March 30, 2016

I Was Once Afraid of Black Stalin – Richard Grant

Reading Time 4 minsFirst Published March 30, 2016 Stalin first came to my attention when I was a high school student in Jamaica. My friends and I marveled at his ability to command the attention of an entire nation.  We understood that everyone listened to him very carefully, and reacted immediately to his words. So, when we heard about the Black Stalin, we were terrified because there was no doubt that a Black Trinidadian dictator would definitely be crueler than his European counterpart. Although I was still young, I was fully aware of the rivalry, and was confident Jamaica could not be outdone, because soon we… Read More »I Was Once Afraid of Black Stalin – Richard Grant