--- On Tue, 9/30/08, Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > selma, > I think you are following Eugune's type of journalism > which, if I remember properly, is to provoke. > It is real easy to pick up on name calling and try > and disguise it as a question. ----------------------------- First of all let me assure you that I have no aspirations of becoming a journalist. When I write something it is entirely my own point of view, whether one agrees with it or disagrees. I don't have the bent of mind, that even aims to be neutral or objective. Secondly, provocation is sometimes good. It makes us question the status-quo in life. There is not wrong is asking about the racial prejudice that would have existed in Africa at the time. I grew up in a country that derisively called me, Hindi. Indians in American are derisively called, dot-heads, and the same in the UK are sometimes derisively called, pakis. We can't tackle prejudice by denying its existence. We can hope to counter it by writing our own perspectives. Lastly, before you so glibly dismiss Robert Gregory, do take the time to read something from this very note-worthy historian and credited scholar. He, alongwith you I'm sure, has written several papers on the role Asians, particularly Indians played in African politics. He writes with great sensitivity, insight, sympathy and for my money, accuracy. Goodluck on your project with writing about Africa. There is a great story to be told there. One that we all must acquaint ourselves with, for it is an important part of our history. We can all tell it from different perspectives though. selma
