Trayvon Martin and St Vincent’s UN Ambassador: the Racist Similarities
Monday, April 2, 2012 – 17:12 By Sir Ronald Sanders – Commentary
It seems that institutional racial profiling continues to be a massive problem in the United States notwithstanding that the country has an African-American President, several African-American Congressmen and Mayors of Cities, and accomplished African-Americans in the media and in corporate America.
I have not mentioned the entertainment business – either sport or music — because for decades those are the two areas in which black people were expected to be. They have long been ‘racially profiled’ as acceptable within the confines of these two categories.

Sir Ronald Sanders
Even though there are thousands of African-Americans in the police forces across the states of America, institutional racial profiling is particularly evident amongst the police. In part, this is because the police force is the institution that most confronts black people every day in the United States, and the reports of abuse are legion. As a friend, former diplomat and current commentator, Peter Simmons, puts it: “Obama’s election does not mean that the country has moved to post-racial status”.
In reality, although he is the President of the Unites States, Barack Obama himself continues to be a target of racial abuse. Some of the statements made about him by bigoted and prejudiced Americans – even within the US Congress – would never have been made about any former US President. Continue reading →
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US Republicans using weapons of mass financial destruction- Sir Ronald Sanders
US Republicans using weapons of mass financial destruction
The impact of the government shutdown on the US economy, which is still the world’s largest economy, will be felt worldwide says Sir Ronald Sanders.
By Sir Ronald Sanders
Sir Ronald Sanders
Caribbean360 News – Barbados, Thursday October 3, 2013 – There will be a lot of rubbish in Washington over the next few days. And, that rubbish is not only the garbage that is steadily piling up in the nation’s capital because of the government’s shut down. It is also the quality of the Republican Party’s argument for refusing to pass a Budget that would allow the federal government to provide goods and services to the public.
While the Republicans have obstructed Budgets before – notably in late 1995 and early 1996 when Bill Clinton was President – there is more than a little racism toward this first non-White American President by the right wing Tea Party element even though they have not dared to say so. Continue reading →
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