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International community rallies behind Bravo in face of Guyanese Attacks |
09 Apr 2015 19:15 - 10 Apr 2015 08:56 #250811
by TRINIDADDY
April 9th, 2015
CNN
Staff Reporter
It has been called the most savage attack in Guyanese History. But when he posted a photograph of West Indian cricketer Dwayne Bravo eating a banana on April 8th, 2015, Guyanese resident Ketchim Krishnapoor had little sense of the enormity of his actions.
"It's just a little photograph," Ketchim told reporters at a press conference outside his home, "it's not like I shoot the man."
But Ketchim's attempts to trivialise his racially charged actions have been met with anger by the international community. Millons took to facebook, twitter and youtube to vent their indignation, and within minutes several hundred websites had come to Bravo's aid, all pledging solidarity to a man whose recent life has been plagued by vicious attacks.
The son of Jewish immigrants, the Bravo family are no strangers to persecution. Fleeing the Nazis in 1942, the Bravos landed in Trinidad some 4 months later, an island in which they hoped to find peace and freedom. What they found, however, was a region awash with racism and drenched in insularity.
"Guyana and the rest of the West Indian islands have always been at odds," historian Gaby Fletcher told CNN. "There are many reasons for this, but the primary reason is psychological. The Guyanese are part of a continent, a landmass that dwarfs the rest of the Caribbean. This has bred a sense of entitlement and superiority which the other islands have no interest in pandering to....largely because they are also egotistical a**holes."
But Ketchim Krishnapoor ridicules the notion that he harbours feelings of entitlement. "Entitlement?" he told journalists on Tuesday. "The only thing I feel entitled to is some runs. How much Bravo averaging? Ten? Twenty? The man owe me at least one good innings!"
No Malice: Ketchim (above) claims he modelled his moustache on his favourite fruit.
Ketchim's criticisms come after a string of savage attacks on Dwayne Bravo, who was violently dropped from the West Indies cricket team weeks prior to the 2015 Cricket World Cup, an act which fans have called a Holocaustic Atrocity of Biblical proportions. "Make no mistake," Trinidadian Prime Minister Basdeo Panda said on the day of Bravo's sacking, "this is an act of war; a racist attempt by the Guyanese to push all Trinidadians off the team!"
But chief selector of the West Indies Cricket Board, Clive Lloyd, who is himself Guyanese, insists that Bravo was dropped for far more mundane reasons: "The man can't bat, the man can't sing, the man can't bowl....and yet the man want a pay rise?!"
Ketchim's photo (above) is said to carry racialist, colonialist connotations.
Race expert Patel Singh (above) has examined Ketchim's photo and denies the presence of racist stereotypes: "Werry werry few bananas are racist bananas, boss."
But where Lloyd sees pragmatism, others see only insularity.
Ironically, it is an insularity which some experts claim Ketchim's photograph does not support. "Vich banana racist and vich banana vich in witamin, only trained Babu like me can see," reknowned race expert Patel Singh said from his home in Delhi today. "This banana, boss, this represent Mother Lakshmi, God of beauty."
While Dwayne Bravo hopes to reclaim his place on the West Indies team, the future of the Caribbean as a whole seems far less optimistic. This is a region plagued by the ghosts of slavery, the frustrations of factions and weighed down by problems which at times seem wholly intractable. It is upon this powder-keg that Ketchim Krishnapoor dropped his banana. Whether this lowly fruit has sparked a chain-reaction of hate or healing, remains to be seen.
April 9th, 2015
CNN
Staff Reporter
It has been called the most savage attack in Guyanese History. But when he posted a photograph of West Indian cricketer Dwayne Bravo eating a banana on April 8th, 2015, Guyanese resident Ketchim Krishnapoor had little sense of the enormity of his actions.
"It's just a little photograph," Ketchim told reporters at a press conference outside his home, "it's not like I shoot the man."
