COMMENTARY: The Migration Cycle
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor
The best analogy for assessment of Virgin Islands migration policy is the UK. Native Britons including Britons of foreign ancestry born in the UK are appalled at the changes in the landscape of cities from Manchester to London.
Whole communities appear to have transplanted from Afghanistan and Pakistan on to the British Street. This is causing a great deal of animosity. There is even talk of civil strife. Why this conundrum? The failure to adopt a thoughtful approach to migration.
Paradoxically the idea of establishing parallel communities is a very old British idea that evolved from colonialism when the British Aristocrat existed in a type of splendid isolation in the colonies.
OK. When a Virgin Islander, child or adult migrates to a hostile and racist country such as the USA to find opportunity, there is misery.
In the meantime, in the Virgin Islands child’s safe paradise of an island and home. An alien takes up the cozy existence he or she should have held.
The Virgin Islander will probably never return, and when he or she does, he is so Americanized he will never settle back into the native culture. This is demographic and culture change in action.
Then there are migrant practices where some are forming enclaves- communities within this community. It has happened in the UK with whole neighborhoods and towns taken over by migrants from Moslem Asia.
In the Virgin Islands, they fish the waters illegally, and adopt practices such as only shopping within their own community and using lax planning laws to crowd into apartments. Others go back to their countries to marry their cousins to create a new tribe of their own people in the Virgin Islands.
When they open a business, they frequently employ their own people and adopt a colorism and racism that is rife in their home countries.
These migrants view the native population as an inconvenience. They go away to bring in brides, and are from clearly incompatible cultures with that of the host culture.
This is what has happened in the UK.
Paradoxically for the UK, it has driven this very same expat culture in the former colonies.
Today in the UK, that cycle has returned to its original position with aliens from mostly West Asian countries adopting a parallel existence; the result is political upheaval, and even talk of civil war. The world is a cycle.
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The BVI is considerably more racist than the USA. Ask anyone “not ban here” or down island. Yassuh, black on black racism is the top pastime in the BVI. It’s disgusting.
And more hypocritical bacause the moment something happens to then in the US they are the first to pull the race card. You cant it both ways, when Trump does it its racist when Igwe promotes it its protectionism.
Guys out here talking bout the US like he’s from there. Generalizing all Black Americans cause he saw something online. I’m gonna wear some glasses and a suit and proclaim myself as intelligent without saying anything intelligent.
Why does this publication share this racist vitriol? Be better, BVINews.
Why does BVI News publish this sort of nonsense – week after week of 3rd Form economics and politics mixed with racism.
Comparing the BVI to the UK is a horrible analogy. Britain is by far way more diverse. BVI is more comparable to Japan but now the rest of the world sees Japans racism for what it is. People like this want a Ethnostate and are confused when other countries don’t want to do business.
Rubbish- pure Bull S**t- you believe BV Islanders are idiots like you
You talking very brave for someone online. What education you got? I’m an idiot why cause I don’t agree with racism. Y’all want to be the slave masters so bad it’s sad.
Goofs like you can only hide behind an anonymous name- your assertions show your head is as empty as empty can get- even an empty barrel has more to offer – idiot
Let’s be honest if I told you who I was you would never call me an idiot to my face. Americans don’t play with that internet insult stuff you really gotta stand on it…
If you are so brave step out and identify yourself and if you are threatening a firearm you are easily identified on these platforms
Equating anti migrant sentiment with racism is ignorance and a loser’s game
Being an American is no longer a draw especially these days with your idiot in charge
Which id**t you referring to? Slowande or Trump? At least trump does stuff.
yeah cause every American is a Trump fan look up his approval rating. Don’t understand American politics and think everyone is a Trump supporter gotcha. Ask your kids who Ishowspeed is and why he ain’t come to the BVI.
Btw nobody said nothing bout no firearms. Gossip girl mentality throw out as many insults and expect nothing in return.
He hates Filipinos he hates Muslims he hates immigrants and he is an immigrant. Fat Tommy Robinson at it again. If you know what I know about him. Hmm.
I have always discovered that those who shout racist accusations loudest and first are the most racist people- you hate it that I see through you idiot – call Igwe fat Tommy? you would not last 2 minutes in the ring with fat tommy – dumb arab- I know who you are – it is easy to identify imbeciles like you even when you try to hide online