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I w
as i
nvite
d to
atte
nd a
mee
ting
inM
arsh
Far
m, L
uton
, whe
re th
e po
lice
and
key
repr
esen
tativ
es o
f th
e bl
ack
com
mun
ity w
ould
thr
ash
thin
gs o
utab
out
the
way
the
bla
ck c
omm
unity
had
been
trea
ted
of la
te.
I was
invi
ted
as a
mem
ber o
f the
com
mun
ity in
tere
sted
in p
olic
ing
prac
tices
.
The
mee
ting
room
was
full
of c
once
rned
citi
zens
, rec
ently
appo
inte
d In
spec
tor
of P
olic
e, R
ob B
artle
tt of
the
NW
Sec
tion
of L
uton
and
Pol
ice
Ser
gean
t, Jo
hn M
urra
y, w
how
ere
assi
gned
to a
llay
conc
erns
and
see
k w
ays
to p
rom
ote
com
mun
ity c
ohes
ion
and
build
com
mun
ity re
latio
nshi
ps.
Am
iddl
e-ag
ed g
entle
men
at
the
roun
d ro
bin
had
been
rece
ntly
sto
pped
by
the
polic
e, b
eate
n, a
ppre
hend
ed u
nder
the
guis
e th
at th
ere
was
a w
arra
nt o
ut fo
r his
arr
est.
It w
asco
nfirm
ed th
at th
ere
was
no
war
rant
, yet
he
was
con
fined
unne
cess
arily
! H
e as
ked
the
Pol
ice
to e
xpla
in t
heir
col-
leag
ues
beha
viou
r but
they
wer
e un
able
to d
o bu
t sai
d th
eyw
ould
look
into
it.
The
reac
tion
of th
e po
lice
rein
forc
ed th
e gr
oup’
s co
ncer
nsab
out
wro
ngfu
l c
rimin
alis
atio
n w
hich
see
med
to
be t
hees
senc
e of
the
mee
ting
- th
at in
noce
nt p
eopl
e, e
spec
ially
youn
g bo
ys -
wer
e be
ing
crim
inal
ised
bec
ause
of
thei
rap
pear
ance
, the
ir lo
catio
n an
d th
eir r
ace!
“Thi
s is
not
the
1960
s or
the
1970
s..”
one
mem
ber s
aid
firm
-ly,
“...t
he d
ays
of v
ictim
isat
ion
and
blac
k pe
ople
feel
ing
vic-
timis
ed a
re o
ver!”
Ano
ther
in
stan
ce w
as r
aise
d w
here
a k
ey m
embe
r of
AC
CD
F ha
d be
en u
njus
tifia
bly
appr
ehen
ded
by p
olic
e,w
hich
rai
sed
conc
ern
that
the
pol
ice
had
not
fam
iliar
ised
them
selv
es w
ith k
ey b
lack
mem
bers
in th
e lo
cal c
omm
unity
and
that
they
sho
uld,
as
a pa
rt of
thei
r com
mun
ity c
ohes
ion
polic
y.
Ther
e w
as c
once
rn t
hat
youn
g pe
ople
wer
e be
ing
crim
i-na
lised
by
“sw
oops
” an
d ra
ids
whi
ch i
nvol
ved
inn
ocen
tby
stan
ders
bei
ng c
augh
t up
with
oth
ers
who
had
eng
aged
with
the
law
just
bec
ause
they
repr
esen
ted
a pa
rticu
lar c
om-
mun
ity g
roup
. T
here
was
a s
ense
by
the
loca
l com
mun
ity,
that
the
pol
ice
wer
e no
t ha
ndlin
g si
tuat
ions
sen
sitiv
ely.
Par
ents
wer
e pa
rticu
larly
con
cern
ed fo
r the
ir yo
ung
sons
:
“We
need
to b
e tre
ated
with
fairn
ess
and
sens
itivi
ty ..
.” sa
ida
Team
Mem
ber,
but w
ith S
epte
mbe
r mur
ders
of t
wo
youn
gbl
ack
men
jus
t da
ys a
part
in t
he L
ewse
y pa
rt of
Lut
on,
alle
gedl
y at
tribu
ted
to d
rugs
, mea
ns th
e po
lice
coul
d ar
gue
that
they
are
just
doi
ng th
eir j
ob.
How
can
we,
as
conc
erne
d bl
ack
citiz
ens,
ber
ate
the
polic
efo
r the
ir in
trusi
vene
ss w
hen
perp
etat
ors
cont
inua
lly m
ake
itdi
fficu
lt fo
r us
to d
efen
d ou
r cau
se?
The
vic
tims
who
wer
esh
ot d
ead
wer
e in
thei
r ea
rly 2
0s, a
nd h
ave
now
giv
en th
epo
lice
an e
xcus
e to
rai
d an
d ra
nsac
k m
any
inno
cent
peo
-pl
es’h
omes
und
er th
e gu
ise
of d
oing
thei
r civ
il du
ty.
Foun
der
&M
anag
ing
Edi
tor:
Myr
na L
oyP
hoto
on
fron
t co
ver
take
n by
Myr
na L
oyB
ack
Cove
r D
esig
n:L
aksh
mi N
aray
an G
upta
Bac
k co
ver
Pho
tota
ken
by G
arfie
ld H
all
(mos
t ph
otos
sup
plie
d or
tak
en fr
om w
ebsi
tes)
BL
ACK
BR
IGH
T E
-NE
WS
Stud
io 5
7 S
ayw
ell
Roa
d L
U2
0QG
(U
K)
Tel:
0158
2 72
1 60
5
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w.m
yspa
ce.c
om/b
lack
brig
htne
ws
ISSN
No.
1751
-190
91
The
Pol
ice
can
now
arg
ue th
at th
ey h
ave
ever
y rig
ht to
sto
pan
d se
arch
, det
ain
pend
ing
enqu
iries
, con
duct
daw
n ra
ids
and
wha
teve
r el
se,
in a
n at
tem
pt t
o in
vest
igat
e th
e ca
use
and
find
the
kille
rs a
nd a
ll un
der t
he u
mbr
ella
of a
ddre
ssin
gpu
blic
con
cern
s an
d m
aint
aini
ng la
w a
nd o
rder
.
Whi
le In
spec
tor B
artle
tt as
sure
d th
e gr
oup
that
he
will
take
pers
onal
res
pons
ibili
ty t
o en
sure
tha
t th
e op
erat
iona
l sid
eth
ings
are
look
ed a
t, I w
onde
red
wha
t we
as a
com
mun
ityca
n do
abo
ut y
oung
peo
ple
who
mak
e it
diffi
cult
for
the
blac
k co
mm
unity
to b
e ta
ken
serio
usly.
But
then
aga
in, d
o w
e ne
ed th
e en
dors
emen
t of t
he w
ider
soci
ety
whe
n w
e kn
ow th
at th
e m
ajor
ity o
f us
are
good
and
trust
wor
thy
citiz
ens?
Is
it no
t tru
e th
at in
eve
ry ra
ce th
ere
isgo
od a
nd b
ad?
We
need
to g
et b
ack
to ‘b
usin
ess
as u
sual
’and
not
ass
ume
the
mis
dem
eano
urs
of o
ur ra
ce a
s a
pers
onal
atta
ck o
n ou
rin
tegr
ity,
whi
le a
t th
e sa
me
time
seek
way
s to
res
olve
the
disp
ariti
es.
So
getti
ng b
ack
to b
usin
ess
as u
sual
- w
hen
will
the
maj
orim
prov
emen
ts fo
r the
bla
ck c
omm
unity
in L
uton
take
pla
ce?
The
two
mur
ders
and
sub
sequ
ent 2
0 dr
ug ra
ids
in L
eigh
ton
Buz
zard
, B
letc
hley
&St
even
age,
sho
uld
not
put
impr
ove-
men
ts fo
r Lu
ton’
s bl
ack
com
mun
ity o
n th
e ba
ck b
urne
r bu
tbr
ing
them
forw
ard
as a
prio
rity.
I am
ove
rjoye
d to
see
the
mat
ure
sect
or o
f our
bla
ck c
om-
mun
ity a
ttend
ing
posi
tive
even
ts,
supp
ortin
g sm
all
busi
-ne
sses
, wor
king
har
d to
impr
ove
them
selv
es a
cade
mic
ally,
finan
cial
ly a
nd p
hysi
olog
ical
ly.
Hop
eful
ly, i
n th
e co
rrec
ten
viro
nmen
t, o
ur y
oung
peo
ple
will
mirr
or o
ur g
ood
beh
av-
iour
so
that
the
cycl
e of
sel
f-des
truct
ion
and
pove
rty c
an b
ebr
oken
and
our
com
mun
ity c
an fe
el s
afe
and
empo
wer
ed!
--
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2
DID
YO
U K
NO
W...
.
With
tho
usan
ds o
f fri
ends
and
rel
ativ
es j
ettin
gov
er
from
th
e C
arib
bean
to
en
joy
Eur
ope’
sbi
gges
t and
bes
t Car
niva
l, A
BTA
is c
allin
g on
peo
-pl
e to
writ
e to
thei
r MP
s an
d si
gn a
n on
line
No.
10
e-pe
titio
n to
st
op
the
Gov
ernm
ent
dras
tical
lyin
crea
sing
tax
es o
n lo
ng h
aul
fligh
ts l
ater
thi
sye
ar. T
his
will
hav
e a
dram
atic
effe
ct o
n th
e co
stof
flyi
ng to
the
Car
ibbe
an p
oten
tially
put
ting
visi
t-in
g fri
ends
and
fam
ily o
ut o
f re
ach
whe
n pe
ople
are
alre
ady
feel
ing
the
pinc
h fin
anci
ally.
Cur
rent
ly if
you
fly
econ
omy
to th
e C
arib
bean
you
pay
the
Gov
ernm
ent £
40 fo
r the
priv
ilege
. Fro
m 1
Nov
embe
r 20
09 t
his
goes
up
to £
50 a
nd f
rom
1N
ovem
ber
2010
to
£75,
the
fly
ing
poll
tax
bein
gca
lled
Air
Pas
seng
er D
uty
[AP
D].
This
mea
ns a
fam
ily o
f fou
r go
ing
over
to v
isit
frien
ds a
nd r
ela-
tives
will
pay
£20
0 in
tax
this
yea
r and
a w
hopp
ing
£300
in
2011
. If
you
have
pai
d fo
r a
little
ext
rale
groo
m in
pre
miu
m e
cono
my
you
will
pay
dou
ble
thes
e am
ount
s.
Ear
lier
this
ye
ar
the
Dut
chG
over
nmen
t ditc
hed
a si
mila
r tax
on
the
grou
nds
that
the
dam
age
it ca
used
the
ir ec
onom
y va
stly
outw
eigh
ed t
he m
oney
goi
ng i
nto
Gov
ernm
ent
coffe
rs.
The
Brit
ish
Gov
ernm
ent
is n
ow b
ackt
rack
ing
oncl
aim
s th
at A
PD
is a
gre
en ta
x as
alre
ady
the
£2bi
llion
pou
nds
rais
ed e
ach
year
is m
uch
grea
ter
than
the
cost
of e
nviro
nmen
tal d
amag
e ca
used
by
flyin
g. U
K a
irlin
es w
ill b
e j
oini
ng t
he E
urop
ean
Uni
on’s
Em
issi
on T
radi
ng S
chem
e in
201
2 a
muc
h fa
irer a
nd m
ore
effic
ient
way
of a
ddre
ssin
gen
viro
nmen
tal c
once
rns.