But Ketchim's attempts to trivialise his racially charged actions have been met with anger by the international community. Millons took to facebook, twitter and youtube to vent their indignation, and within minutes several hundred websites had come to Bravo's aid, all pledging solidarity to a man whose recent life has been plagued by vicious attacks.
The son of Jewish immigrants, the Bravo family are no strangers to persecution. Fleeing the Nazis in 1942, the Bravos landed in Trinidad some 4 months later, an island in which they hoped to find peace and freedom. What they found, however, was a region awash with racism and drenched in insularity.
"Guyana and the rest of the West Indian islands have always been at odds," historian Gaby Fletcher told CNN. "There are many reasons for this, but the primary reason is psychological. The Guyanese are part of a continent, a landmass that dwarfs the rest of the Caribbean. This has bred a sense of entitlement and superiority which the other islands have no interest in pandering to....largely because they are also egotistical a**holes."
But Ketchim Krishnapoor ridicules the notion that he harbours feelings of entitlement. "Entitlement?" he told journalists on Tuesday. "The only thing I feel entitled to is some runs. How much Bravo averaging? Ten? Twenty? The man owe me at least one good innings!"
No Malice: Ketchim (above) claims he modelled his moustache on his favourite fruit.
Ketchim's criticisms come after a string of savage attacks on Dwayne Bravo, who was violently dropped from the West Indies cricket team weeks prior to the 2015 Cricket World Cup, an act which fans have called a Holocaustic Atrocity of Biblical proportions. "Make no mistake," Trinidadian Prime Minister Basdeo Panda said on the day of Bravo's sacking, "this is an act of war; a racist attempt by the Guyanese to push all Trinidadians off the team!"
But chief selector of the West Indies Cricket Board, Clive Lloyd, who is himself Guyanese, insists that Bravo was dropped for far more mundane reasons: "The man can't bat, the man can't sing, the man can't bowl....and yet the man want a pay rise?!"
Ketchim's photo (above) is said to carry racialist, colonialist connotations.
Race expert Patel Singh (above) has examined Ketchim's photo and denies the presence of racist stereotypes: "Werry werry few bananas are racist bananas, boss."
But where Lloyd sees pragmatism, others see only insularity.
Ironically, it is an insularity which some experts claim Ketchim's photograph does not support. "Vich banana racist and vich banana vich in witamin, only trained Babu like me can see," reknowned race expert Patel Singh said from his home in Delhi today. "This banana, boss, this represent Mother Lakshmi, God of beauty."
While Dwayne Bravo hopes to reclaim his place on the West Indies team, the future of the Caribbean as a whole seems far less optimistic. This is a region plagued by the ghosts of slavery, the frustrations of factions and weighed down by problems which at times seem wholly intractable. It is upon this powder-keg that Ketchim Krishnapoor dropped his banana. Whether this lowly fruit has sparked a chain-reaction of hate or healing, remains to be seen.
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09 Apr 2015 20:04 #250821
by ketchim
TRINIDADDY is a Boss : wish we could find similar posters !
we seem to attract de SOURPUSSES >
we seem to attract de SOURPUSSES >
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09 Apr 2015 20:43 #250827
by Calypso
Definitely need more posters with a sense of humour ...
Definitely need more posters with a sense of humour ...
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10 Apr 2015 03:20 - 10 Apr 2015 05:54 #250835
by mapoui
a creative sense of humour put to exculpatory use in a rotten cause.
how could ketchim not know what he was doing with the banana? ketchim is no fool or incompetent... he must have known the risk at least of conveying a nasty impression. who makes jokes like that ::confused:: who employs a sense of humor so close to the vein ::confused::
that's like a surgeon making an unnecessary cut for no reason at all, risking his patient's like for fun..because he can do it. even if it was joke fuh true it makes ketchim look like a silly arse for cutting it so close.
well is he an arse then?
how do we know him here then... what has he been like in these pages ::confused::
and why all ah allyuh playing fast and loose with this issue, cutting it close too...complicit too in cutting it too close for no good reason at all?
