Should Government Bail Out Businesses On The Basis Of The Owner’s Race?

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Should Peter Edey’s Business Be Given Tax Dollars Because Of His Dark Skin?

The United States and Canadian governments subsidize, support and bail out businesses all the time on the basis of the owner’s skin colour.

This morning David at Barbados Underground Blog asks whether or not Barbados should be doing the same thing.

Those of us at Barbados Free Press who are of mixed race throw in our position (somewhat tongue in cheek)…

… Perhaps the amount of government subsidy provided to businesses should be based upon a sliding scale, with lighter skin shades receiving progressively less? One of the skin colour charts worked up under the old Botha South African Government would do nicely!

That makes about as much sense as some of the policies put forward by the previous BLP government!

How Much Did BLP Race-Based Policies And Attitudes Lead Our Nation Astray?

This country was severely injured by 15 years of BLP government telling black Bajans that they needed and deserved government handouts on the basis of their skin colour. And then there was the ultimate insult – when the BLP handed out money to young black men to “help them get into business”… it bought them weed-eaters to cut the same lawns that their grandfathers cut “back in the day” as servants of the predominantly white upper classes.

There are parallels to be drawn with Noel Lynch’s “I’m just a poor little black boy” speech when he was caught out by David Ellis asking him how he became an overnight millionaire on a government salary. Never mind answering the observation about his sudden wealth, for Lynch chose the coward’s way out and said the question was racially motivated to prevent “little black boys” from ever dreaming of success. Please!

Not to mention the BLP’s history of playing the race card. Consider their election slur against the DLP that “More whites like the DLP“ or then Minister of Health Liz Thompson telling Richard Goddard that a Caucasian had no right to criticize a member of the Barbados Government.

Who could forget Prime Minister Arthur’s colourful vocabulary of words like “Negrocrat“ or the BLP agents calling David Thompson “white” and equating him with slave owners?

So what do you think, folks? Should government business subsidies be awarded on the basis the owner’s skin colour?

Join the frenzied discussion at the Barbados Underground article Black Barbadian Businesses: How Will They Fare Against Rising Competition In The Emerging New Economy?

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