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The Basil Hylton Website

 

 

 

Purposeful Me


 

Welcome to 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 personal 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! 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 here 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!

More recently I did a MA (Race & Ethnicity) to  continue the fight in areas where social and institutional changes are imperative. I firmly believe that it is the belief that humans are divided into "races" that feeds racial stereotypes, prejudice and racial oppression; but that the assertion of"black pride" is as necessary as the acceptance of other people who are visibly different. I am weary of either white or black apartheid. Finally, though I might die poor, "I will not live an unlived life" (Markova)!   

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FAMILY

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 and project management consultant, I trade under the name, EMBRIO TLC. If you are interested in my profile, then “sud off” – or if you do have the stomach for it, click here. Around Christmas time I usually do a Christmas letter which should be accessible by clicking here or finding the right button to the right. Otherwise, keep looking around – just watch my “flaming” furniture!

ASSOCIATIONS


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 involvment.

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Last Updated 23/09/06

 

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Cricket has been my other main passion - playing over the years for Wigan U.CC., Honor Oak CC, Bristol West Indian CC, Birmingham Cavaliers 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.

Guess you could say that in more than one way, 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'm heading a charity to assist disadvantaged, disabled and disaffected (3D) youths of Jamaica.


 


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