what is the benefit to risk turning off afros in this then..worthy of compensation should afros indeed get turned off ::confused::
there is no compensatory worth, no equal value. all I see is that allyuh don't care what Afros think and that is why you do it. whenever I was thought to be similarly risky relative to any people I was attacked in these pages. I have never been racist in these pages just truthful..yet I have been attacked all to hell. but ketchim's overt racism is comedy eh...and we must all have a sense of humor to spot it...a like sense of humor no doubt so we wont miss a thing.
ketchim takes totally anti trinidadian posture all the time. what the hell is that..even in fun ::confused:: it is not even proper critique for ketchim has no case against Brabits and Polly, no argument that trumps those who point to their victimization at the hands of Skameron
no one but Mail has said a thing about that. I supposed that it is comedy too.
I made a lot of fun with it anyway..including my intent to ketch ketchim in POS or Sando one day and tickle his ribs...but not with a cutlass. no one laffed at dat as as they are laffing now about kechim and his banana skin. beating up on Bravo and Pollard for months, then giving the monkey a banana is fine by allyuh, not racism but comedy.
so where is chairman/captain, the judge ::confused:: he getting traffic so he has nutten to so, no judgement to make eh
this is ridiculous, hypocritical..a waste of good time. way to go Trinidaddy. you don't know how to order an anti capitalist society but your creativity is endless in exculpating ketchim. bodes real well for the west indian future dat
with that handle..are you Trinidadian ::confused:: ::confused:: if you are, you not in defense of Bravo and pollard ::confused:: ::confused:: interesting! :
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how could ketchim not know what he was doing with the banana? ketchim is no fool or incompetent... he must have known the risk at least of conveying a nasty impression. who makes jokes like that ::confused:: who employs a sense of humor so close to the vein ::confused::
that's like a surgeon making an unnecessary cut for no reason at all, risking his patient's like for fun..because he can do it. even if it was joke fuh true it makes ketchim look like a silly arse for cutting it so close.
well is he an arse then?
how do we know him here then... what has he been like in these pages ::confused::
and why all ah allyuh playing fast and loose with this issue, cutting it close too...complicit too in cutting it too close for no good reason at all?
what is the benefit to risk turning off afros in this then..worthy of compensation should afros indeed get turned off ::confused::
there is no compensatory worth, no equal value. all I see is that allyuh don't care what Afros think and that is why you do it. whenever I was thought to be similarly risky relative to any people I was attacked in these pages. I have never been racist in these pages just truthful..yet I have been attacked all to hell. but ketchim's overt racism is comedy eh...and we must all have a sense of humor to spot it...a like sense of humor no doubt so we wont miss a thing.
ketchim takes totally anti trinidadian posture all the time. what the hell is that..even in fun ::confused:: it is not even proper critique for ketchim has no case against Brabits and Polly, no argument that trumps those who point to their victimization at the hands of Skameron
no one but Mail has said a thing about that. I supposed that it is comedy too.
I made a lot of fun with it anyway..including my intent to ketch ketchim in POS or Sando one day and tickle his ribs...but not with a cutlass. no one laffed at dat as as they are laffing now about kechim and his banana skin. beating up on Bravo and Pollard for months, then giving the monkey a banana is fine by allyuh, not racism but comedy.
so where is chairman/captain, the judge ::confused:: he getting traffic so he has nutten to so, no judgement to make eh
this is ridiculous, hypocritical..a waste of good time. way to go Trinidaddy. you don't know how to order an anti capitalist society but your creativity is endless in exculpating ketchim. bodes real well for the west indian future dat
with that handle..are you Trinidadian ::confused:: ::confused:: if you are, you not in defense of Bravo and pollard ::confused:: ::confused:: interesting! :
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10 Apr 2015 10:31 #250858
by ketchim
hahahaha : Mapoui rants are getting Longer, Sillier and NOW Nationalistic !
Give him a Banana Split AND a SIDE splitting Sense of Humour ! hahahaha
Give him a Banana Split AND a SIDE splitting Sense of Humour ! hahahaha
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