tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240811584673996507.post5168967073212407989..comments2023-05-21T04:03:04.636-07:00Comments on Islandista: Terror in Tivoli and women's roleIslandistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08968769409188118315noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240811584673996507.post-61797571263358895202010-05-25T16:33:21.000-07:002010-05-25T16:33:21.000-07:00It's about survival, no matter where it comes ...It's about survival, no matter where it comes from. Poor people are desperate; you don't care if your benefactor is a priest or a crook. This phenom is as old as crime itself.<br>Take Robin Hood: he stole from the rich and gave to the poor. Yet he was an outlaw. It didn't matter that the King was a despot and the law was oppressive, the law was the law and Robin Hood broke it and lived on the edge because of it. Yet he was a folk hero for taking care of the poor with ill-gotten means. He's still a hero to this day.<br>Same thing with Dudus. The current outbreak is symptomatic of a bigger problem in JA: rank inequality in the distribution of the nation's wealth, resources and opportunities.Ronnienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240811584673996507.post-73421120361136043872010-05-25T08:22:41.000-07:002010-05-25T08:22:41.000-07:00[...] gratitude and dependence on a don to their c...[...] gratitude and dependence on a don to their children, how will the cycle ever be broken?”: Islandista looks at the role of women in the Jamaica [...]Global Voices in English » Jamaica: Women of Tivoli Gardenshttp://globalvoicesonline.org/2010/05/25/jamaica-women-of-tivoli-gardens/noreply@blogger.com