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Trinidad & Tobago: The Outsiders

Written byJanine Mendes-Franco
Posted 16 June 2009 12:19 GMT

“We are all begging to be let in. For our voices to be heard. For our opinions to matter. And the father of the nation builds a big tall wall around what is for him and those who support him. Like a club bouncer he gets to say who gets inside and who stays outside”: Trinidadian blogger Attillah Springer says we are all outsiders.

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