{"id":34865,"date":"2011-05-13T07:23:24","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T11:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=34865"},"modified":"2011-05-13T07:23:24","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T11:23:24","slug":"sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Hilary Beckles responds to comments made in wake of recent public lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"
Sir Hilary Beckles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is not the first occasion on which one of my public lectures has been unethically edited and its contents manipulated to achieve an unpleasant special purpose.<\/p>\n

At the University of the West Indies in St. Kitts, I presented an assessment of the public images that surround some of our former captains from Sir Frank Worrell to present. I stated clearly that \u201cthese are the images before us.\u201d At no time did I say that I believe these images to be true.<\/p>\n

I insisted, however, as a social scientist that I have a duty to analyse these images, how they are constructed and how society reacts to them. I know that Sir Garry Sobers is not a King, Sir Vivian Richards a General, Brian Lara a Prince or Chris Gayle a Don because they are all fine professional cricketers whom I admire, but these metaphoric images are based on public observations and perception.<\/p>\n

My references in that lecture were to assess the impact of these images upon each generation. I also stated in my lecture that \u201cit is said that\u201d the WICB is seeking to uproot donmanship from the cricket culture. Again I did not state that the WICB is so doing. I consider Chris Gayle an amazing cricketer whom I personally celebrate but my lecture mentioned the public image that surrounds his leadership.<\/p>\n

It saddens me that this manipulation and abuse of my academic work to meet ends clearly not intended are obviously designed to distract from the task at hand, that is diagnosing the crisis in West Indies cricket and developing policies to fix it; also, seeking to assess how we as West Indians will treat with the issue of our cricketers rejecting the West Indies cricket team.<\/p>\n

his unfortunate event might satisfy the wishes of those who by their continued actions seek to create conflict and strife in West Indies cricket but they will not succeed.<\/p>\n

Editor’s note: Sir Hilary Beckles is the Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is not the first occasion on which one of my public lectures has been unethically edited and its contents manipulated to achieve an unpleasant special purpose. At the University of the West Indies in St. Kitts, I presented an…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":34867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSir Hilary Beckles responds to comments made in wake of recent public lecture - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sir Hilary Beckles responds to comments made in wake of recent public lecture - Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is not the first occasion on which one of my public lectures has been unethically edited and its contents manipulated to achieve an unpleasant special purpose. At the University of the West Indies in St. Kitts, I presented an...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-05-13T11:23:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/hilary-beckles1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"164\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"188\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed\"},\"headline\":\"Sir Hilary Beckles responds to comments made in wake of recent public lecture\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-13T11:23:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":367,\"commentCount\":4,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/hilary-beckles1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Commentary\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sir Hilary Beckles responds to comments made in wake of recent public lecture - Dominica News Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/hilary-beckles1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-13T11:23:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/hilary-beckles1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/hilary-beckles1.jpg\",\"width\":\"164\",\"height\":\"188\",\"caption\":\"Sir Hilary Beckles\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/features\\\/commentary\\\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sir Hilary Beckles responds to comments made in wake of recent public lecture\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dominica News Online\",\"description\":\"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/tdurand\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sir Hilary Beckles responds to comments made in wake of recent public lecture - Dominica News Online","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sir Hilary Beckles responds to comments made in wake of recent public lecture - Dominica News Online","og_description":"This is not the first occasion on which one of my public lectures has been unethically edited and its contents manipulated to achieve an unpleasant special purpose. At the University of the West Indies in St. Kitts, I presented an...","og_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/","og_site_name":"Dominica News Online","article_published_time":"2011-05-13T11:23:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":164,"height":188,"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/hilary-beckles1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed"},"headline":"Sir Hilary Beckles responds to comments made in wake of recent public lecture","datePublished":"2011-05-13T11:23:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/"},"wordCount":367,"commentCount":4,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/hilary-beckles1.jpg","articleSection":["Commentary"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/","name":"Sir Hilary Beckles responds to comments made in wake of recent public lecture - Dominica News Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/hilary-beckles1.jpg","datePublished":"2011-05-13T11:23:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/hilary-beckles1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/hilary-beckles1.jpg","width":"164","height":"188","caption":"Sir Hilary Beckles"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/sir-hilary-beckles-responds-to-comments-made-in-wake-of-recent-public-lecture\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sir Hilary Beckles responds to comments made in wake of recent public lecture"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/","name":"Dominica News Online","description":"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42ebaab81cf135a4ac3c52a6b343fa681417839645e8852f990f1e435612b089?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/author\/tdurand\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/hilary-beckles1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34865"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34869,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34865\/revisions\/34869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}