Mar
k Ta
nzer
A
BTA
CE
O
said
“T
hese
A
PD
incr
ease
s w
ill h
ave
a te
rrib
le im
pact
on
the
cost
of
flyin
g to
see
fam
ily a
nd o
ther
lov
ed o
nes
both
goin
g to
and
com
ing
from
the
Car
ibbe
an.
They
will
al
so
disc
oura
ge
tour
ists
fro
m
visi
ting
the
isla
nds
with
po
tent
ially
de
vast
atin
g ef
fect
s on
loca
l eco
nom
ies
at a
n al
read
y di
fficu
lt ec
onom
ictim
e”.
The
Gov
ernm
ent e
stim
ates
that
AP
D w
ill d
isco
ur-
age
up t
o 1.
4 m
illio
n pe
ople
fro
m f
lyin
g to
and
from
th
e U
K.
The
e-pe
titio
n ca
lling
on
th
eG
over
nmen
t to
ret
hink
the
se i
ncre
ases
can
be
acce
ssed
at w
ww
.abt
a.co
m
For f
urth
er in
form
atio
n co
ntac
t:S
ean
Tipt
on, C
omm
unic
atio
ns O
ffice
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l: 02
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nces
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e, P
ublic
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er, t
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, Mob
ile 0
7850
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asia
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ac, H
ead
of C
omm
unic
atio
ns,
tel:
020
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obile
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ut o
f Hou
rs:
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tact
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ger:
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ail:
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o.uk
Web
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efor
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embe
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CONTEN
TS
CONTEN
TS
1.Ed
itoria
l - B
lam
e th
e Po
lice?
4.A
Bla
ck B
riton
’s P
erce
ptio
n
6.
Im
porta
nt in
fo fo
r C
lubs
!
8.W
hat i
s C
ance
r B
ush?
9.In
spira
tiona
l Men
torin
g -
Doe
s yo
ur c
hild
hav
e so
meo
ne to
look
Up
to?
10.
Duk
e Vi
n - T
he S
KA
Vete
ran
11.
Can
Che
mo
Cur
e C
ance
r?
12.
AJa
mai
can
clim
bs E
vere
st!
14,
Mix
ed R
ace
and
Oba
ma
3
AD
VE
RTIS
E H
ER
EFO
R J
UST
£25
ISSN
No.
1751
- 1
909
E-m
agaz
ine
of th
e R
ussi
an F
eder
atio
n w
hich
is s
plit
east
and
wes
t of t
he U
rals
):
Ban
d A
0–2,
000
mile
s fro
m L
ondo
nB
and
B2,
001–
4,00
0 m
iles
from
Lond
onB
and
C4,
001–
6,00
0 m
iles
from
Lond
onB
and
Dov
er 6
,000
mile
s fro
m L
ondo
n
The
Red
uced
and
Sta
ndar
d ra
tes
will
con
tinue
toap
ply.
Rat
es o
f dut
y fo
r 200
9-10
and
201
0-11
are
as fo
llow
s:
Ban
dR
educ
ed R
ate
Stan
dard
Rat
e20
09-1
020
10-1
120
09-1
020
10-1
1B
and
A£1
1£1
2£2
2£2
4B
and
B£4
5£6
0£9
0£1
20B
and
C£5
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5£1
00£1
50B
and
D£5
5£8
5£1
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Full
deta
ils,
incl
udin
g th
e ta
bles
spe
cify
ing
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chco
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es a
nd t
errit
orie
s fa
ll in
to e
ach
of t
he n
ewA
PD
ba
nds,
ca
n be
fo
und
atw
ww
.hm
rc.g
ov.u
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r200
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rn20
.
BTA
– Th
e Tr
avel
Ass
ocia
tion
was
foun
ded
in 1
950
and
curr
ently
has
1,4
15 m
embe
rs w
ith 5
,900
out
-le
ts. M
embe
rs in
clud
e tra
vel a
gent
s, to
ur o
pera
tors
and
supp
ort
serv
ices
rig
ht a
cros
s th
e sp
ectru
mfro
m s
mal
l fam
ily-o
wne
d bu
sine
sses
to th
e la
rges
tto
ur o
pera
tors
.
AB
TAis
the
lar
gest
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vel
asso
ciat
ion
in t
he U
Kan
d its
mem
bers
pro
vide
90%
of t
he fo
reig
n pa
ck-
age
holid
ays
in th
e U
K a
s w
ell a
s se
lling
mill
ions
of
inde
pend
ent t
rave
l arr
ange
men
ts.
In 2
008
AB
TAm
erge
d w
ith th
e Fe
dera
tion
of T
our
Ope
rato
rs [F
TO],
ther
eby
cem
entin
g its
role
as
the
lead
ing
trave
l ass
ocia
tion
and
incr
easi
ng b
enef
itsfo
r bo
th A
BTA
and
FTO
mem
bers
. Bot
h th
e A
BTA
bran
d w
hich
is
high
ly r
ecog
nise
d by
con
sum
ers
and
the
FTO
bra
nd w
hich
is w
ell k
now
n in
des
tina-
tions
will
be
reta
ined
. A
s pa
rt of
its
com
preh
ensi
ve p
acka
ge o
f ser
vice
sto
mem
bers
, AB
TA, a
s a
non-
party
pol
itica
l org
an-
isat
ion,
als
o pr
ovid
es a
n ef
fect
ive
voic
e to
rep
re-
sent
the
inte
rest
s of
its
Mem
bers
to
gove
rnm
ent
and
key
opin
ion
form
ers
at th
e hi
ghes
t lev
els.
Blackbright_October_2009.qxp 10/09/2009 22:50 Page 4
Is o
ur H
isto
ry a
Per
cept
ion?
Th
e B
lack
Brit
ish
Expe
rienc
e th
roug
hth
e Ey
es o
f a J
amai
can.
By
Win
ston
Wal
ker
I hav
e al
way
s th
ough
t tha
t com
ing
from
a c
olon
yha
s pr
obab
ly m
ade
a lo
t of
us
cultu
rally
ric
her
than
we
care
to
belie
ve a
nd t
he e
cono
mic
alra
cism
that
man
y of
us
face
from
a v
isib
le m
inor
i-ty
toda
y, c
an b
e tra
ced
right
bac
k to
the
attit
ude
and
idea
ls o
f our
old
col
onia
l mas
ters
. Whe
n w
ew
ere
in o
ur o
wn
coun
try w
e w
ere
mad
e to
fee
lve
ry m
uch
like
seco
nd c
lass
citi
zens
so
why
shou
ld w
e be
mad
e to
fee
l an
y di
ffere
nt i
n th
eco
untry
of
our
mas
ters
? M
y gr
andm
othe
r w
as a
very
God
-fear
ing
wom
an w
ho w
ent t
o ch
urch
from
a ve
ry e
arly
age
and
thou
ght i
t was
ver
y im
porta
ntto
hol
d on
to h
er re
ligio
us b
elie
fs w
hen
she
mov
edto
Eng
land
.
My
Gra
ndm
othe
r ha
d w
orke
d in
nu
rsin
g in
Jam
aica
and
wen
t to
chur
ch e
very
Sun
day,
a tr
a-di
tion
for
mos
t pe
ople
fro
m t
he C
arib
bean
tha
tth
ey h
ave
tried
to m
aint
ain.
So
wha
t a jo
y w
hen
she
disc
over
ed th
at th
ere
was
a c
hurc
h ju
st d
own
the
road
from
the
room
that
she
had
ren
ted.
She
put
on h
er b
est
clot
hes
and
mad
e su
re t
hat
she
had
mon
ey fo
r the
col
lect
ion.
Whi
le in
the
serv
ice
she
felt
that
she
sto
od o
ut a
s sh
e w
as t
he o
nly
blac
k fa
ce in
the
cong
rega
tion,
but
she
did
enj
oyfa
ct s
he w
as s
till h
oldi
ng o
nto
the
valu
es th
at s
heha
d in
Jam
aica
. The
ser
vice
onl
y la
sted
an
hour
and
whe
n it
finis
hed
she
sat
dow
n, h
opin
g th
atso
meo
ne w
ould
com
e an
d ta
lk to
her
as
she
was
still
feel
ing
very
isol
ated
and
was
in u
rgen
t nee
dof
mak
ing
frien
ds.
Sud
denl
y sh
e he
ard
a vo
ice
behi
nd h
er s
ayin
g, “
hello
, w
e ha
ve n
ever
see
nyo
u he
re b
efor
e”, s
he a
lso
sens
ed a
littl
e in
timid
a-tio
n in
the
voi
ce.
She
loo
ked
behi
nd h
er a
ndno
ticed
it w
as th
e pr
iest
who
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n gi
ving
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unt o
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hat g
oes
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hot
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Mic
hael
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nero
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ld s
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serm
on, s
he fe
lt re
assu
red
by th
is a
nd th
e si
ght o
fth
e m
an in
the
blac
k ro
be m
ade
her f
eel v
ery
com
-fo
rtabl
e, b
ut a
ll th
at w
as to
cha
nge.
The
prie
st a
sked
if h
e co
uld
sit d
own
and
have
ach
at w
ith h
er a
nd s
he s
aid
that
was
fine
. “Th
ank
you
for
com
ing”
, th
e pr
iest
sai
d, “
but
my
paris
h-io
ners
are
not
com
forta
ble
in t
he p
rese
nce
ofbl
ack
peop
le,
so i
f yo
u do
n’t
min
d pl
ease
don
’tco
me
back
to
this
chu
rch.
” A
t th
at m
omen
t sh
eju
st w
ante
d to
get
on
a pl
ane
and
go b
ack
toJa
mai
ca.
My
Gra
ndm
othe
r w
ould
nev
er e
xpre
sshe
r vie
ws
voca
lly a
nd s
he w
ould
not
hav
e do
ne s
oon
thi
s oc
casi
on,
but
this
wou
ld b
e a
stor
y sh
ew
ould
tell
mys
elf a
nd th
e re
st o
f our
frie
nds
and
fam
ily m
any
times
. Th
is e
xper
ienc
e w
as a
lso
tom
ake
her a
ver
y bi
tter w
oman
, but
she
wou
ld n
otbe
the
onl
y on
e w
ho w
ould
hav
e th
ese
expe
ri-en
ces,
and
in
year
s to
com
e th
ere
wou
ld b
e a
gene
ratio
n w
ho w
ould
not
tol
erat
e th
ese
prej
u-di
ces
and
man
y w
ould
los
e th
ere
lives
or
find
them
selv
es im
pris
oned
figh
ting
for t
he ri
ght t
o be
treat
ed th
e sa
me
as th
eir f
ello
w h
uman
bei
ngs.
We
ofte
n co
nfin
e st
orie
s lik
e m
y G
rand
mot
hers
toB
ible
bel
t A
mer
ica
or A
parth
eid
Sou
th A
frica
,al
thou
gh r
acis
m w
as n
ot a
s ha
rsh
in B
ritai
n as
itw
as in
thes
e pl
aces
for a
lot o
f peo
ple
from
vis
ible
min
oriti
es.
