My Grandfather was a slave trader : P.2

[Sir X]

I was disappointed, though not surprised, by Taylor's ad hominem response. The main point I raised (the need for Taylor to provide historical context, about Africa's role in the trade in Africans) was never addressed. His statement, and generalisation about West Africans, is bereft of context and it shows a deep misunderstanding of Africa during European contact. I was expecting a discussion on these issues, not my age. Taylor's "dog-whistle" that I am his "younger exuberant colleague", his "younger colleague", the "misguided critique by my younger colleague", and his statement that he has" been flogging that horse since he was in school" is distasteful and ageist. Such ageist views are discriminatory and have no place in any modern society. I might be relatively younger than Taylor, but my age and training do not preclude me from identifying flawed reasoning or the many weaknesses I highlighted.

While many associate ageism with discrimination against the elderly, it carries devastating consequences for young people as well. There are many talented young people in our society who are denied positions because "they are too young". Such views are an insult to the thousands of young, bright, and talented men and women who have worked hard to help chart Jamaica's future and to meet the development challenges of the 21st century. Taylor intimated that I am "misguided" simply because I had the audacity to "flag" him on the importance of contextualisation, something that a more careful academic would have known and come to appreciate.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/c...modern-society

As I have stated ,history not told in context is a lie.