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ohdrap4 11 years, 7 months ago on The crisis of the invisible black man

The crisis of the invisible black man

With reference to the article by Ms. Nicolls I should like to remark that the real invisible people in The Bahamas today are the native white Bahamian. Look at the local news and note that virtually every news story is related to the so-called "invisible" black man.
There are any number of black men in The Bahamas who are anything but "invisible". They are everywhere: politics, business, law, education, the diplomatic service, receiving scholarships to study in Cuba, China, etc. How then are they "invisible"? With reference to the photographs taken by Ms. Nicolls in North Eleuthera I should like to ask if she ever considered whether there might be a pre-existing relationship between the parties involved. Could there be an employer-employee relationship? Could there be a matter of familiarity or long-term friendship involved? Did Ms. Nicolls bother to obtain a model release that would permit her to use the photographs of the men in her article? Did she bother to ask questions of the persons whose behaviour so intrigued her and her travelling companions? Let us see more in-depth reporting in future and less of this subjective point of view where a person projects their own prejudices and opinions upon the wider world.