BARBADOS HISTORY by Angelique Scott

This year, and the year before that, has been red marked by numerous tragedies that have led to the unjust deaths of many Americans inside their own country and, usually, at the safety of their own neighborhoods. Sometimes, when injustice and tragedy strikes a particular community or targets a particular race and ethnicity, it can become quite difficult or dangerous for people to be proud of their skin color and/or their heritage. Sometimes, it can take a lot out of you to simply exist, when the authorities and the establishment of your society make it clear through their actions that your particular life matters less than the lives of the privileged class.

In this particular case, we are referring to the numerous tragedies and injustices suffered by the Black-American communities across the United States. Countless times, many Black-Americans, adults and children, have been unjustly murdered simply for being who they are. And countless times, their unjust murderers, usually the authority figures of the community, have not had to answer for their crimes.