Message to Gov deJongh re STX Administrator
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As the Chairperson for the Committee on Education, Youth and Culture, first-term Senator Janette Millin-Young has received more notoriety for her travel preferences than for any substantive actions to address the glaring issues in our educational system.
Thought of initially as one who would quietly follow, Millin-Young has shown recent faint glimmers of enlightenment, but our jury is still out on where she will fall as we enter a phase where all elected officials will be called upon to take a stand – on one side of the line or the other.
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So Repo, you’re in the drag queen business in the form of Vicky from Cotton Valley? Oh well. Better that than you being a St. Croix senator. We’ve got enough clowns in the Senate as it is.
you haven’t get the message yet sir????????
will someone please explain why the VI is so corrupt and why it all gets blamed on statesiders
cause dats a typical cruzan excuse.
Most statesiders are here because they are running from their past. It’s been that way for years. Ask Mr. Lambert.
James, Cruzan is a rum. Crucian is who we are. You must be one of Repo the Rumhead boys.
Some of us are Crucians but others are Virgin Islanders by choice. The true indigenous people, though, are the West Indians who were here before the Africans.If most statesiders are running from the past, what is the exodus of Crucians from St. Croix about? Running to get a better future in the continental U.S.? The VI is corrupted because the majority is black and black people hate each other. Blacks in the VI suffer from the crab in the barrel mentality. They blame statesiders for their miseries and ignore the fact that they do everything in their power to see that their own do not succeed. They prefer to support the Arabs instead of local businesses and vendors. They steal from the government because they can get government official to look the other way. The police department is corrupted and the politicians get elected by promising jobs. They are the most corrupted and the electorate are so gullible that they believe the propaganda spewed by them. WAPA Consumer Rescue Act? Act 6905? Salary increases for teachers?Crucians are victims of the past. The slaves were whipped by their masters and now Crucians beat their children. They beat their spouses too. People who are abused are more likely to abuse others. Perhaps, more time is needed to recover from slavery.
Wow. That was deep. Now call a radio show and state your full name and repeat everything you just wrote. You wouldn’t dare do that because you’re a cowardly critic hiding behind a laptop. Indigenous in your mind.
I must agree with you indigenous, you couldn’t have said any better…..And I know you have to be a black person.
DeJongh is a one term governor. Who cares what he says anyway.
Hector, you are incorrect about me being a coward. I do call radio stations and freely give my opinions. I prefer to be anonymous, though, because I do not wish to offend anyone with the truth. Address the message and not the messenger. I am no coward, just being realistic. This is a small community and the truth is an offense.Black people blame others for their miseries and are always demanding freebies from the government. This weekend was great for me. I had a wonderful time hanging out with Caucasians who were not born here. They may pretend that they like me, but at least they are not haters like the native Virgin Islanders who really hate my guts and resent my success. White people treat me better than my own. Yes, I am an Afro-Caribbean female and proud Crucian.I hate to see my own bitch about the poor state of the territory and do not offer solutions to make it better. White folks come to the V.I. poor and get rich. They buy land from natives who are greedy for cash. They start their own businesses instead of working for the government. Not all of them are rich but most do not send their children to public schools. Public schools are operated by mostly natives who do not give a damn about their own. Our children in public schools do not get a quality education.Who are the real culprits that are causing the exodus and allowing Caucasians to take over the V.I.? Black folks run this government, correct? Are they the ones running their own away from the V.I.? I know why our governor prefers to deal with outsiders. He wanted the commissioner of ed. to be white. Why?
And he better enjoy his last two years, cause we are going to show him the real MAPP to the future.
WOW! You guys woke me up from my winter slumber. I couldn’t resist responding to all the crap that Indigenous Virgin Islander has spoken. I am a fourth generation Crucian with a Danish great grandfather in my family tree and I was brought up like many of my crucian family and friends in this community and we live above corruption and crime. You ever heard about “One bad apple” well their is a few of them making the rest of us look bad. Most Crucian people live good lives and contribute tremendously to this society so I take it personal when you use a broad paint brush to paint your picture. We are the most humble, welcoming, considerate and well trained people with class. We open our doors and let in people who now turn around and bite us in our ass after we have been so accomodating and friendly. That’s okay because you don’t define me or anyone of my family members. We continue to love our home and will always hold our head up high and thank God that we have a place where we are happy and where other people found the same peace and traquillity. We are culturally together and strong at heart. Some how I believe you are not from here and it’s all good. Hector is right stop hiding behind your laptop and show yourself.
