Nothing wrong with Belfon’s song

THE EDITOR: All this talk about Denise Belfon has my head spinning and I just felt the need to put in my “two cents.” I see nothing wrong with the lyrics of Ms Belfon’s song, neither an “African woman” wanting an “Indian man” nor even an “Indian woman” wanting an “African man.” As a result of this song, every day letters appear in the newspapers pertaining to this. The latest being of Dane Rocke published today who insists that Ms Belfon has disrespected African males. Anyone thinking this way has to be very egotistical if the lyrics of a song can cause you to feel “disrespected.” Living in a multi-racial country, one sees all sorts of mixed unions, especially in the faces of their offsprings. I cannot start to list the types. I am one of these examples.

Apparently my Indian mother “wanted” an African man, therefore I am mixed or a “dougla.” My husband is half Chinese and half African so I really don’t see the issue being made here. To make a big deal about other people’s preferences is not right. What race of spouse one chooses is their business, not the business of anyone who thinks along the foolish line that Indians need to marry Indians and Africans need to marry Africans. I think that if this was so, Trinidad and Tobago would not be the beautiful rainbow country which it is today, but just another country with racial discrimination.

NATASHA
ALEXIS-FINDLEY
Port-of-Spain