Bmda: More liberal mush

Whites in Bermuda need to stop being naive and do something to work with the black community while addressing the issue of violence.

That was an impassioned plea of a white audience member at a public meeting on Saturday night where concerned members of the public gathered to discuss the problems confronting young Bermudian men who are behaving violently.

The meeting was one of several held to respond to the issue of violence among young men when machete and knife wielding males took over the pitch at Wellington Oval two weeks ago.

Over 100 people gathered at Victor Scott Primary School to generate solutions to build a blueprint to help young men who are behaving violently become productive members of the community. Addressing an audience that was overwhelmingly black, the white Bermudian woman spoke about how her daughter used to date a former gang member.

“I used to visit him in prison, he’s one of these gang members, but I love him like my own son. He’s not what I would have chosen for her, but I would like to say to all the naive white people who are sitting at home to get off their couch and do something.”

I can just hear any Caribbean mother making this kind of ridiculously mushy statement about their daughter being with a gang-banger. Yeah, mon!