy atomic bomb was dropped on your ancestors” and wanted to be taken SERIOUSLY?
I hope you get my point here, yes the bombing was a TRUTH and yes maybe if a blood sample were taken at random from over the 200 school population, I am assured by the health authorities that the possibility of finding a 0.00537 trace of uranium is 0.00023 % infinitely small. You guys have a lot to be thankful for rather than seeking divisions over a wrong done to you long gone.
Enjoy
Traveler
KKK are rising again in USA, 60 years ago everyone in white western countries shared same racist views about race mixing, nothings changed. Their Children are being brainwashed to be next generation of white anti-black supremacist wizards
Why did Selma not get nominated for one (single) Grammy?
Music versus movie?
Bob Marley doesn’t have a grammy
Diana Ross doesn’t have a grammy
Jimi Hendricks doesn’t have one either neither does Chuck Berry or tupac or snoop face the facts you people just don’t have rhythm lol
@ David [BU]
You asked “Why did Selma not get nominated for one (single) Grammy?”
For the same reason that those aware of the issues of someone seeking to humanize the issue of racism while saying that your own son is the product of a mixed union.
You simply do not want to incur the wrath of the powers that be and have the public turn their backs on you, like they did with Mayor de Blasio, for the turning of backs in Hollywood, equates to not watching other Hollywood movies, through which Hollywood and the machinery makes money, ten times more serious than any grammy nomination
@Alien February 8, 2015 at 5:45 PM #
You commented that: “You may also explore to what extent our womenfolk have welcomed such force and how the extent of their receptiveness of such force has impacted on Black people. Have our womenfolk contributed to our current position?”
I read this comment last night and was uncertain how I should respond. If someone tosses a grenade in your direction how does one respond? You have focussed on an area which is seldom discussed.
We have a university in Barbados, I wonder if it has carried out and published research within this area. I would be very surprise if it has.
Unless we attempt to discuss our history warts and all, we will forever be lost.
@ David,
This topic deserves a post; step forward Pachamama.
@Exclaimer
There is probably no forum in Barbados which has explored and debated race issues like BU. It is one of the most polarizing issues steeped in a heavy dose of subjectivity read how we are socialized. Here is what we know: racism, classism, colour, or what you want to refer to it as EXIST and we have to deal with it.
Ah can’t believe muh eyes….wait this is d pieca “shiite thread” Bushie did name that wanna still pun….why this is my biggest emy production by far….LOL. Wait anyone wanna is Trini and duz buy SHArrrrrrKKKKKK ..head fa Paynes bay..helppa fella
Shark meat is good for nuh constitution….Ask trini…D meat WHITE and pretty..ask Hants….nuh Brown meat or Dark meat like bonita or Dolphin….OK….Mac that did so for years….
@old onion bags February 9, 2015 at 6:52 AM
You are funny, re “…d pieca shiite thread” .
To use a line that AC adopted throughout this discourse: it is guaranteed that if you stand in a crowded theater and shout fire that you will immediately become a leader of men and women….to the exits.
Similarly sir, it is equally guaranteed that a mention of skin colour and Bajan society will generate a lotta palaver. A real lot.
The 244 comments later and counting reinforces the point that everyone is scared of fires and respond very strongly to the cry of fire, fire.
Bushie’s original remarks were quite accurate.
Correction: “The 224 comments…and counting” that should have read.
Wait I is D only body in hay now all a sudden?….I got annada question doa that mo current…anybody else notice D gasoline ent lasting?….why I just put in $50 saturday and when down town twice..nah way else and it GONE..Just so…ya mean if gasoline went down from $3.15 a litre to $ 2.45…ya shun be gettin mo milage? Mac..I askin you cuz you got answers…..
DeeWord
Boy like both you and Bushie like wanna rite yuh…D old people too….shiite seemily duz attract nuff flies….days after too.Suprisingly none-a D lil brown small sand fly ones….even the big brwn maguffe ones duz stand clear of Shiite….Oh Loss…(MURDA)
Game cock duz bring game hen fa sure…..Bredds go and buy a pieca shark nah…I hear it nearly gone….good fa ya eye sight..and I want sum deisel.. ask for D sea-cat woman.
@Boy Blue
“White Bajans pack their kids off to Canada—-”
Is it really to avoid a daub of the Tar brush????