In B
ritai
n a
lot
of t
hese
peo
ple
wou
ldem
brac
e th
e id
eals
of s
uch
blac
k le
ader
s N
elso
nM
ande
la,
Mal
colm
X a
nd M
artin
Lut
her
Kin
g.A
lthou
gh I
do
belie
ve i
n no
n-vi
olen
ce,
I w
ould
have
bel
ieve
d in
the
Ide
als
of M
alco
lm X
as
Ibe
lieve
tha
t w
e al
l ha
ve a
rig
ht t
o de
fend
our
-se
lves
by
any
mea
ns n
eces
sary
. I d
o no
t bel
ieve
in th
e sa
ying
that
we
shou
ld tu
rn th
e ot
her c
heek
,it
does
not
mak
e se
nse.
Whe
n I w
as 1
6 I b
egan
taki
ng a
n in
tere
st in
thes
epe
ople
and
als
o th
e ge
nera
l his
tory
of t
he m
any
blac
k pe
ople
who
wer
e bo
rn in
the
Wes
tern
wor
ldan
d I c
ame
to d
isco
ver t
hat w
e ar
e a
peop
le w
hoha
ve n
o na
me,
no
relig
ion
no c
ultu
re a
nd n
o id
en-
tity.
I r
emem
ber
talk
ing
to a
Ras
tafa
rian
frien
dm
any
year
s ag
o an
d hi
m a
skin
g m
e m
y na
me
and
repl
ying
“W
inst
on W
alke
r” “
No”
he
said
, “th
at i
syo
ur m
aste
rs’n
ame”
. I d
idn’
t und
erst
and
it th
en,
but I
wou
ld g
et to
kno
w w
hat h
e w
as ta
lkin
g ab
out
in y
ears
to c
ome
and
wou
ld e
mbr
ace
thes
e va
lues
as I
tried
to fi
nd s
omet
hing
I co
uld
iden
tify
with
inlif
e.
Alth
ough
I w
ould
den
y th
at I
am
rac
ist,
I do
belie
ve th
at ra
cism
has
dic
tate
d th
e liv
es o
f man
ybl
ack
peop
le i
n B
ritai
n, w
heth
er i
t be
thr
ough
5
hous
ing,
edu
catio
n, s
ocia
l wel
fare
, jud
icia
l iss
ues
or e
mpl
oym
ent e
tc. I
hav
e al
way
s as
ked
mys
elf,
why
is it
that
whe
n w
e -
peop
le o
f a v
isib
le m
inor
-ity
wan
t any
thin
g to
mai
ntai
n th
at c
erta
in le
vel o
fin
tegr
ity w
ithin
our
cul
ture
s -
we
alw
ays
seem
tofin
d ou
rsel
ves
goin
g to
are
as t
hat
look
like
the
yha
ve n
ot b
een
deve
lope
d si
nce
the
seco
nd w
orld
war
?
The
area
I g
rew
up
in r
efle
cts
the
econ
omic
alra
cism
that
man
y of
us
expe
rienc
ed a
nd a
re s
till
expe
rienc
ing
toda
y. A
few
yea
rs a
go I
look
ed o
nth
e in
tern
et a
nd w
as l
ooki
ng a
t th
e ar
ea t
hat
Igr
ew u
p in
Birm
ingh
am.
I w
as t
o di
scov
er t
hat
man
y ye
ars
befo
re,
peo
ple
of a
vis
ible
min
ority
wer
e in
vite
d ov
er h
ere
to li
ve. T
hese
are
as w
ere
very
sub
urba
n, e
xclu
sive
are
as,
so w
hy,
whe
nth
ese
peop
le m
oved
to
thes
e ar
eas,
wer
e th
eyne
ver d
evel
oped
? I t
hink
it w
ould
be
fair
to s
ay th
esa
me
abou
t man
y pl
aces
whe
re p
eopl
e of
thes
em
inor
ities
dec
ided
to s
ettle
in B
ritai
n.
Thro
ugho
ut th
e 70
s an
d ea
rly 8
0s th
ese
prob
lem
sw
ere
high
light
ed o
nly
thro
ugh
frust
ratio
n th
at le
dto
rio
ts in
man
y B
ritis
h in
ner
citie
s w
here
peo
ple
wer
e ge
tting
a li
ttle
sick
and
tire
d of
livi
ng in
thes
eat
roci
ous
cond
ition
s an
d al
so b
y th
e w
ay m
any
wer
e be
ing
treat
ed b
y th
e la
w a
nd th
e ju
dici
al s
ys-
tem
. I
f yo
u w
ere
blac
k yo
u w
ere
mor
e lik
ely
toha
ve s
ome
form
of s
ocia
l stig
ma
atta
ched
to y
ou,
whe
ther
it b
e a
crim
inal
rec
ord
or m
enta
l illn
ess,
or t
here
was
alw
ays
that
exp
ecta
tion
that
if y
ouw
ere
blac
k yo
u w
ere
expe
cted
to h
ave
som
e fo
rmof
neg
ativ
ity a
ttach
ed to
you
, you
cou
ld b
e a
drug
deal
er, m
ugge
r or t
hief
etc
. The
re a
re c
erta
in e
le-
men
ts o
f peo
ple
with
in w
hite
mid
dle
clas
s B
ritai
n,w
ho w
ill a
lway
s fin
d it
hard
to a
ccep
t tha
t all
blac
kpe
ople
are
not
dru
g de
aler
s or
robb
ers
or th
ieve
s,an
d th
ese
peop
le, I
do
feel
, nee
d ed
ucat
ing.
Con
tin
ued
on
pag
e 8
.
Blackbright_October_2009.qxp 10/09/2009 22:50 Page 6
6
A P
RAYE
R FO
R OBA
MA
We
pray
for
opt
imum
hea
lth,
men
tal c
lari
ty
and
polit
ical
pro
sper
ity
for
Pres
iden
t Ba
rack
Oba
ma.
We
pray
tha
t wh
at h
e la
cks
in p
olit
ical
‘exp
erie
nce’
you
mak
e up
for
wit
h su
pern
atur
al w
isdo
m a
nd p
ower
.
We
also
pra
y th
at w
hen
his
enem
ies
com
e up
on h
imth
ey w
ill s
tum
ble
and
fall;
and
tha
t yo
ur lo
ve w
ill f
illhi
s he
art
to t
he e
nd t
hat
‘Yo
ur w
ill’
be d
one
thro
ugh
him
.
We
pray
mig
htily
for
his
pro
tect
ion.
A
s we
ple
ad t
he B
lood
of
your
son
, Jes
us,
over
him
and
his
fam
ily. W
e re
vere
ntly
as
k yo
u to
dis
patc
h le
gion
s of
ang
els
to p
rote
ct t
hem
fro
m a
ll hu
rt, h
arm
, dan
ger
as h
ese
rves
as
the
Pres
iden
t of
the
U
nite
d St
ates
of
Am
eric
a .
We
than
k yo
u an
d pr
aise
you
for
an
swer
ing
our
sinc
ere
pray
ers,
In J
esus
’ Pre
ciou
s N
ame,
AM
EN
Wor
ds o
f Ins
pira
tion
by C
olin
Pow
ell
Cons
ider
this:
Neve
r re
ceive
co
unse
l fro
m
unpr
oduc
tive
peop
le.Ne
ver d
iscus
s yo
ur p
roble
ms w
ith s
omeo
ne in
capa
ble o
f con
tributi
ngto
the s
olutio
n, be
caus
e tho
se w
ho n
ever
suc
ceed
them
selve
s ar
ealw
ays f
irst t
o tel
l you
how
.No
t eve
ryone
has
a ri
ght t
o sp
eak i
nto yo
ur lif
e.Yo
u ar
e ce
rtain
to ge
t the
wor
st of
the b
arga
in wh
en y
ou e
xcha
nge
ideas
with
the
wron
g pe
rson.
Don’t
follo
w an
yone
who
’s no
t goin
g an
ywhe
re.
With
some
peo
ple yo
u sp
end
an e
venin
g: wi
th oth
ers y
ou in
vest
it. Be
care
ful w
here
you
stop
to inq
uire
for d
irecti
ons a
long
the ro
ad o
flife
. W
ise is
the
perso
n wh
o for
tifies
his
life w
ith th
e rig
ht frie
ndsh
ips.
If yo
u ru
n wi
th wo
lves,
you
will l
earn
how
to h
owl. B
ut, if
you
asso
ci-ate
with
eag
les, y
ou w
ill lea
rn h
ow to
soar
to g
reat
heigh
ts.
“Ami
rror r
eflec
ts a
man’s
face
, but
what
he is
reall
y like
is sh
own
bythe
kind
of f
riend
s he
choo
ses.”
Th
e sim
ple b
ut tru
e fac
t of li
fe is
that y
ou b
ecom
e lik
e tho
se w
ith w
hom
you
close
ly as
socia
te - f
or th
e
good
and
the
bad.
“In P
rosp
erity
Our
Frie
nds K
now
Us.
In Ad
versi
ty W
e Kn
ow O
urFr
iends
.” “N
ever
mak
e so
meon
e a
prior
ity w
hen
you
are
only
an o
ption
for
them.
”“If
you
are
going
to a
chiev
e ex
celle
nce
in big
thing
s, yo
u de
velop
the
habit
in lit
tle m
atter
s. Ex
celle
nce
is no
t an
exce
ption
, it is
a p
reva
iling
attitu
de.”
Colin
Pow
ell
DO Y
OU O
WN
OR M
ANAG
E A
SMAL
LNI
GHTC
LUB?
Unde
r the
Lice
nsing
Act,
a p
erfor
manc
e by
one
mus
ician
ina
bar,
resta
uran
t, sc
hool
or h
ospit
al no
t lice
nsed
for
live
music
could
lead
to a
crim
inal p
rose
cutio
n of
those
org
anis-
ing th
e eve
nt. E
ven a
pian
o may
coun
t as a
licen
sable
‘ente
r-tai
nmen
t facil
ity’. B
y con
trast,
ampli
fied b
ig sc
reen
broa
dcas
ten
tertai
nmen
t is
exem
pt. T
he g
over
nmen
t say
s the
Act
isne
cess
ary
to co
ntrol
noise
nuis
ance
, crim
e, dis
orde
r an
dpu
blic s
afety,
even
thou
gh ot
her la
ws al
read
y dea
l with
thos
eris
ks. M
usici
ans
warn
ed th
e Ac
t wou
ld ha
rm s
mall
even
ts.Ab
out 5
0% o
f bar
s an
d 75
% o
f res
taura
nts h
ave
no li
vemu
sic p
ermi
ssion
. Obta
ining
per
miss
ion fo
r the
mild
est l
ivemu
sic r
emain
s co
stly
and
time-
cons
uming
. In
May,
theCu
lture
, Med
ia an
d Spo
rtCo
mmitte
e rec
omme
nded
exem
p-tio
ns fo
r ven
ues u
p to
200
capa
city a
nd fo
r una
mplifi
ed p
er-
forma
nce b
y one
or tw
o mus
ician
s. Th
e gov
ernm
ent s
aid no
.Bu
t tho
se e
xemp
tions
would
resto
re s
ome
fairn
ess
in the
regu
lation
of li
ve m
usic
and
enco
urag
e gr
assro
ots ve
nues
.
Thou
ght I
would
pass
the d
etails
on of
this
petiti
on, a
sit a
ffects
small
live
music
ven
ues/p
ubs
in pa
rticula
r, an
d fel
t tha
t whe
ther y
ou a
re a
live
music
love
r, a
perfo
rming
artis
t, or
a v
enue
own
er/m
anag
er, y
ou w
ould
be ke
en to
sign
up
and
show
your
supp
ort.
