I for one like what I see happening in The Bahamas and Caribbean today. I say yes get rid of Columbus Day, yes remove the privy council, and yes sue for reparations! There is nothing racist about any of that, nothing racist at all. In actuality, one would have to be a racist themselves to label the aforementioned actions as perpetrated by racists or racist motives, Of course, bite the heck out of the hand that feeds you, especially if that hand is preventing you from feeding yourself!! Listen folks, what we are witnessing is a paradigm shift of an antiquated way of thinking. A shift toward the idea that Columbus did not discover anything, rather he disregarded the humanity of the native people he met, Furthermore, we are witnessing a shift toward a thinking that questions the necessity of the privy council, when most Bahamians disagree with what the privy council believes is in our best interest and when there are other options that would make better geographical, and thus economic sense, With regard to reparations, it is beyond important for those who can show entitlement to reparations, to do so. This is not merely because of what we stand to gain financially, this is important because of the principal of right being right and wrong being wrong. In other words, should we just let a murderer get away with murder if we can prove his/her guilt? Reparations are important for the future of the world as it sends a clear message that "you can run, but you cant hide." I say again, there is absolutely nothing racist about the position that reparations are due, or that a further distancing from other aspects of a colonial mindset is long overdue. As a matter of fact, Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada recently said that he "sees no use in Canada being a part of the Commonwealth." He said that the sole purpose of the Commonwealth was to appreciate a common British heritage, and he (as many Canadians do) does not feel like that is sufficient justification for Canada to be a part of it. So now ask yourself, if a predominantly white country is considering pulling away from things colonial, how is it racist and unappreciative if The Bahamas does not remain in bed with the Queen?

My dear readers, don't be tricked into thinking Europeans did anything for you by going to war with Nazis, or anything else. If you think about it long and hard enough, you will see that the Europeans always fought primarily for their own cause and not for the cause of people of color, The fact of the matter is, we should applaud this or any government that advocates for a more independent,more liberal Bahamas. Its all about freedom and justice.

Oh and by the way, my history professor was a white man of Ukrainian decent,

No sir. People have tried to use the Bible as evidence in legal matters before, but the Courts have determined over and over that the Bible does not meet evidentiary requirements/the burden of proof. The evidence against the European governments however is compelling.

The same way you can sue your MP or the government, while still living in The Bahamas.

The difference with enslavement by Arabs or enslavement by Africans of Africans, is that those slave masters/traders did not compensate the individual slave owners at emancipation. (The European governments essentially said, "we are so sorry we have to free your workers, here's 20 million dollars.") In other words, the crime of the European governments is better documented and more recent in time. Consequently, the case that reparations are owed from said European governments, is easier to prove in a court of law today. If a case that documented the damages of others, from other periods of time could be put together and be as strong as the case against the European governments, it would. However, what I see happening with some of these comments amounts to an attempt to detract from the obvious fact that the Europeans were the only ones stupid enough to leave such a clear paper trail of their wrongdoings, affording Caricom the opportunity it has today. I say sue the living @!#? out of them...