I packed myself off to Canada for various reasons:
1 opportunity to use my Business education to maximum PROFIT
2 availabilty of much higher standard of living
3 Pissed at Tom for 70% Tax rate where a $3000 Bonus became $900 for me and $2100 for whoever.
4 while I believed Bim would do reasonably well compared to other islands, I reasoned that eventually some CLOWN or troupe of CLOWNS would DAMAGE Bdos financially and socially via increase in crime. EXCELLENT PROPHECY!
I don’t have anywhere near enough time to continue here.
KILL ALL dem White meat SHARKS den! lol
Thanking all who came and participated in getting off this shark……..nobody else doan come cuz all gone……Big Up Social Media again!
@Old Onions
Do not allow it to affect you head. Check the sidebar to glean what is a popular blog is not defind by number of comments posted.
On Monday, 9 February 2015, Barbados Underground wrote:
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Wait….Rihanna win another Grammy……Whaaooo..well Congratulations to we Brown skin Cawmere girl Rhi, Rhi…boy ya can stop we yes. We girl indeed Mac….wha ya sayin bredds…? Try all ya want…
@ David
……DAT, …U mean dat ? Stuppess…..LOL all I can say :Punctillous Skewed!
Rihanna Browning……WE love you hear…..Brown Skin and all…Doan let nabody stop you Girl,.. hear…..That is Grammy # how much now?…ah can’t hear
If Brown Skin thinks Mac Fingall’s remarks should not have been said, mild as they were, he/she may want to take into consideration the value of free speech in a free society. Not far from where Mac is reported to have made his statement is Codrington College, aka, Codrington plantation,which is ample verification of his remarks.There are still those people in Barbados who want to suppress history like they did for hundreds of years. Speak Mac Speak, regardless of who dont like it. You have history on your side and it is worst than your mild remarks.
If Mac’s intentions were to give a lesson in History,we got nine history teachers up here to do such. Miss Watson been teaching us for years. So why he decided to direct his comments to only one group?
Barbados too divided when it comes to skin pigmentation. So what’s in a color? Problem is when I read some like Exclaimer’s posit where he seemingly feels that the color of a darker skin is a hinderance to social mobility.Some alike, foolishly allow such rubbish to frig with their psyche. Sad indeed. Let’s take Rihanna for example, I hear foolishness of the sort about her ascension too. More Bull. Did Rhi Rhi not compete on the world stage against the BEST….Beyonce,Lady Ga Ga to name a few, and still come out on TOP!!!!…yet Barbadians like Exclaimer would find solace in such nonsense, thinking the world has done them wrong.Get real sulkers and rid of the chasm on your shoulders. Time to face reality and WORK like her and stop sulking and hating people non stop. Brown is an Ok color..fa real LOL.
@ Million Dollar
It ent only dat…..but she got a good mind unlike some in hay…. “dem badminded”..won’t buy my shark, talk behind muh back and play dem cud tell me off stupppes….< shiite flies>. Besides Rihanna come outta Cawmere and up there ya blessed from D time ya step on board by D Major ghost Ojuhysrt. Leff Mac….he belly gine hurt he… WATCH!
old onion bags February 9, 2015 at 10:07 AM #
Wait….Rihanna win another Grammy……Whaaooo..well Congratulations to we Brown skin Cawmere girl Rhi, Rhi…boy ya can stop we yes. We girl indeed Mac….wha ya sayin bredds…? Try all ya want…
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I could be wrong , but I thought that Rihanna claimed she got ribbed at school, because she was white.
Ya see U……so U think she near WHITE then?….Cahblima! I don’t know where you get dat from sonny….Exactly what is your point doa?
@ All Million Dollar Skins February 9, 2015 at 8:10 PM #
You are entitled to your views. Unfortunately I do not share your idealism.
Let’s hope for your sake that the rose-coloured bubble that you inhabit does not soon burst!
Please forget the multiple monikers. Enuff said!
Revolutionary Dreadlocks Dub
http://youtu.be/PxCGATJ2Y1U
Why Mac don’t shut up and stick to what he knows that of being the commensurate MC.Mac I just pointing you in the right direction to make money instead of putting your foot in your mouth. LOL You should be glad one of the brown skin children parents did not” take PMS advice” and get a lawyer and sue .LOL. Mac the historian peoples well well.
Hope you done know we got a calypso pun you. Admiral must be laughing and keeping you in reserve for Festival Stage… ” Mac Attack.” or ” Meet Gatlin Gun Mac.”
@ Wesley
What the song gine call ……”Mulattuo Maller”?