(the
webli
nk ta
kes y
ou to
the
petiti
on o
n the
no
10 w
ebsit
e.)
http:/
/petiti
ons.n
umbe
r10.g
ov.uk
/livem
usice
vents
/
Aclu
b own
er re
centl
y spo
ke w
ith Lo
rd C
lemen
t-Jon
es (t
he on
e who
intro
-du
ced
the b
ill ba
rring
toba
cco
adve
rtising
) for
a te
lepho
ne in
tervie
w an
dhe
said
that d
espit
e the
swell
ing n
umbe
rs, w
e sti
ll nee
d ma
ny m
ore
sig-
natur
es o
n the
live
music
foru
ms p
etitio
n.
So cl
ub ow
ners,
bar m
anag
ers,p
erfor
mers
- Get
behin
d the
petiti
on, s
ignit a
nd se
nd e
veryo
ne a
ffecte
d to
it!!
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fo
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rmat
ive”
BLA
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imul
ates
by:
enco
urag
ing
our
read
ers
to d
evel
op
thei
r ta
lent
s,vi
ews
and
posi
tive
idea
s;ac
tivel
y in
vitin
g pa
rtic
ipat
ion
from
peo
ple
who
hav
e co
nstr
uctiv
e id
eas,
enth
usia
sman
d a
pass
ion
for
expr
essi
ng is
sues
;pr
ovid
ing
a m
edi-
um
whe
re
read
ers
and
cont
ribu
tors
ca
n ex
pres
sth
emse
lves
to
a gl
obal
aud
ienc
e.
BLA
CK
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IGH
T E
duca
tes
by:
subl
imin
ally
dev
elop
ing
read
ers
who
are
lim
ited
from
thei
r fu
ll po
tent
ial b
ecau
se o
f life
exp
erie
nces
;rem
ov-
ing
the
ceili
ng t
hat
limits
tha
t po
tent
ial t
hrou
gh a
war
e-ne
ss r
aisi
ng s
trat
egie
s;pr
ovid
ing
a ne
w p
arad
igm
of
thin
king
(h
ence
its
aw
ard-
win
ning
app
eal
and
glob
alre
ader
ship
);an
d ac
ting
as a
cro
ss-g
ener
atio
nal
and
cros
s-cu
ltura
l adv
ocat
e fo
r lif
e-lo
ng le
arni
ng.
BLA
CK
-BR
IGH
TM
otiv
ates
by :
Focu
ssin
g on
the
em
otio
nal
and
phys
iolo
gica
l ne
eds
and
aspi
ratio
ns o
f its
rea
ders
;id
entif
ying
way
s to
rej
u-ve
nate
,reb
uild
and
res
hape
our
cul
ture
;enc
oura
ging
posi
tive
attit
udes
and
rea
listic
exp
ecta
tions
to
enab
lea
sens
e of
wel
lbei
ng.
BLA
CK
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IGH
TE
leva
tes
by:
Impl
emen
ting
ethi
cal,
mor
al a
nd s
piri
tual
cha
ract
erbu
ildin
g st
rate
gies
with
in a
rtic
les
and
stor
ies
for
the
uplif
tmen
t of
its
read
ers
and
stab
ility
of a
rac
e.
Bla
ckbr
ight
New
s w
as n
omin
ated
for
the
Nat
ionw
ide
Aw
ard
for
Volu
ntar
y E
ndea
vour
.B
lack
brig
ht N
ews
was
nom
inat
ed fo
r an
d re
ceiv
ed:t
he B
lack
Bus
ines
s In
itia
tive
Aw
ard
for
usin
g so
cial
ent
repr
enur
ials
hip
to e
nlig
hten
the
blac
k co
mm
unit
y;th
e M
ayor
’s C
itiz
ensh
ip A
war
d fo
rit
s ou
tsta
ndin
g se
rvic
e to
the
loc
al c
omm
unit
y an
d th
eA
fric
an-C
arib
bean
Ach
ieve
r’s
Aw
ard
in r
ecog
niti
on f
orou
tsta
ndin
g ac
com
plis
hmen
ts i
n Lu
ton
and
was
als
ono
min
ated
for
Lear
n D
irec
t Aw
ard.
Blac
k-Br
ight
has
pro
vided
em
ploy
men
t op
port
uniti
es fo
r its
vol
unte
ers
and
the
Foun
der h
as o
btai
ned
the
requ
isite
qua
lifica
tions
to e
nabl
e he
rto
tea
ch a
nd M
ento
r in
the
Life
long
Lea
rnin
g Se
ctor
so
that
she
can
assis
t ad
ults
with
the
ir lit
erac
y ne
eds.
Myr
na t
rans
fers
bes
t pr
actic
esan
d ha
s th
e lif
e ex
perie
nces
and
em
path
y ne
eded
to
men
tor
youn
gpe
ople
with
con
duct
diso
rder
s.Th
e Fo
unde
r is
curr
ently
ass
istin
g KS
4st
uden
ts w
ith th
eir G
CSE
Engl
ish a
nd is
also
ass
istin
g EE
C &
Asia
n st
u-de
nts
with
Eng
lish
Lite
racy
,pro
nunc
iatio
n an
d G
ram
mar
.Sh
e ho
pes
that
by
help
ing
one
pers
on a
t a
time,
she
can
even
tual
ly p
ositi
ve-
ly im
pact
the
who
le L
uton
com
mun
ity.
7
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8
The
Bla
ck B
ritis
h E
xper
ienc
e th
roug
h th
eE
yes
of a
Jam
aica
n.
By
Win
ston
Wal
ker
(Con
tinue
d fro
m p
age
5)
At t
he b
egin
ning
of m
y st
ory,
I re
ferr
ed to
mys
elf
com
ing
from
a c
olon
y. I
do th
ink
ther
e is
a lo
t of
igno
ranc
e fro
m
the
natio
ns
who
ra
n th
ese
colo
nies
, as
bei
ng t
he s
erva
nt w
e kn
ew e
very
-th
ing
abou
t our
mas
ters
, but
at t
he s
ame
time
our
mas
ters
kne
w n
othi
ng a
bout
thei
r ser
vant
s, in
that
sens
e th
e se
rvan
ts h
ave
beco
me
riche
r tha
n th
eir
mas
ters
. Whe
reas
in o
ur h
ome
coun
tries
we
wer
eta
ught
eve
ryth
ing
abou
t the
Brit
ish
Em
pire
it a
lso
amaz
es m
e th
at w
e w
ere
neve
r ta
ught
any
thin
gab
out o
ur c
ultu
res.
Wha
teve
r I le
arne
d w
as ta
ught
by m
y pa
rent
s, s
o do
es t
his
mea
n th
at a
lthou
ghw
e liv
e in
mul
ti-cu
ltura
l soc
iety
that
one
cul
ture
ism
ore
impo
rtant
than
the
othe
r? I
say
that
we
need
to e
mbr
ace
each
oth
er’s
cul
ture
s an
d le
arn
som
e-th
ing
from
eac
h ot
her.
Whi
le li
ving
in S
cotla
nd I
ofte
n sa
w a
lot o
f wea
ri-ne
ss w
hen
it co
mes
to th
e E
nglis
h, b
ut th
at s
ame
wea
rines
s, I
wou
ld s
ay,
is t
he s
ame
wea
rines
sth
at p
eopl
e of
a v
isib
le m
inor
ity h
ave
expe
rienc
edw
ith w
hite
s fo
r m
any
year
s, h
ence
ref
errin
g ba
ckto
the
sto
ry o
f m
y gr
andm
othe
r. I
pers
onal
ly a
mno
t loo
king
for
sym
path
y or
pity
, but
und
erst
and-
ing
and
to b
e ab
le to
sha
re w
hat I
hav
e to
offe
r.A
m I
hap
py w
ith r
ace
rela
tions
in
Brit
ain?
The
answ
ered
wou
ld h
ave
to b
e ye
s, b
ut t
here
is
alw
ays
room
fo
r im
prov
emen
t. Th
ings
ha
vech
ange
d si
nce
my
Gra
ndm
othe
r ca
me
to B
ritai
n,bu
t I a
lso
thin
k th
at th
ese
situ
atio
ns m
ust n
ever
be
forg
otte
n, s
o th
at th
ey c
anno
t be
repe
ated
.
With
in th
e U
nite
d K
ingd
om th
ere
are
four
diff
eren
tco
untri
es, E
ngla
nd, I
rela
nd, S
cotla
nd a
nd W
ales
.I a
lway
s as
k m
ysel
f in
whi
ch c
ateg
ory
do w
e pe
o-pl
e of
a v
isib
le m
inor
ity fi
t in.
I pe
rson
ally
do
not
wan
t any
thin
g to
do
with
any
of t
hese
, to
be p
art
of o
ne w
ould
be
sepa
ratis
m, b
ut I
wou
ld p
refe
r to
be p
art
of s
omet
hing
tha
t is
Brit
ish
as I
see
aw
hole
mul
titud
e of
peo
ple
incl
uded
in th
e te
rm o
fbe
ing
Brit
ish.
We
have
Sco
ttish
, Wel
sh, I
rish
and
Eng
lish
and
I wou
ld a
lso
incl
ude
peop
le fr
om th
eC
arib
bean
, A
frica
, A
sia,
etc
. In
my
eyes
tha
t’sw
hat m
akes
Brit
ain
grea
t.
The
“Spa
nish”
infl
uenz
a pa
ndem
ic of
1918
-19
19,
caus
ed 5
0 mi
llion
death
swo
rldwi
de,
this
rem
ains
an o
mino
uswa
rning
to p
ublic
hea
lth. I
n the
Unit
edSt
ates
, du
ring
the
Grea
t Sw
ine F
luMa
ssac
re o
f 197
6 the
nati
onal
prog
ram
of sw
ine fl
u inj
ectio
ns w
as h
ardly
und
erwa
y be
fore
alarm
ing “r
umor
s” of
sudd
ende
ath a
nd o
f ter
rible
side
effec
ts su
ch a
s va
rious
form
s of
para
lysis,
acu
te he
art f
ailur
e an
d ca
ncer
beg
an to
alar
m the
amer
ican
peop
le, d
uring
whic
h the
offic
ials d
espe
ratel
y trie
dto
comp
lete
their
anno
unce
d go
al of
vacc
inatin
g ev
ery
per-
son
in Am
erica
with
this
poiso
n. In
the e
nsuin
g we
eks,
this
figur
e co
ntinu
ed t
o be
rev
ised
upwa
rd u
ntil t
he o
fficial
sad
mitte
d tha
t sixt
een
hund
red
perso
ns h
ad d
ied im
media
te-ly
after
bein
g inj
ected
with
the
vacc
ine d
espit
e the
se ca
sual-
ties,
the of
ficial
s con
tinue
d the
prog
ram
of inj
ectio
n unti
l Dec
.16
, 197
6, wh
en pu
blic o
utcry
beca
me so
grea
t that
it was
offi-
cially
stop
ped.
The
grea
t med
icine
that
was
used
to k
ill the
effe
cts o
f the
deva
statin
g 19
18 in
fluen
za p
ande
mic w
hich
claim
ed 5
0 mi
l-lio
n liv
es w
orldw
ide is
Can
cerb
ush,
und
efeata
ble e
viden
cesh
ows t
hat C
ance
rbus
h is 1
000%
times
effec
tive i
n the
elim
-ina
tion
of Inf
luenz
a / S
wine
flu.
