Drum: Q & A
Can advertising aimed exclusively at white
holiday makers really encourage black
frequent flyers with a natural connection to
Saint Lucia and the rest of the Caribbean?
I know what you’re getting at. You see, we have not
planned the vertical change in the tourism industry.
We do not control the source; we’re only at the level
of the service. We’ve got to economically empower
ourselves and what empowers us is money. Black
people, because of their lack of education, and I don’t
mean degrees, we always work for people. This is a
serious problem that is not easily solved. My brother,
if you look at it superficially you will see that what
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import 25% of chickens from abroad. I get called by
the State Department all the time because they tell
me we are flouting WTO rules. In other words, Uncle
Sam still has power over developing economies through
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