Ay-Ay was renamed “Santa Cruz” or “Holy Cross” in English and Saint Croix in French by Colombus. Therefore, I cannot see how the word “Crucian” can be used to describe anyone from St. Croix.
Again, the root word is “Cruz” which means “Cross” – the closest you could really get to the bastardized word “Crucian” would be “Crossian” in English.
There is NO WAY that I would ever spell the word “Crucian” to describe myself – it’s just DEAD WRONG…it’s simple for anyone with a smidgen of intellect to realize thats its DEAD WRONG. Using it only shows that you have no idea what you’re talking about.
Seems like the rum folks did know something about something afer all….
get a life dude
Crucian to my heart, I rarely meet Crucians who are humble, welcoming, considerate and well-trained with class as you have described.I do not doubt that they exist;however, the ones I encounter are usually the opposite.There are good people and bad people in every society.There are indeed some wonderful Crucians(Eulalie Rivera was one of those). Unfortunately, the few evil and greedy ones do spoil the image of St. Croix. I listen to talk shows such as Mario Moorehead and I constantly hear Crucians degrade each other and express intense hatred for each other.
I do not think one has to be an intellect to avoid the term “Crucian.” For the record, you are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts.Since you are so smart,what should we call a native of St. Croix? Are we ancestral natives although the inhabitants that Columbus encountered did not come from Africa? We have both African and Danish ancestries, so should we be called African-Danish or Danish-African? You can call or define yourself however you wish. I can trace my lineage to Tainos, so I define myself as Indigenous Virgin Islander. I am proud to call myself a Crucian, I do not care how the word originated. Perhaps, you are clueless about the origin.Native Americans are called Indians but they are not natives of India. I have never heard any objection to them being called Indians.”Crossian” sounds stupid. How about “Virgins”, since we are part of the Virgin Islands?
Indigenous, how about calling yourself “humble” “caring” or “thoughtful”? I am merely referencing the reality regarding the origin of the word Cruzan. It cannot be refuted, so deal with it.
Why care about labeling yourself at all? Does it really matter? People are so focused on squabbling about nothing, really. How about putting some of this energy into something positive like finding value in others that may not fit into your little “clique”. How about spending some time coming up with a plan to solve some of our problems and then focus your energy on making it happen?
This is the problem with too many Cruzans…they want something to happen, but rather talk about it, and expend their energies fighting with someone else about nothing, putting them down, and then pointing their fingers at others when things dont work out. YOU must be the change that you want to see – live it.
As a Cruzan myself, I implore you to not be the typical Cruzan…make it happen,whatever IT is.
Later, brudda.
Again, my message is…don’t sweat the small stuff. Meaning, don’t get caught up in a pointless fight about what you should call yourself. In the end, it is not what is important. Know yourself, be secure in who you are, teach it to your children and move on.
Forget about the pointless debate and focus on what you need to do to better your condition and raise the standard of living for yourself and your family. Then, pass the knowledge you’ve gained on to someone else so they can repeat and pay it forward.
Remember, your enemy rejoices when he hears you on the radio, or reads your blog/editorial blasting away at your own people in a pointless fight about what you should call yourself, what you’re owed, what injustices you have experienced, etc.
Your enemy realizes that while you are fighting and hating your own people and stuck looking back and complaining about what happened in the past and blaming someone else for your present condition, you lose sight of what is important and you create the best opportunity for him to come in and take advantage of you and others just like you.
When you take your eyes off the prize to fight your own, as is done everyday on the airwaves, our personal lives and in government, you not only make yourself vulnerable to exploitation…by your very words, you are providing an insurance policy to your enemy that he can lean upon to continue milking you for all your worth.
Look around…who owns things around here? Not us, thats for sure…
How long will it take for people to figure this out?
The “divide and conquer” theory is alive and well in STX. But, the people doing the dividing are our own, who will continue to set the stage for our enemies’ perpetual conquest of our people and our resources – unless the hating, labeling and dividing (envy, jealousy, greed and malice) are put to an end.
Wake up, dread!
In short, I do agree with your comments. Keep it real.