New York’s annual West Indian American Day Carnival Parade, better known as the Labour Day Parade, has been cancelled for the second year running due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event usually sees scores of participants take to Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway for the parade.
The West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA), says however, other activities will go ahead.
It says a five-day extravaganza will be held under the theme, “Rebirth: Future Now,” from Thursday. Several events featuring cultural and musical ambassadors are set to take place live during New York’s Caribbean Carnival Week at the Brooklyn Museum.
WIADCA Chair, Trinidadian Michelle Gibbs says guidelines have been put in place regarding COVID protocols for planned events.
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Leaders of the WI should be out on notice about the poor leadership in the WI. There should be symposiums to discuss issues in the WI and seek responses from the leaders. There is a tanker with oil that is sitting not too far from Tdad, a gift from Pompeii/ pompeo. It was inspected approximately one year ago, what is the status of this vessel? If it remains, all WI leaders should join hands to have the USA do its due diligence and remove it. Think of the disaster ahead.
Guyana…Something should be done about the apartheid policies that are being introduced to suppress the Black man. We have heard of four hundred years of slavery, why is it all parties are sitting idly by as the Blacks in Guyana are now being held in the same slavery as our forefathers? As Bob Marley said, ‘ emancipate yourself from mental slavery’. He also said, stand up,stand up for your rights. The Indian govt is a brutal form of racist people who are concerned only about wealth. They have now garnered a racist team to create a real estate industry that will be spearheaded by people from Queens BY where redlining is a o pop art of their motto. Blacks fought and died for equality and civil rights in this country. They died on the streets, hung from trees, bitten by dogs, shot down with with bullets and firehoses, yet, these people from Guyana are carrying out their brand of racism against all Americans by banning non Indians from Richmond Hill Queens.
Cuba.. it is time the WI leaders ask when the same deal that Biden snd Obama struck with the Cuban govt, that was struck down by trump, what is Biden doing to reverse that action by trumpy.
Aid not loans for the WI to cope with the pandemic. The small countries did not create COVID; the big nations did, thus, the WI should be compensated.
There Is no time to talk nonsense; get serious and discuss serious matters for the benefit of the WI. Maybe two ounces of your actions can bring a ton of cure and hope for our people.