My dad was part of that when he was in the TTR , they might look like rebels in the eyes of other but as a black man they are hero's to some, I didn't understand the full story before but I do now, very good interview guys 🙏
I was in Form 4, preparing for the 1970 0:51 GCE O Levels. The Ministry of Education reopened the schools for Form 5 and 6 only, while the country was still in quasi lockdown. The remainder of the schools remained closed. The Principal locked down the school as soon as the students arrived, because there might be a threat lurking. Students were crying and scared, and the class teachers looked nervous and scared. It was like a ghost town, and eerily quiet in the school.
Bearing in mind this was just after the peak of the civil rights movements in the states of which Stokely Carmicheal Kwame Ture a trinidadian was a high ranking official of the black panthers in the US. What I was told by individuals who lived through these events it was not only segregation but the banks not allowing persons of a darker pigmentation not being allowed to work as cahsiers, this was one of many issues of contention, we had a black prime minister a black president and you are telling me I cant be employed in banks in my country? Remnants of colonialism dying its last breath, one would think, sadly these sentiments continue to persist to this day. :(
i was a youth camper in the 80's and remained there for 2yrs ..there was military training. at a very young age ..campers who came from the cadet force are not military
@@rogerrousco2921 agreed despite his failings or errors he may have made he was brilliant and did a lot for this country no one is perfect and we should never demand that from him or anyone
My dad was part of that when he was in the TTR , they might look like rebels in the eyes of other but as a black man they are hero's to some, I didn't understand the full story before but I do now, very good interview guys 🙏
My father Byron Paul regimental #1130 was, a part of that munity. He's still alive at 84yrs old. And speak about it ever so often...
You'll should do an interview with him...🙂
I was in Form 4, preparing for the 1970 0:51 GCE O Levels. The Ministry of Education reopened the schools for Form 5 and 6 only, while the country was still in quasi lockdown. The remainder of the schools remained closed. The Principal locked down the school as soon as the students arrived, because there might be a threat lurking. Students were crying and scared, and the class teachers looked nervous and scared. It was like a ghost town, and eerily quiet in the school.
Bearing in mind this was just after the peak of the civil rights movements in the states of which Stokely Carmicheal Kwame Ture a trinidadian was a high ranking official of the black panthers in the US. What I was told by individuals who lived through these events it was not only segregation but the banks not allowing persons of a darker pigmentation not being allowed to work as cahsiers, this was one of many issues of contention, we had a black prime minister a black president and you are telling me I cant be employed in banks in my country? Remnants of colonialism dying its last breath, one would think, sadly these sentiments continue to persist to this day. :(
That man has the most British-like Trini accent I’ve ever heard
Interesting.and intriuging
i was a youth camper in the 80's and remained there for 2yrs ..there was military training.
at a very young age ..campers who came from the cadet force are not military
Its amazing how truth changes perception. Eric Williams was put on pedestal he never earned.
You mean opinion revisits to distort history to remove Eric Williams from a pedestal he did earn
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@@rogerrousco2921 agreed despite his failings or errors he may have made he was brilliant and did a lot for this country no one is perfect and we should never demand that from him or anyone
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