Agricola never seems to be on the radar when remembrances of tragedies are being observed

Feb 01, 2011 Letters

Dear Editor,
I join in commiseration with all over the tragic massacres that occurred at Lusignan and Bartica. Those of us, who abhor violence at any level of human interaction and disagreements, recognise the importance being constant and unwavering in our positions in this respect. In this context I am alarmed again over the selectivity that seem to inundate the moral compass of this nation, including the media houses, when it comes to empathy for localities and people caught up in tragic and deadly happenings and events.
As I recall, there were three villages where numerous residents and other were brutally killed by gunfire from armed gangs. However, it is poignantly noted that the Village of Agricola, which shared that experience never seem to be on the radar of consciousness when remembrances of those tragedies are either being observed, or analysed. What is it about people from villages like these that their human value and worth is so disproportionally irrelevant in the eyes of this nation.
Any objective analysis and examination of the affairs of this nation will provide unequivocal evidence that Africans, their concerns and environments occupy the last rung in the ladder of social concern in this nation.
So much so that at no time are rewards offered by the state for information when the victims of brutal slayings happen to be of African descent. A case in point is the assassination of high profile journalist and activist Ronald Waddell.
While rewards were being offered for finding and bringing to justice the culprits in other like slayings, and Law Enforcement were being excoriated for not doing enough to solve those crimes, the slaying of Ronald Waddell became an item of no significance, at least as far as the political state, law enforcement, civil society and the media were concerned.
And once again, as we see the selective convenience with which the violent and deadly tragedies that plagued our land are being remembered, we are drawn to recognise that despite the symbolic testaments proffered about fairness, balance and equality, a complete disregard for the African still fuel and direct the sentiments of the powers that be in our nation.
Robin Williams

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