Monthly Archives: October 2007

Fellows Christians in Our Midst

Posted on October 9, 2007 by | 2 Comments

Top image: Boatload of Barbadian laborers arriving in Port of Cristobalcourtesy of: www.canalmuseum.comMiddle: Newly arrived Indian coolies in West Indies around 1900Bottom: Political Cartoon of Uncle Sam dealing with the “coolie” situation in the U.S.courtesy: www.wikipedia.com

 

As the River Chagres bid the people of this hemisphere to come see the Eden the Almighty had created, so did the Ganges in far away Asia, and the Yellow River take over the environment, forcing its peoples to congregate on its banks. Thus, people came from all over the continent of Asia, homeless and thirsty for the life force embodied in the rivers, the rivers that fed and nurtured them to health. Continue reading →

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No Foreigners in Our Country

Posted on October 5, 2007 by | 3 Comments
The “Plaza de la Cultura y las Etnias,”
a monument paying homage to our “melting pot of races”
and cultures in Panama
was inaugurated on October 17, 2003,
and is located on Amador Causeway
just outside the city.
Image thanks to the Panamá América daily newspaper.

As we have already noted, all three actors arrived on the scene in and about the same time in the history of Panama, just as it occurs today in our country where a myriad of Chinese youth make all attempts at reaching the shores of Panama with the intention of reaching the streets of any of the Chinatowns in the USA. Continue reading →

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Foreigners or Citizens: The Presence of the Asians and the West Indians

Posted on October 2, 2007 by | 1 Comment

 

Images: Top: Chinatown in Panama City during Chinese New Year
Courtesy of: www.panama-guide.com
Bottom: One of the Original Commercial Chinese Vegetable Gardens
Courtesy of: www.czimages.com

The issue of race discrimination, in our view, has had great bearing on how the Asian people in the Republic of Panama have been able to survive periods of xenophobia, as much as the West Indian Blacks, and be included in Panamanian history. It remains a part of history, however, as yet untold, particularly their relationship to one another and especially to the Black West Indians in their midst. Continue reading →

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