Children have therefore been plunged into a linguistic environment which was alien and hostile, feeling belittled and humiliated for not having a command of English, blamed for something over which they have no control. The number of brilliant children who have thus been denied the benefits of an...
the latter an envisioning of legalization. The song’s lyrics imagine Tosh, getting his herb from a policeman as Jamaica’s leaders set ganja prisoners free while acknowledging the economic benefits marijuana can generate for the island; that scenario,...