Opinion: The cause of white racism

If you are an African and have lived in America for any length of time you probably have noticed the existence of racism in the land. You probably have wondered why white folks are in the main racist. When you deal with individual white folks you may not notice their racism; in fact, you may [...]

Suicide Hitler not proven (inductive logic)

The death of Osama gave me the urgent need to examine the death of an other terrorist and dictator: Adolf Hitler. In my opinion, Hitler’s suicide is not proven. In 2009, his so-called skull was examined by the University of Connecticut and DNA analysis, bone’s identity and dental confirmation proved it belonged to a woman, [...]

The root causes of generational poverty in the Caribbean today

This essay aims to deal with the fallacy of scholarship to identify the root-causes of poverty from both systemic and social perspective. This essay furthermore ponders on the confounding factors of generational poverty in Afro-community-societies. This essay is part of a research project that seeks to unravel why poverty targets specific social and racial categories. [...]

Populism, Social Media and the Electoral Victory of Desi Bouterse in 2010

In May 2010, the incumbent Surinamese government handed victory to the Nationale Democratische Partij (NDP) of Desi Bouterse, simply because of their inability to convey that economic progress was well under way, that  sound macro-economic policy making, for the first time since 2000 had stabilized the national currency, that all dept from previous governments had [...]

Review of Study – China’s growing influence in international organizations

A new study by The Economic Strategy Institute (ESI), commissioned by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, called “The Evolving Role of China in International Institutions”, takes a thorough look into China’s growing influence in international organizations. The report contains two truisms, ten trends, seven recommendations, and a number of case studies on China’s [...]

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