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Read Reviews for Ruthless - Geoff Small
by - written on 26/10/00 (Very useful, 146 readings)
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Because Geoff Small is a black journalist he can say things in this book that might have provoked accusations of racism had they been said by a white journalist. For example, he tries to explain the differing levels of violence in the island-nations making up the West Indies by the differing natures of the African tribes who were enslaved and transported there. Some tribes were peaceful, some warlike, and Jamaica, birthplace of the Yardies, was populated by representatives of the warlike ones. Combine that with dire poverty and illegal drugs, season with the intense rivalries of local politics and asinine interference by the CIA, and you have a recipe for some ... Read the complete review
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