--- On Wed, 10/1/08, Tony Barros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Or may be, Robert Gregory was inspired by the late author
> from the the
> French Carribbean island of Martinique- Franz Fanon whose
> book - "Black
> Faces White Masks" gave greater insights into how
> coloreds "aped" European culture. (Fanon is also
> the author of "Wretched of the Earth"). You be the
> judge.
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Dear Friends, Goans and countrymen :-))
Let us not get angry at Robert G. Gregory. The man is a historian and only
recording history as it has been told to him. For a list of books, he has
written about Asians and Africans, click here.
http://www.bookfinder.com/author/robert-g-gregory/
It could just be that he has erred here, or it could just be that the British
were calling us, Black Europeans unbeknownest to us. Shame on them.
But then, why are we surprised? This is a quote from a 1872, Daily News,
newspaper from England.
Headline - Darkies from the deep
There are full-blooded negroes from Gambia and half-caste Portuguese from Goa.
In a book published by Rev Gavin Duffy, called Let's Go, apparently he referred
to Goans in Kenya as "mongrels". The G.O.A at the time protested.
So, yes, the British have called us a lot of nasty things. They still call us
nasty things. Latter-day nastiness includes, pakis, corner-shop owners, factory
workers, darkies, etc.
But let us in turn also acknowledge that we have called a lot of people nasty
things, like ghanttis, boduss, reggins. The last one used by Goans for
Africans.
In sum, we are all the same. Human beings have an innate desire to look down on
someone or the other.
Best,
selma
