WHO DOES THE Royal Barbados Police Force, through Acting Assistant Superintendent of Police David Welch, think they are fooling? Does he think black Barbadians are stupid?
How can he look black Barbadians straight in the eye and utter nonsense like the “Royal Barbados Police Force’s investigations were not influenced by race, colour or creed”?
How can the police force be “impartial” and there is no “issue with colour here”? Does he really believe we, the black population, are that foolish to believe that?
What about the chief of staff of the Barbados Defence Force? Is he, too, moved to make such a claim?
The Barbados Police Force responded with special forces armed to the teeth, while the military dispatched a platoon of soldiers to look for one missing white woman recently. The uninformed onlooker may very well think that a terrorist had committed some unspeakable act.
When last, if ever, did we see such a turnout for any black woman or man for that matter? Is the police force saying that white lives matter more than black ones here in this country?
This is not the kind of occurrence that you would expect here. Perhaps one would expect it up north, but certainly not in a country which has black leaders and a black military and police force.
Not to mention also the Red Cross, people on horseback, Roving Response teams, cars, motorcycles, and the shocker was, yes, drones. I had no idea such technology existed in Barbados.
Some may argue that the family may have money and be able to afford such luxuries, but the average black person may not. But at the end of the day, isn’t the white community part of Barbados? If they have at their disposal such means as to mobilise so many individuals in search of one white woman, can they not be so concerned as to do it for their black neighbours as well? Or is it that only white lives are important and black lives are not?
What is even more disturbing is that this comes as the curtain closes on a whole month of black history celebrations, where we pride ourselves on our common history and reaffirm our support for each other as Blacks.
We need to wake up and stop fooling ourselves here in this country and stop believing the rubbish spouted all too often, especially by the white community and their lackeys, about us being all Barbadians and not seeing colour. Only idiots believe that.
– IAN A. MARSHALL
