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Jamaica, Barbados: Class & Justice

Categories: Caribbean, Barbados, Jamaica, Citizen Media, Human Rights, Law, Media & Journalism, Travel, Women & Gender

When I said let’s focus on substance rather than style or appearance it hadn’t yet occurred to me that in this case style IS the substance or a substantial part of what’s at stake.

Active Voice [1] blogs about a landmark case involving a Jamaican who was subjected to a cavity search on arrival in Barbados – and how the issue of class is playing a role in the hearing.