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I feel helpless now…There’s nowhere to escape, nowhere to hide, nowhere to run, no real agency of protection and support. That’s the feeling of some in our community. I was walking to the “Papi” store in North Philly, and I stopped and had a con- versation with an African American man on the “block.” I said, “How are you doing, sir?” He replied, “Well, what can I say with all that’s happening…helpless.” He went on. “Police are killing Black men unjustly and enjoying the protection of agencies that are supposed to advocate for fairness and justice and for us. White underage folks are taunting us and threatening us to kill us, and that is okay because they can retreat to the safety of the police and a society who have already demonized the protesters as lawless and criminal. And if that wasn’t enough, last night a Black man got killed by his own Black brother. And if you don’t get killed by the gun or by ya own brothers, then Covid will get you, as it is already disproportionately affecting African Americans. And what’s worse, we are already suffering from low economic and educational outcomes or disparities, and with this Covid, many of us are out of a job and are waiting for help, but that help is yet to come, as leaders play politics with [Black] and the “working-class” people’s lives. “Wow,” I said, “you seem resigned to hopelessness and lack of change and have reached a place of depression and fight.”
He replied, “Well, more depression and waiting to be killed. I can’t fight Cause fighting gets you killed too.” I shook my head as I got set to depart, saying, “Don’t give up. Change is slow and hard, but good always trumps bad, and if change is good and better than what we have, then change will come.” He agreed and we bumped fists.
It would be worthwhile to conclude this section with a discussion on the recent BLM protests in American cities against economic discrimination and police brutality. If Jamaicans and the globalized postcolonial peoples are to have justice, they must not only consider protest within but without… Excerpt from the Book Neoliberalism Globalization Income Inequality Poverty and Resistance available worldwide in Audio, Paperback, eBook and Hardcover at Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Target, Wal-Mart, iTunes, Kobo Palmetto, The Neoliberal Corporation etc.
Synopsis About the Book:
Reviews:
The Book was reviewed by Kirkus Reviews as an erudite economic analysis of Jamaica’s economic history. George The Poet, UK’s leading poet in post-colonial thought says it’s the best book he’s read so far dealing with post-independent Jamaica and the global south experience. Professor Martin Oppenheimer, Former Professor at Rutgers University and University of Pennsylvania said it’s a welcomed fresh perspective on Garveyism and the resistance movement. Renaldo is working on several journals and book project. His next book, Neoliberal Globalization Reconsidered will be out shortly with contributions from Professor Emeritus Dr. Martin Oppenheimer. However, the book goes beyond the global south to consider global issues using Jamaica and the global south as a case study. In the second part we delve into resistance to economic oppression, looking at the global justice movement and the history of the resistance movements, including Civil Rights beginning with Garvey up to Martin Luther, the Black Lives Matter Movements and the January 6 insurrection.
About the Author:
Renaldo is a Lecturer at the Jamaica Theological Seminary. Renaldo also graduated from the seminary before he was ordained to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament in The United Church. Renald studied Philosophy briefly at the University of West Indies Mona, then completed two master’s degrees at Penn, a Master of Liberal Arts and a Master of Philosophy. Renaldo is currently reading for his Doctoral Degree at Georgetown University. Renaldo is the host/creator of The Neoliberal Round Podcast, a growing podcast in News Commentary ranked in the top 5 % in global share in 2022.
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