The
objec
tive
of ca
ncer
-bu
sh.or
g.uk i
s to e
duca
te all
visit
ors o
n this
dise
ase,
and t
hehe
rbal
reme
dy, it
is n
ot ou
r inte
ntion
to ca
stiga
te the
curre
ntco
nven
tiona
l meth
ods o
ffere
d to t
he ge
nera
l pub
lic, w
hat w
ear
e no
t told
is th
at ca
ncer
doe
s not
have
to b
e ter
mina
l. So
visit
our w
ebsit
e for
infor
matio
n on
can
cerb
ush
and
other
natur
al he
rbal
reme
dies.
www.
canc
erbu
sh.or
g.uk
www.
mysp
ace.c
om/ca
ncer
bush
Tel: 0
7943
144
544
: info@
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erbu
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yrna
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Tra
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“The
Oth
er S
ide
of To
urism
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uy N
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r onl
y £5
)(It
’s th
e fu
nny
side
of b
eing
Brit
ish in
Jam
aica
!)9
Myrna, says:
“My f
amily
of o
rigin
was h
eavil
y infl
uenc
ed b
y the
stric
tness
of t
heCa
ribbe
an a
nd th
e un
forgiv
ing a
ttitud
es o
f Vict
orian
ism. I
was
raise
d in a
priva
te fos
tering
home
durin
g my p
rimar
y yea
rs. M
uch
of my
ear
ly ex
perie
nces
with
form
al ed
ucati
on, e
mploy
ment
and
relat
ionsh
ips la
cked
the
emoti
onal
supp
ort a
nd g
uidan
ce n
eces
-sa
ry for
opti
mal g
rowt
h. Ad
ults r
uled
in my
pre
-scho
ol wo
rld: “
chil-
dren
mus
t be
seen
and
not
hea
rd”;
durin
g my
pub
esce
nt ye
ars:
“.kee
p yo
ur m
outh
shut
, do
as yo
u ar
e to
ld, a
nd o
bey y
our e
lders
”.As
a re
sult,
by th
e age
of 15
year
s old,
I had
clos
ed up
emoti
onal-
ly, in
terna
lised
my f
ears
and
beca
me a
ppre
hens
ive to
ward
s tho
sewh
o clai
med t
hey l
oved
me.
I dev
elope
d my c
apac
ity fo
r res
ilienc
eby
men
tally
reco
rding
my f
eelin
gs a
nd w
riting
them
dow
n in
eithe
rpo
etry
or p
rose
. In
my
20s,
I star
ted to
pain
t. T
he p
roce
ss o
ftra
nsfer
ring
the fr
ustra
tion
on ca
nvas
was
ther
apeu
tic.
Refle
cting
on th
e ste
ps I
took
to ov
erco
me th
e ch
allen
ges
I fac
ed a
nd th
esu
bseq
uent
self-e
xami
natio
n ha
s bee
n piv
otal to
my w
ork.
Myrn
a ha
s bee
n ca
lled
a ‘ca
uldro
n of
creati
vity’.
Bor
n in
Lond
onof
Jama
ican
pare
nts, s
he is
a V
isual
Artis
t, Pu
blish
ed A
uthor,
Perfo
rman
ce P
oet,
Radio
DJ a
nd P
ublis
her o
f Blac
k-Brig
ht Ne
ws.
Myrn
a sp
ent 1
1 ye
ars i
n the
Unit
ed S
tates
wor
king
for th
e Un
ited
Natio
ns a
s a H
R Ad
minis
trator
, 1 ye
ar in
Ang
ola o
n a
peac
ekee
p-ing
miss
ion tr
ying
to mo
tivate
vuln
erab
le sta
ff wh
o ac
comp
anied
her o
n the
haz
ardo
us a
ssign
ment.
Myrn
a re
turne
d to
the U
K in
2000
, to
be cl
ose
to he
r fam
ily.
Myrn
a’s in
spira
tiona
l men
toring
wor
k is
drive
n by
her
inter
est i
nhe
lping
youn
g peo
ple re
lease
crea
tive e
nerg
y for
prog
ress
. Aco
n-sis
tent t
hrea
d is
her b
elief
in the
nee
d for
par
ties
to ex
perie
nce
thems
elves
as re
spec
ted, tr
eated
justl
y in a
safe
envir
onme
nt, an
dar
e he
lped
to re
alise
their
pur
pose
and
pote
ntial.
Myrn
a fee
ls tha
tnu
rturin
g on
e’s cu
lture
and
iden
tity, is
the
centr
e of
grow
th, st
abil-
ity a
nd w
holen
ess.
She
belie
ves
that t
he e
ssen
tial b
asis
for s
elf-
impr
ovem
ent is
a “t
rue”
relat
ionsh
ip wi
th on
eself
.
At so
me tim
e or
ano
ther,
ever
yone
gets
into
a mo
de o
f rigi
d thi
nk-
ing, th
at ca
uses
disc
onten
t and
stre
ss an
d with
youn
g peo
ple w
ithEm
otion
al, S
ocial
and
Beh
aviou
ral D
isord
ers
(ESB
D), t
hese
pat-
terns
are
exa
cerb
ated.
You
ng p
eople
with
ESB
D ca
n ge
t ove
r-wh
elmed
by c
onflic
ting
prior
ities a
nd th
eir re
actio
ns to
thing
s tha
tha
ppen
that
they d
on’t e
xpec
t and
don’t
wan
t in th
eir liv
es, c
ause
sthe
m to
lose f
ocus
, was
te eff
ort, m
iss op
portu
nities
and i
mpos
e on
other
s. Yo
ung
peop
le wi
th co
nduc
t diso
rder
s, co
uld b
ecom
e the
irow
n wo
rst e
nemi
es th
roug
h se
lf-criti
cism,
self
-dou
bt, a
nd u
nre-
spon
siven
ess
to the
ir ow
n ne
eds.
The
risk
, whe
n the
se th
ings
happ
en, i
s tha
t the
y me
ntally
obli
terate
wha
ts bo
therin
g the
m to
avoid
doing
wha
t they
have
to do
, or t
hey t
olera
te an
unsa
tisfac
to-ry
situa
tion
until
they
feel e
motio
nally
bur
ned
out,
get
angr
y,be
come
serio
usly
stres
sed,
panic
or s
uffer
dep
ress
ion.
Inspir
ation
al Me
ntorin
g ca
n he
lp yo
ung
peop
le re
gain
persp
ectiv
ean
d foc
us email
: cult
uralg
arde
n@ao
l.com
for m
ore
infor
matio
n.
INSP
IRA
TIO
NA
L M
EN
TO
RM
yrn
a L
oy,
Ass
ists
you
ng p
eople
to a
chie
ve
their
pote
nti
al.
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10
Lady
Loy
Chi
t-Cha
ts w
ithLe
gend
ary V
eter
an -
Duke
Vin
On 1
Sep
tembe
r 200
9, it
was
signif
icant
for m
e be
caus
e I
had
been
ask
ed to
cond
uct a
n int
ervie
w a
week
ear
lier w
ithDu
ke V
in. I
am u
sed
to int
ervie
wing
artis
ts wh
o se
e the
proc
ess a
s a w
in-wi
n sit
uatio
n, so
I did
n’t th
ink it
would
be
apr
oblem
whe
n I a
gree
d to
inter
view
him.
Howe
ver,
after
going
thro
ugh a
varie
ty of
sour
ces,
I wa
s told
that
he w
as a
hard
man
to in
tervie
w an
d ve
ry ex
pens
ive.
I didn
’t ha
ve a
budg
et.
Duk
e Vi
n wa
s in
dema
nd b
ut a
mutua
l frie
ndar
rang
ed fo
r me
to ca
ll him
. W
hen
I call
ed, D
uke
had
just
come
bac
k fro
m Pa
ris w
here
he
had
been
comm
ission
ed to
play
his s
ound
out
there
, and
had
bee
n als
o co
mmiss
ioned
to pla
y in I
taly s
o he w
as pl
annin
g the
4-d
ay tr
ip.It w
as go
odtim
ing w
hen I
calle
d. H
e was
rece
ptive
and e
xcite
d abo
ut his
immi
nent
depa
rture
to It
aly.
Duke
Vin
made
the
first S
ound
Sys
tem in
the
UK in
195
6,an
d in
(pre
sumu
ably)
his
mid-
70s h
e is
as a
ctive
now
as h
ewa
s in
his 2
0s.
He to
ld me
that
his fa
ther l
ived
to wa
y pas
t10
0 ye
ars o
ld an
d he
had
eve
ry int
entio
n of
doing
the
same
as h
e cle
verly
avo
ided
the is
sue
of ag
e.
I ask
ed h
im if
he w
as in
spire
d by
Rod
igan.
He
laugh
ed a
ndsa
id he
thra
shed
Dav
id so
badly
man
y yea
rs ag
o. H
e clai
mshe
has
man
y tun
es th
at no
-one
else
has
and
I be
lieve
him
,wh
ich co
uld p
ossib
ly be
one
of t
he re
ason
s he
has s
o mu
chku
dos a
nd is
still
so m
uch
in de
mand
aro
und
the w
orld.
Duke
Vin
- a m
an to
o bus
y for
inter
views
and f
ar to
o infl
uen-
tial, I
felt p
rivile
ged
that h
e ga
ve m
e 20
minu
tes o
f his
time.
I was
asto
unde
d by
his
warm
th, h
is op
enne
ss a
nd h
ones
ty.It
was
not a
form
al int
ervie
w of
cour
se b
ut it
gave
me
anins
ight t
o the
man
who
gav
e Da
vid R
odiga
n a
‘hard
thra
sh-
ing’a
t the E
lectric
Ball
room
; the m
an w
ho bu
ilt the
first
soun
dsy
stem
(‘the
Tickle
r’) in
the
UK a
nd m
obilis
ed it
on
an ic
e-cre
am tr
uck
when
ask
ed b
y the
loca
l cou
ncil t
o pe
rform
at
the ve
ry firs
t Nott
ing H
ill Ca
rniva
l.
Duke
Vin
came
to th
e UK
in 19
54 an
d said
it wa
s the
silen
ce
of the
stre
ets, s
ilenc
e in p
ubs,
and t
he ab
senc
e of m
usic
that
motiv
ated h
im to
bring
life t
o Ska
in Lo
ndon
- an
d no
t any
deg
ay d
egay
par
t of L
ondo
neit
her!
Duk
e Vi
n fou
nd h
imse
lf cle
ar in
themi
ddle
of the
pre
stigio
us w
est E
nd e
nter-
tainin
g in
the S
oHo
club
on W
ardo
ur S
treet
to a
diver
se a
udien
ce.
Duke
Vin
spok
e fon
dly o
f his
frien
d, the
late
Peck
ings ,
who
was
instru
menta
l in
his m
usica
l jou
rney
(and
who
, he
felt
oblig
ed to
repe
at) w
as w
ith hi
m wh
en he
beat
Rodig
an in
the
soun
d cla
sh a
t the
Elec
tric B
allro
om.
Talki
ng w
ith D
uke V
in re
infor
ced t
he co
mpon
ents
need
ed fo
rsu
cces
s – e
xper
ience
and
know
ledge
of t
he ‘p
rodu
ct’, f
illing
a ga
p in
the m
arke
t, su
staini
ng a
relia
ble te
am, s
pecia
lising
in a
partic
ular g
enre
of m
usic,
cons
isten
t in p
rodu
cing
high-
quali
ty mu
sic a
nd b
eing
the b
est a
t wha
t he
loves
doin
g an
dsti
cking
with
it.
