The long-awaited report by Ronald Mincy of Columbia University has been released.
A Study of Employment, Earnings, and Educational Gaps between Young Black Bermudian Males and their Same-Age Peers (pdf, 1 Mb)
At 233 pages, it is worth skimming, and then reading again properly. This subject tends to be clouded by staccato emotion and political games – [...]
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Mincy Report
November 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics, Education
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Back in 1967
July 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Independence
The following is from a debate in the UK Parliament in 1967 surrounding the introduction of Bermuda’s new Constitution. It is popular today in some quarters to decry the Brits today for their colonial past, but in many respects they forced the liberalisation of Bermuda’s power structures.
Reading this stuff, we seem to still be engaged [...]
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Get Real
July 7th, 2009 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
Yeah yeah, I know I’m supposed to be enjoying retirement.
But the PLP’s spokesman has jumped to Minister Bud’s defence alleging that critics of Dr. Brown and the PLP clearly suffer from a “genetic predisposition or a socialisation experience”.
Seriously. Did I miss something? Is Boss Hogg running Alaska Hall? I look foward to hearing the views [...]
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Poll Says Uhoh PLP
June 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Bermuda Politics
Profiles of Bermuda has just released results showing that registered voters in Bermuda bigtime disapproved of Ewart Brown’s actions to solicit detainees from Guantanamo Bay by a margin of 3 to 1 (nearly 70% opposing). Some voters wanted to make it clear, however, that they were not against the Uighurs staying in Bermuda, but against [...]
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Consider Carefully
June 17th, 2009 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
The Governor gave a press conference this morning:
“Because it breaches the Constitution, this exchange of notes [leading to the Premier's Great Uighur adventure] which was negotiated and sent on June 10, was in our view, invalid. In other words, the Bermuda Government’s action to solicit the arrival of the four Uighurs was unacceptable. I [...]
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The Shift
May 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Bermuda Politics, Business
On May 15, Parliament debated a report commissioned by the Bermuda Employers Council entitled The Shift: An Examination of Employment Trends in Bermuda.
The debate was desultory and weak. But you should read the report yourself.
It points out that should Bermuda’s economy expand even moderately in future years, our need for expatriate workers will grow. There [...]
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Opportunity Missed
May 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Bermuda Politics
On Friday, following seven hours of speeches, the House of Assembly unanimously passed a motion put forward by Wayne Furbert (past leader of the UBP and recently declared Independent):
“We affirm our wholehearted commitment to the cause of reconciliation between all races; and that we ask for forgiveness for the role that this House has played [...]
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House Divided
March 25th, 2009 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics, Tourism
I know that the UBP’s Sir John Swan doesn’t carry much freight with the current PLP leadership, but I do wonder why so many voices of moderation have been excluded from the big conversation. This is common sense:
If Bermuda continues on its present trajectory of playing the racial blame game instead of committing to actual [...]
Judged on Performance
March 25th, 2009 · Comments Off · Accountability, Bermuda Politics
The heat is on President Obama as he tries to balance the financial stimulus with political projects. Last night he said during a prime-time news conference:
QUESTION: Could I ask you about race?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: You may.
QUESTION: Yours is a rather historic presidency, and I’m just wondering whether in any of the policy debates that you’ve [...]
Are They Tone Deaf?
December 12th, 2008 · Comments Off · Bermuda Politics
Tom Vesey argues that “Our leaders must change their tone on race” in the Bermuda Sun:
MPs congratulated themselves heartily after their impromptu “race debate” last Friday … While praising themselves for launching a “big conversation” on race among the Bermudian people, they have proven to be almost totally incapable of mature sustained dialogue on the [...]
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