I normally don’t respond to comments made in reference to my native prominence, thus I would not like it to be the reason why I lack the intelligence and ability to make an intellectual political choice. While listening to a Radio Talk Show sometime ago I heard a caller who seems to be a regular participant making derogatory statements towards the native born Virgin Islander regarding the choices made for senators. What really disturbed me was when the caller was trying to insult the intelligence of the native born people of the Virgin Islands by suggesting that we need some kind of education in the process of choosing a senator. He claims that we are ignorant to the kind of people we should be choosing as senators. And that he seems to have some upper hand on us regarding who to choose based on the standard he and his friends has chosen for us. We are some idiots if we can not make the right choices. Can you imagine the nerve of this person trying to show some superiority to the native people due to the hue of his complexion? “Yea I said it” it comes down to the person race whether their intelligence is superior to ours. Well let me set you straight, the people of the Virgin Islands don’t need your type of criticism and we surely don’t need your advice.

You’re the reason why there is divisiveness amongst the native people and the other Caribbean, Hispanic and Caucasian residence of our community. You use your hue to show some superiority on issues that are sensitive to the local people. What is so sad about this whole issue is that you don’t want to become part of our social and cultural environment. So when you start criticizing our local senators, you are insulting and degrading the people of the Virgin Islands.

If the local people would observe some of your behavior practices, they will notice that when you or your love ones depart from this life, your remains are not buried in any of our cemeteries. Some of you have live for more than 30 years and your remains a flown back to your birth place. That is a clear indication that you have no real and deep invested feelings for this Virgin Islands. You are here to cause irreparable harm to the stability of the relationships in this community. Therefore I wish if you have nothing to offer other than your insulting and degrading comments, I would suggest that you kept your mouth shut.

We choose our senators based on their commitment and understanding of the cultural and social needs of the people. The clear understanding of our culture and the people makes this candidate superior to the others. We see things differently to our mainland resident and hold our cultural difference as a way of showing that we are proud of our life style.

In the future I would suggest to our local people, to really take a step back, listen and digest all that has been said during this political season and make a wise and thoughtful choice of who has your best interest at heart.