This is my website through
which I network with relatives (in Diaspora) and friends or just those
surfing by. So thanks for popping by! If it's about Christmas time, do have
a read of my Christmas Letter if you so wish by clicking here.
The site is also a link for
my personal and professional interests and issues that you might also like
to explore. Unless you are in Barbados at Easter, guess you
might not believe that flying kites can be fun!
Work & Me
Family
I would like to believe I am Jamaican
through and through, but this would involve a great deal of unpacking,
living here in the UK.
I came to the UK
as a young man, did some studies and subsequently worked within the
criminal justice system for 30 years. Initially a pioneer of independent
mind, I am now anxious that the people of the Caribbean
fight harder to achieve on all levels of this society as well as to seek
the responsibility of high office. We are yet to realise the value and
power of our collective experience, and we run the risk of being "left
behind" even by more recently arrived immigrant/ethnic groups. I am
fully committed to social justice, anti-racism and to getting things done - and well!
I'm Basil, and I live in the UK.
We have 3 sons who have all but fled the nest - though one can never be too
sure. Click below for a glimpse of them. As a mentoring project management
consultant, I trade under the name, EMBRIO TLC. If you are interested in my profile, and
have the stomach for it, click the icon below.
Edu –Political -
Fidelity
Having done Theology, Social
Science, Social Work and an MA in Race & Ethnicity, I seek
to continue the struggles in areas where social, state-institutional
and ecclesiastic changes seem desirable if not imperative. I firmly oppose
the belief that humans are divided into "races" as it feeds
racial stereotypes, prejudice and racial oppression. I am weary of either
white or black apartheid. I believe the impinging effects of the Nineteenth
Century slave trade are still ours to resolve; and that current black
people are still “creditors” not “debtors” to that period. I believe that
the assertion of "black pride" is as necessary as the acceptance
of other people’s claim to their dignity; and that the reality of God in
the living presence of Jesus the Christ is the antidote to instilling real
joy, justice, and hence peace in human lives and in our world.. And though
I might yet die poor as I was indeed born, "I will not live an unlived
life" (Markova)!
Getting
Around
Do look around but watch the furniture (lol). “Id” thieves believe me, this one is hardly worth
it! At Christmas I usually do a Christmas letter which should be accessible
via an icon below or above. If you have “Skype” and would like a
“face2face”, find me at “hylton007”.
Hobbies
Associated Links
Cricket has been my other main
passion - playing over the years for Wigan U.CC., Honor
Oak CC, Bristol West Indian CC, & Moseley CC (was on the winning side
at Lords in 1980 in the Haig Trophy). BWICC/RGSL is a black
cricket project in Bristol
I headed to establish sporting facilities through Lottery funding. In more
than one way, guess I could say I enjoy flying kites. I love music (esp.
jazz), but now only occasionally find time to pick up my double bass and
amuse myself at home. I head a UK
charity to assist vulnerable (disadvantaged, disabled and disaffected)
youths of Jamaica.
Founder/member and first
chairman of the Association of Black Probation Officer (ABPO - 1981). I've worked
with colleagues committed to race equality & diversity (done so within
the Probation Service, the Army, Police and faith communities). I've
maintained links with many friends from school/college days in Jamaica,
and many others through cricket and community involvement.
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