He s
ends
out
warm
, frie
ndly
vibes
thro
ugh
the p
hone
line
and
I se
nsed
his
pride
and
ach
ievem
ent a
tsti
ll bein
g so
muc
h in
dema
nd.
I ask
ed h
im h
ow o
ld he
was
, but
he a
voide
d the
que
stion
.Ph
otogr
aphs
, the
time
he ca
me to
the
UK in
195
4 an
d the
two
year
s it t
ook h
im se
t up
his so
und
syste
m pla
ced
him,
in my
mind
, in h
is mi
d to
late
70s –
so I
had
to as
k him
:“H
ow co
me a
t you
r age
, you
keep
goin
g lik
e an
eve
r rea
dyba
ttery?
” He
said
it is i
n his
gen
es.
He co
mes f
rom
a lon
glin
e of
old-tim
ers a
nd h
e wa
s not
read
y to
throw
in th
e tow
elye
t! Y
es D
uke
Vin
keep
s goin
g an
d go
ing a
nd h
e is
a cre
ditto
the h
istor
y of s
ound
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CCaann
CChhee
mmoo
CCuurr
ee CC
aannccee
rr??TT
hhiiss
hhaass
bbeeeenn
cciirrcc
uullaatt
eedd aa
nndd II
tthhoo
uugghhtt
iitt oo
nnllyy
ffaaiirr
ttoo pp
rriinntt
iittww
iitthh aa
rreess
ppoonnss
ee ffrr
oomm aa
qquuaa
lliiffiiee
dd ddoo
ccttoorr
..
Res
pons
e to
the
artic
le fr
om K
L (P
h.d)
Don’t
mea
n to b
e to b
urst
anyo
nes b
ubble
, but
this i
nform
ation
isno
t fro
m Jo
hns
Hopk
ins. C
hemo
thera
py, a
lthou
gh n
ot the
bes
top
tion
is the
bes
t tha
t we
have
righ
t now
, and
we
know
plen
ty of
peop
le tha
t trie
d to
fight
canc
er t
he n
atura
l way
(ie
Farra
hFa
wcet)
and
look
wha
t hap
pene
d to
her.
Whe
n pe
nicilli
n wa
sdis
cove
red,
peop
le tho
ught
that t
hey
would
try
to fig
ht ba
cteria
linf
ectio
ns th
e “n
atura
l way
”.Th
ey d
ied o
n the
batt
le fie
ld wi
thov
erwh
elming
infec
tions
.Th
e bo
ttom
line
is tha
t ev
eryb
ody
know
s tha
t hea
lty n
utritio
n inc
luding
fruit
s, ve
getab
les a
nd w
hole
grain
s and
fiber
will
help
to pr
even
t a lo
t of il
lness
es no
t just
can-
cer.
Exer
cise
and
a po
sitive
attit
ude
helps
with
all
disea
ses.
Ther
e are
also
envir
onme
ntal a
nd ge
netic
facto
rs wh
ich th
is do
esno
t add
ress
.Fo
r exa
mple,
livin
g in
NYan
d be
ing e
xpos
ed to
horri
ble p
olluti
on in
add
ition
to sm
oking
will
incre
ase
your
risk
of
canc
er no
matt
er w
hat y
ou ea
t.If y
our m
other,
gran
dmoth
er an
dsis
ter h
ad b
reas
t can
cer,
there
is a
high
cha
nce
you
will
get i
tev
en if
you l
ived o
n an i
sland
, ate
spina
ch fo
r bre
akfas
t, vita
mins
for lu
nch a
nd sw
am ar
ound
the i
sland
5 tim
es.
So, b
ottom
line i
sco
ntrol
what
you
can
by b
eing
healt
hy.
Eat f
oods
in m
oder
ation
includ
ing r
ed m
eat,
and
exer
cise.
But,
we c
an’t
chan
ge o
urge
netic
s.Tr
eat y
our b
ody l
ike a
temple
.Bu
t, if I
do al
l that,
and
if I g
et ca
ncer,
give
me
some
chem
other
apy,
and
if I g
et a
staph
infec
tion,
give
me so
me a
ntibio
tics—
-just
don’t
give
me
spina
ch.
Ori
gina
l E
mai
l: Jo
hns
Hop
kins
U
pdat
e –
AF
TE
RY
EA
RS
OF
TE
LLIN
G P
EO
PLE
CH
EM
OT
HE
RA
PY
IST
HE
ON
LY W
AY
TO
TR
Y (
‘TR
Y’,
BE
ING
TH
E K
EY
WO
RD
) T
O
ELI
MIN
AT
E
CA
NC
ER
, JO
HN
S
HO
P-
KIN
S IS
FIN
ALL
Y S
TA
RT
ING
TO
TE
LL Y
OU
TH
ER
EIS
AN
ALT
ER
NA
TIV
E W
AY
.
1. E
very
per
son
has
canc
er c
ells
in
the
body
. T
hese
canc
er c
ells
do
not s
how
up
in th
e st
anda
rd te
sts
until
they
hav
e m
ultip
lied
to a
few
bill
ion.
. W
hen
doct
ors
tell
canc
er p
atie
nts
that
the
re a
re n
o m
ore
canc
erce
lls in
the
ir bo
dies
afte
r tr
eatm
ent,
it ju
st m
eans
the
test
s ar
e un
able
to
dete
ct t
he c
ance
r ce
lls b
ecau
seth
ey h
ave
not
reac
hed
the
dete
ctab
le s
ize.
2.
Can
cer
cells
occ
ur b
etw
een
6 to
mor
e th
an 1
0tim
es in
a p
erso
n’s
lifet
ime.
3.
Whe
n th
e pe
rson
’s i
mm
une
syst
em i
s st
rong
the
canc
er c
ells
will
be
dest
roye
d an
d pr
even
ted
from
mul
tiply
ing
and
form
ing
tum
ors.
4.
Whe
n a
pers
on h
as c
ance
r it
indi
cate
s th
e pe
rson
has
mul
tiple
nut
ritio
nal
defic
ienc
ies.
The
se c
ould
be
due
to g
enet
ic,
envi
ronm
enta
l, fo
od a
nd li
fest
yle
fac-
tors
. 5.
To
over
com
e th
e m
ultip
le n
utrit
iona
l de
ficie
ncie
s,ch
an
gin
g
die
t a
nd
in
clu
din
g
sup
ple
me
nts
w
illst
reng
then
the
imm
une
syst
em.
6.
Che
mot
hera
py
invo
lves
po
ison
ing
the
rapi
dly-
grow
ing
canc
er c
ells
and
als
o de
stro
ys r
apid
ly-g
row
-in
g he
alth
y ce
lls in
the
bon
e m
arro
w,
gast
roin
test
inal
trac
t etc
, and
can
cau
se o
rgan
dam
age,
like
live
r, k
id-
neys
, he
art,
lung
s et
c.
7. R
adia
tion
whi
le d
estr
oyin
g ca
ncer
cel
ls a
lso
burn
s,sc
ars
and
dam
ages
hea
lthy
cells
, tis
sues
and
org
ans.
8.
Ini
tial
trea
tmen
t w
ith c
hem
othe
rapy
and
rad
iatio
nw
ill o
ften
redu
ce t
umor
siz
e. H
owev
er p
rolo
nged
use
of c
hem
othe
rapy
and
rad
iatio
n do
not
res
ult
in m
ore
tum
or d
estr
uctio
n.
9. W
hen
the
body
has
too
muc
h to
xic
burd
en f
rom
chem
othe
rapy
and
rad
iatio
n th
e im
mun
e sy
stem
is
eith
er c
ompr
omis
ed o
r de
stro
yed,
hen
ce t
he
pers
onca
n su
ccum
b to
var
ious
kin
ds o
f in
fect
ions
and
com
-pl
icat
ions
. 10
. C
hem
othe
rapy
and
rad
iatio
n ca
n ca
use
canc
erce
lls t
o m
utat
e an
d be
com
e re
sist
ant
and
diffi
cult
tode
stro
y.
Sur
gery
ca
n al
so
caus
e ca
ncer
ce
lls
tosp
read
to
othe
r si
tes.
11
. A
n ef
fect
ive
way
to
battl
e ca
ncer
is
to s
tarv
e th
eca
ncer
cel
ls b
y no
t fe
edin
g it
with
the
foo
ds i
t ne
eds
to m
ultip
ly.
*CA
NC
ER
CE
LLS
FE
ED
ON
: a.
Sug
ar i
s a
canc
er-f
eede
r. B
y cu
tting
off
suga
r it
cuts
off
one
impo
rtan
t foo
d su
pply
to th
e ca
ncer
cel
ls.
Sug
ar s
ubst
itute
s lik
e N
utra
Sw
eet,
Equ
al,
Spo
onfu
l,et
c ar
e m
ade
with
Asp
arta
me
and
it is
har
mfu
l. A
bet
-te
r na
tura
l su
bstit
ute
wou
ld
be
Man
uka
hone
y or
mol
asse
s, b
ut o
nly
in v
ery
smal
l am
ount
s. T
able
sal
tha
s a
chem
ical
add
ed to
mak
e it
whi
te in
col
or. B
ette
ral
tern
ativ
e is
Bra
gg’s
20am
inos
or
sea
salt.
b.
Milk
cau
ses
the
body
to
prod
uce
muc
us,
espe
cial
-ly
in
th
e ga
stro
-inte
stin
al
trac
t. C
ance
r fe
eds
onm
ucus
. B
y cu
tting
of
f m
ilk
and
subs
titut
ing
with
unsw
eete
ned
soy
milk
can
cer
cells
are
bei
ng s
tarv
ed.
c. C
ance
r ce
lls th
rive
in a
n ac
id e
nviro
nmen
t. A
mea
t-ba
sed
diet
is a
cidi
c an
d it
is b
est
to e
at f
ish,
and
a li
t-tle
chi
cken
rat
her
than
bee
f or
por
k. M
eat
also
con
-ta
ins
lives
tock
ant
ibio
tics,
gro
wth
hor
mon
es a
nd p
ar-
asite
s, w
hich
are
all
harm
ful,
espe
cial
ly to
peo
ple
with
canc
er.
d. A
die
t m
ade
of 8
0% f
resh
veg
etab
les
and
juic
e,w
hole
gra
ins,
see
ds,
nuts
and
a l
ittle
fru
its h
elp
put
the
body
into
an
alka
line
envi
ronm
ent.
Abo
ut 2
0% c
anbe
fro
m c
ooke
d fo
od i
nclu
ding
bea
ns.
Fre
sh v
eg-
etab
le j
uice
s pr
ovid
e liv
e en
zym
es t
hat
are
easi
lyab
sorb
ed a
nd r
each
dow
n to
cel
lula
r le
vels
with
in 1
5m
inut
es t
o no
uris
h an
d en
hanc
e gr
owth
of
heal
thy
cells
. To
obta
in li
ve e
nzym
es fo
r bu
ildin
g he
alth
y ce
llstr
y an
d dr
ink
fres
h ve
geta
ble
juic
e (m
ost
vege
tabl
esin
clud
ing
bean
spr
outs
) an
d ea
t som
e ra
w v
eget
able
s2
or 3
tim
es a
day
. Enz
ymes
are
des
troy
ed a
t tem
per-
atur
es o
f 10
4 de
gree
s F
(40
deg
rees
C).
e.
