Titlayo reports [1] that a yacht owned by US billionaire J. Paul Getty III has destroyed a portion of the coral reef off the west coast of Barbados, but she's even more dismayed at this comment: “Well, man, he got a lot o’ money. He could afford to build back that reef, no problem.” She also posts a follow up [2] to last week's discussion on Barbados’ response to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Barbados: Coral reefs & racism
· Written by Georgia Popplewell
Categories: Caribbean, Barbados, Environment, Ethnicity & Race