Buck Man Knows
"Buck man" is the pejorative term used in Guyana to
describe aboriginal people. This poem penetrates that stereotype. Thanks to Stephanie Correia fo...
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Comment by Mary Dena Hall on November 18, 2010 at 4:02pm
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I think that the point the artist is making is much deeper. He seems to be saying that no one group, has ultimate power over the meaning of a word.
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Comment by Guy Marco on November 18, 2010 at 4:37am
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RIP Stephanie
However, as Indigenous person/s, using such term used by the Colonials and present society loosely to refer to Amerindians in Guyana is a way of confirming /accepting the term without realizing that it is really a way of degrading our Peoples to the level of Animal Kindom.
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