Avo
id c
offe
e, t
ea,
and
choc
olat
e, w
hich
hav
e hi
ghca
ffein
e. G
reen
tea
is
a be
tter
alte
rnat
ive
and
has
canc
er fi
ghtin
g pr
oper
ties.
Wat
er-b
est t
o dr
ink
purif
ied
wat
er,
or f
ilter
ed,
to a
void
kno
wn
toxi
ns a
nd h
eavy
met
als
in t
ap w
ater
. D
istil
led
wat
er is
aci
dic,
avo
id it
.. 12
. Mea
t pro
tein
is d
iffic
ult t
o di
gest
and
req
uire
s a
lot
of d
iges
tive
enzy
mes
. U
ndig
este
d m
eat
rem
aini
ng in
the
inte
stin
es b
ecom
es p
utre
fied
and
lead
s to
mor
eto
xic
build
up.
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12
13.
Can
cer
cell
wal
ls h
ave
a to
ugh
prot
ein
cove
ring.
By
refr
aini
ng f
rom
or
eatin
g le
ss m
eat
it fr
ees
mor
een
zym
es to
atta
ck th
e pr
otei
n w
alls
of c
ance
r ce
lls a
ndal
low
s th
e bo
dy’s
kill
er c
ell
s to
des
troy
the
can
cer
cells
. 14
. S
ome
supp
lem
ents
bui
ld u
p th
e im
mun
e sy
stem
(IP
6, F
lor-
ssen
ce, E
ssia
c, a
nti-o
xida
nts,
vita
min
s, m
in-
eral
s, E
FA
s et
c.)
to e
nabl
e th
e bo
dies
ow
n ki
ller
cells
to d
estr
oy c
ance
r ce
lls. O
ther
sup
plem
ents
like
vita
min
E a
re k
now
n to
cau
se a
popt
osis
, or
pro
gram
med
cel
lde
ath,
the
body
’s n
orm
al m
etho
d of
dis
posi
ng o
f dam
-ag
ed,
unw
ante
d, o
r un
need
ed c
ells
. 15
. C
ance
r is
a d
isea
se o
f th
e m
ind,
bod
y, a
nd s
pirit
.A
pro
activ
e an
d po
sitiv
e sp
irit w
ill h
elp
the
canc
er w
ar-
rior
be a
sur
vivo
r. A
nger
, un
-for
give
ness
and
bitt
er-
ness
put
the
bod
y in
to a
str
essf
ul a
nd a
cidi
c en
viro
n-m
ent.
Lear
n to
hav
e a
lovi
ng a
nd fo
rgiv
ing
spiri
t. Le
arn
to r
elax
and
enj
oy li
fe.
16.
Can
cer
cells
can
not
thriv
e in
an
oxyg
enat
ed e
nvi-
ronm
ent.
Exe
rcis
ing
daily
, an
d de
ep b
reat
hing
hel
p to
get
mor
e ox
ygen
dow
n to
the
cel
lula
r le
vel.
Oxy
gen
ther
apy
is a
noth
er m
eans
em
ploy
ed to
des
troy
can
cer
cells
. 1.
No
plas
tic c
onta
iner
s in
mic
ro.
2. N
o w
ater
bot
tles
in f
reez
er.
3. N
o pl
astic
wra
p in
mic
row
ave.
John
s H
opki
ns h
as r
ecen
tly s
ent t
his
out i
n its
new
slet
-te
rs.
Thi
s in
form
atio
n is
bei
ng c
ircul
ated
at
Wal
ter
Ree
d A
rmy
Med
ical
Cen
ter
as w
ell.
Dio
xin
chem
ical
sca
use
canc
er,
espe
cial
ly b
reas
t ca
ncer
. D
ioxi
ns a
rehi
ghly
po
ison
ous
to
the
cells
of
ou
r bo
dies
. D
on’t
free
ze y
our
plas
tic b
ottle
s w
ith w
ater
in
them
as
this
rele
ases
dio
xins
from
the
plas
tic. R
ecen
tly, D
r. E
dwar
dF
ujim
oto,
W
elln
ess
Pro
gram
M
anag
er
at
Cas
t le
Hos
pita
l, w
as o
n a
TV
pro
gram
to
expl
ain
this
hea
lthha
zard
. He
talk
ed a
bout
dio
xins
and
how
bad
they
are
for
us.
He
said
tha
t w
e sh
ould
not
be
heat
ing
our
food
in t
he m
icro
wav
e us
ing
plas
tic c
onta
iner
s. T
his
espe
-ci
ally
app
lies
to fo
ods
that
con
tain
fat.
He
said
that
the
com
bina
tion
of f
at,
high
hea
t, an
d pl
astic
s re
leas
esdi
oxin
into
the
foo
d an
d ul
timat
ely
into
the
cel
ls o
f th
ebo
dy.
Inst
ead,
he
reco
mm
ends
usi
ng g
lass
, su
ch a
sC
orni
ng W
are,
Pyr
ex o
r ce
ram
ic c
onta
iner
s fo
r he
atin
gfo
od Y
ou g
et th
e sa
me
resu
lts, o
nly
with
out t
he d
ioxi
n.S
o su
ch
thin
gs
as
TV
di
nner
s,
inst
ant
ram
en
and
soup
s, e
tc.,
shou
ld b
e re
mov
ed fr
om th
e co
ntai
ner
and
heat
ed i
n so
met
hing
els
e. P
a pe
r is
n’t
bad
but
you
don’
t kn
ow w
hat
is i
n th
e pa
per.
It’s
jus
t sa
fer
to u
sete
mpe
red
glas
s, C
orni
ng W
are,
etc
. H
e re
min
ded
usth
at a
whi
le a
go s
ome
of t
he f
ast
food
res
taur
ants
mov
ed a
way
fro
m t
he f
oam
con
tain
ers
to p
aper
. T
hedi
oxin
pro
blem
is o
ne o
f th
e re
ason
s.
Als
o, h
e po
inte
d ou
t th
at p
last
ic w
rap,
suc
h as
Sar
an,
is j
ust
as d
ange
rous
whe
n pl
aced
ove
r fo
ods
to b
eco
oked
in
the
mic
row
ave.
As
the
food
is
nuke
d, t
hehi
gh h
eat c
ause
s po
ison
ous
toxi
ns to
act
ually
mel
t out
of t
he p
last
ic w
rap
and
drip
int
o th
e fo
od.
Cov
er f
ood
with
a p
aper
tow
el in
stea
d.
Abo
ve: R
ohan
Fre
eman
, who
clim
bed
to th
e to
p of
Mou
nt E
vere
st
DID
YO
U K
NO
W T
HAT
befo
re U
sain
ran
his
amaz
ing
sprin
t, w
ith q
uiet
dig
nity
, R
ohan
Free
man
bec
ame
the
first
Jam
aica
n to
sum
-m
it E
vere
st. (
says
Nad
ine)
Rea
d be
low
:
Roh
an F
reem
an, w
ho c
limbe
d to
the
top
of M
ount
Eve
rest
in M
ay, i
s ph
otog
raph
ed a
t his
Roc
ky H
illho
me.
(R
ICK
H
AR
TFO
RD
/
HA
RTF
OR
DC
OU
RA
NT
/ Aug
ust 1
1, 2
009)
RO
CK
YH
ILL
— -
Five
mou
ntai
ns d
own,
two
to g
o.
Tow
n re
side
nt R
ohan
Fre
eman
inch
ed c
lose
r to
his
goal
of c
limbi
ng a
ll “S
even
Sum
mits
” —
the
high
-es
t mou
ntai
n on
eac
h of
the
seve
n co
ntin
ents
—w
hen
he r
each
ed t
he s
umm
it of
29,
035-
foot
-hig
hM
ount
E
vere
st
on
May
19
. In
th
e pr
oces
s,Fr
eem
an,
43,
beca
me
the
first
Afri
can
Am
eric
anm
an a
nd th
e fir
st J
amai
can-
born
citi
zen
to a
scen
dto
th
e to
p of
th
e w
orld
’s
talle
st
peak
.
“Whe
n I r
each
ed th
e to
p, I
thou
ght,
‘Wow
! I c
an’t
belie
ve I
mad
e it,
’” Fr
eem
an s
aid.
“B
ut t
hen
Ith
ough
t, ‘It
doe
sn’t
coun
t un
less
you
get
dow
nsa
fely.
’”
All
he c
ould
pro
cess
, he
adde
d, w
as th
e sp
ecta
cu-
lar
view
of t
he E
arth
’s c
urva
ture
and
the
laye
rs o
fth
e at
mos
pher
e.
Free
man
beg
an h
is a
scen
t of M
ount
Eve
rest
from
the
Nep
ales
e vi
llage
of L
ukla
on
Apr
il 1
acco
mpa
-ni
ed
by
two
sher
pas,
or
N
epal
ese
mou
ntai
ngu
ides
. Fro
m L
ukla
, whi
ch is
9,3
80 fe
et a
bove
sea
leve
l, Fr
eem
an tr
ekke
d 35
mile
s ov
er e
ight
day
s to
a ba
se c
amp
on t
he s
outh
sid
e of
the
mou
ntai
n.
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13
Pro
gres
s sl
owed
onc
e Fr
eem
an re
ache
d th
e ba
seca
mp,
lo
cate
d 17
,500
fe
et
abov
e se
a le
vel.
Bes
ides
the
chal
leng
es o
f the
terr
ain
— th
ere
are
num
erou
s le
dges
, ic
e w
alls
and
the
occ
asio
nal
aval
anch
e to
neg
otia
te —
a c
limbe
r als
o ne
eds
toad
just
to re
duce
d le
vels
of o
xyge
n. B
ecau
se th
ere
is o
nly
abou
t a th
ird a
s m
uch
oxyg
en a
t the
sum
-m
it of
Mou
nt E
vere
st a
s th
ere
is a
t sea
leve
l, th
ebo
dy m
ust p
rodu
ce m
ore
red
bloo
d ce
llsto
com
-pe
nsat
e. O
ther
wis
e, h
eada
ches
, a g
radu
al lo
ss o
fco
nsci
ousn
ess
or
even
de
ath
may
oc
cur.
The
accl
imat
izat
ion
proc
ess
take
s w
eeks
,Fr
eem
an s
aid.
To
adju
st,
clim
bers
nev
er s
leep
mor
e th
an 1
,000
feet
hig
her t
han
whe
re th
ey s
lept
the
day
befo
re.
The
high
er
the
elev
atio
n,
head
ded,
th
e lo
nger
it
take
s to
ad
apt.
But
the
re a
re l
imits
to
how
muc
h th
e bo
dy c
anac
clim
ate.
Abo
ve 2
4,50
0 fe
et, F
reem
an, l
ike
man
ycl
imbe
rs,
uses
sup
plem
enta
l ox
ygen
. E
ven
with
the
extra
oxy
gen,
he
said
, eac
h br
eath
was
a c
hal-
leng
e.
“You
tak
e fiv
e br
eath
s fo
r ev
ery
step
,” he
sai
d.“Y
ou n
ever
cat
ch y
our b
reat
h.”
Loss
of a
ppet
ite w
as a
noth
er is
sue
thro
ugho
ut th
ecl
imb,
Fre
eman
sai
d. D
espi
te fo
rcin
g hi
mse
lf to
eat
high
-cal
orie
fo
od,
whe
n he
re
turn
ed
toC
onne
ctic
ut, h
e ha
d lo
st m
ore
than
10
poun
ds.
Dea
th w
as n
ever
far f
rom
Fre
eman
’s th
ough
ts, h
esa
id,
alth
ough
it
was
mor
e of
an
ackn
owle
dged
risk
than
a c
onst
ant f
ear.
Mos
t boo
ks a
bout
Mou
ntE
vere
st “c
eleb
rate
dea
th,”
he a
dded
.
But
one
inci
dent
nea
rly c
ause
d hi
m to
rec
onsi
der
his
clim
b. T
he d
ay b
efor
e Fr
eem
an s
cale
d a
noto
-rio
us g
laci
er —
the
Khu
mbu
ice
fall
— a
n av
a-la
nche
stru
ck a
par
ty a
nd k
illed
one
clim
ber.
Wor
dsof
ass
uran
ce f
rom
his
she
rpas
, Fr
eem
an s
aid,
help
ed h
im o
verc
ome
the
men
tal h
urdl
e of
clim
b-in
g th
e ic
efal
l.
“I re
mem
ber
wal
king
by
the
spot
whe
re t
he b
ody
shou
ld h
ave
been
,” he
sai
d. “
I th
ough
t to
mys
elf,
‘Thi
s co
uld
have
bee
n m
e, t
his
coul
d ha
ve b
een
anyb
ody.
’”
Afo
rmer
trac
k st
ar a
t the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Con
nect
icut
,Fr
eem
an s
aid
he fi
rst w
ante
d to
clim
b m
ount
ains
in19
98, w
hen
he b
ooke
d hi
s fir
st v
acat
ion
to a
win
-te
r res
ort.
One
win
ter s
port
led
to a
noth
er, h
e sa
id,
and
in J
une
2002
, Fr
eem
an a
nd s
ever
al f
riend
s
clim
bed
Tanz
ania
’sM
ount
K
ilim
anja
ro,
Afri
ca’s
high
est
mou
ntai
n. H
e th
en s
cale
d th
ree
of t
heot
her
“Sev
en S
umm
its”
— M
ount
McK
inle
y in
Ala
ska
in J
une
2004
, M
ount
Elb
rus
in R
ussi
a in
June
20
06
and
Aco
ncag
ua
in
Arg
entin
a in
Dec
embe
r 20
06 —
bef
ore
he a
ttem
pted
to
clim
bM
ount
Eve
rest
.
Free
man
’s c
limb
cost
abo
ut $
100,
000,
$75
,000
of
whi
ch
he
paid
hi
mse
lf.
The
Urb
an
Stra
tegy
Am
eric
a Fu
nd,
a re
al
esta
te
inve
stm
ent
fund
base
d in
Bos
ton,
was
a s
pons
or o
f Fr
eem
an’s
clim
b. T
he fu
nd m
ade
a $2
,500
con
tribu
tion
to s
up-
port
outd
oor a
ctiv
ities
at t
he B
oys
& G
irls
Clu
bs o
fH
artfo
rd,
whe
re F
reem
an i
s a
boar
d m
embe
r.
“Jus
t th
e id
ea t
hat
he’s
don
e ou
treac
h an
d w
ork
with
the
yout
h of
Har
tford
and
has
sho
wn
them
am
uch
broa
der w
orld
... t
hat w
as v
ery
impo
rtant
[to
us],”
sai
d fu
nd P
resi
dent
Kirk
Syk
es.
If he
sec
ures
eno
ugh
fund
ing,
Fre
eman
sai
d he
plan
s to
clim
b th
e la
st tw
o of
the
“Sev
en S
umm
its”
—
Vin
son
Mas
sif
in
Ant
arct
ica
and
Mou
ntK
osci
uszk
o in
Aus
tralia
— i
n ea
rly 2
010.
But
befo
re th
at, h
e ha
s a
diffe
rent
goa
l to
acco
mpl
ish.
“Whe
n I
retu
rned
fro
m E
vere
st,
I st
ared
my
own
engi
neer
ing
com
pany
,” Fr
eem
an s
aid.
“I’m
try
ing
to s
ee if
I ca
n m
ake
that
a s
ucce
ss.”
Cop
yrig
ht ©
200
9, T
he H
artfo
rd C
oura
nt
I w
ould
app
reci
ate
any
com
men
ts y
uou
may
have
on
this
art
icle
. W
hen
I go
ogle
d R
ohan
Free
man
, a w
hite
man
cam
e up
in a
spa
ce h
el-
met
talk
ing
abou
t ‘hi
s fr
iend
’Roh
an F
reem
an!!
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Edito
r
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long
in ou
r mem
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and
be
ceme
nted
inhis
tory.
The
inaug
urati
on o
f Bar
ack
Obam
a me
ans
many
thing
s to
many
peop
le, n
ot lea
st tho
se w
ho h
ave
strug
gled
again
st ra
cism
and
inequ
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in the
ir live
s. M
aybe
the r
acism
I hav
e exp
erien
ced,
as th
e son
of a
white
fathe
r and
a bla
ck m
other,
expla
ined w
hy th
is mo
ment
was s
o pro
found
tome
. The
ver
bal a
buse
I on
ce s
uffer
ed fr
om ig
nora
nt str
ange
rs wi
ll nev
erlea
ve m
e. No
r will
the tr
eatm
ent o
f my a
nces
tors -
and t
he le
gacy
that
left.
I cer
tainly
nev
er e
nvisi
oned
eve
r see
ing a
non
-whit
e as
the
Amer
ican
Pres
ident
in my
lifeti
me. L
ike m
any,
I thin
k thi
s off
ered
real
hope
to th
ema
rgina
lised
. As
Pre
siden
t Oba
ma s
aid in
his
spee
ch, i
f som
eone
who
may
not
have
been
serve
d in a
resta
uran
t 50 y
ears
ago c
an be
come
Pre
siden
t the a
mbi-
tions
of t
hose
onc
e pe
rsecu
ted fo
r the
ir eth
nicity
sur
ely c
an k
now
nobo
unds
. No
w the
mos
t pow
erful
man
in th
e wo
rld, P
resid
ent O
bama
has
also
helpe
d to
open
up
the d
iscus
sion
on p
eople
of m
ixed
race
. Mu
ch h
as b
een
made
of h
is ba
ckgr
ound
- it
is no
w we
ll kno
wn th
at his
mothe
r was
from
Kan
sas a
nd h
is fat
her f
rom
Keny
a. Ho
weve
r, the
med
ia ha
ve v
ariou
sly d
escri
bed
him a
s bla
ck, m
ixed-
race
and
Afric
an-A
meric
an -
frustr
ating
sec
tions
of c
ommu
nities
for d
iffere
ntre
ason
s. Th
ose
in fav
our o
f mixe
d-ra
ce fe
lt usin
g bla
ck ig
nore
d his
whit
e he
ritage
.Ot
hers
prefe
rred
black
, fee
ling
mixe
d-ra
ce w
as a
divi
sive
term
and
a wa
yof
down
playin
g bla
ck a
chiev
emen
t. So
me w
ent a
s far
as t
o tel
l me
that it
was a
term
use
d to
divide
and
rule.
“A
frican
-Ame
rican
” app
eare
d to b
e a sa
fe be
t. At h
is firs
t pre
ss co
nfere
nce
as P
resid
ent E
lect,
Obam
a thr
ew in
the
term
“mutt
” to
caus
e gr
eater
con-
fusion
. Self
-dep
reca
tion
or ta
king
owne
rship
of an
abu
sive
term?
Only
he
reall
y kno
ws.
As s
omeo
ne w
ith a
blac
k m
othe
r and
whi
te fa
ther
I fe
lt a
pers
onal
frust
ratio
n th
at th
ere
was
no a
gree
d wa
y of
des
crib
ing
him
acr
oss
the
med
ia at
the
time.
I won
dere
d, ha
d no
one
ask
ed h
im?
Or L
ewis
Hami
lton,
when
he
won
the F
1 Ch
ampio
nship
for t
hat m
atter
? Ra
rely
was
I eve
r ask
ed to
defi
ne m
yself
- ins
tead
I was
offe
red
vario
uslab
els b
y othe
rs wh
o se
emed
to se
e br
oach
ing th
is su
bject
as to
o se
nsi-
tive,
mayb
e ex
pecti
ng a
hor
ror s
tory a
bout
my co
ncep
tion.
I gre
w up
in no
rth Lo
ndon
. My f
ather
Terry
is fr
om E
nglan
d, an
d my m
oth-
er B
ever
ley w
as b
orn
in Ja
maica
. Sp
eakin
g to m
y par
ents
abou
t the t
erm
“mixe
d rac
e” I l
earn
t eve
n the
y had
differ
ing vi
ews o
n the
issu
e. My
fathe
r felt
dual
herita
ge w
as a
bette
r ter
mtha
n mi
xed-
race
; my m
other
pre
ferre
d bla
ck in
my c
ase.
Obam
a him
self u
sed
the te
rm “m
utt” t
o de
scrib
e his
ethn
icity
My fa
ther s
aid: “
Certa
inly
there
wer
e no
wher
e ne
ar th
e nu
mber
s of
chil-
dren
from
mixe
d-ra
ce re
lation
ships
aro
und
when
we
got t
ogeth
er in
the
early
197
0s. T
he w
hole
self-e
steem
thing
is a
cru
cial t
hing
for m
e; [it’
s
abou
t] ha
ving
a po
sitive
iden
tity.”
I’ve a
lway
s felt
mos
t com
fortab
le de
scrib
ing m
yself
as bl
ack p
olitic
ally,
but
mixe
d-ra
ce cu
ltura
lly. P
romo
ting t
he po
sitive
side
s of b
oth of
my h
erita
ges
was a
n im
porta
nt iss
ue fo
r my p
aren
ts.
My m
other
told
me: “
Whe
n I m
ade a
cake
, I ma
de su
re I
put a
blac
k cha
r-ac
ter im
age
on it.
” I w
as a
prod
uct o
f the 7
0s. M
y frie
nds J
osh a
nd N
atalie
have
a mi
xed-
race
child
who
m the
y only
see a
s “Ru
by”. A
t six,
she’s
a pr
oduc
t of th
e new
mil-
lenniu
m.
“I se
e Ru
by a
s Rub
y - n
o co
lour,
no ra
ce, e
ven
thoug
h I k
now
in my
mind
she
is mi
xed-
race
,” sa
ys Jo
sh.
“Obv
iously
I wa
nt he
r to
feel c
omfor
table
desc
ribing
her
self a
s she
wan
tsto,
” add
s Nata
lie. “
But I
wou
ld jus
t like
her
to b
e aw
are
of he
r hist
ory.”
Bu
t, pu
shed
to d
efine
her
in ra
cial t
erms
whe
n fill
ing o
ut for
ms, t
hey
are
uneq
uivoc
al tha
t she
ismi
xed-
race
- a
poss
ibility
cen
sus
forms
did
not
allow
me
until
2001
. I h
ad to
mak
e do
with
“othe
r” - w
hatev
er th
at me
ant.
I cer
tainly
wou
ld ha
ve ap
prec
iated
mor
e disc
ussio
n abo
ut pe
ople
of mi
xed
race
as a
youn
gster
Leo
n M
an
n
(ext
ract
ed f
rom
htt
p:/
/man
nsp
ort
s.blo
gsp
ot.
com
)
Com
men
t fro
m th
e E
dito
r: T
he te
rm ‘m
ixed
race
’is
nons
ensi
-ca
l bec
ause
in th
e gr
and
sche
me
of th
ings
we
are
all m
ixed
!
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