{"id":10273,"date":"2017-09-23T09:46:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T13:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=10273"},"modified":"2017-09-23T21:45:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T01:45:22","slug":"social-media-rages-with-xenophobia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=10273","title":{"rendered":"Social media rages with xenophobia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><I>T&amp;T Guardian<br \/>\nSeptember 23, 2017<\/I><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=10273\"><img src='http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blogimg\/dominicamaria.jpg' width='150' height='113' border='0' class='alignleft' alt='Dominica after Hurricane Maria' \/><\/a>Following Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley\u2019s proposal for T&#038;T to open its doors to citizens of Dominica in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, there was a lot of racist, political and xenophobic remarks on social media from citizens who disagreed with the idea.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the comments included:<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n\u2022Well we already have an influx of Chinese, Guyanese, Nigerians and deportees coming in. Just saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022We all know Rowley bringing them here to vote PNM but Trinidad importing food many people don\u2019t have jobs or homes. What you think will happen????? Is more crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Sadly we have become quite a selfish, self-centred society. We will not lend a hand to our physical neighbour much less our Caribbean neighbour. I pray God change our hearts of stone.<br \/>\n<I><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/news\/2017-09-23\/social-media-rages-xenophobia\">Full Article : guardian.co.tt<\/A><\/I><\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/2017\/09\/23\/close-your-homes\/\">Sat hits Govt&#8217;s offer to Dominicans<\/a><br \/>\nCLOSE YOUR HOMES<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/sports\/2017-09-22\/we-won%E2%80%99t-turn-dominicans-back\">We won&#8217;t turn Dominicans back<\/a><br \/>\nPM stunned by negative response to initiative<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/2017\/09\/23\/not-all-dominicans-can-be-refugees-in-tt\/\">Not all Dominicans can be refugees in TT<\/a><br \/>\n&#8230;is limited to those who have family or friends here willing and able to accommodate them, Planning Minister Camille Robinson-Regis said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/2017\/09\/23\/rowley-trinis-are-caring-people\/\">Rowley: Trinis are caring people<\/a><br \/>\nPrime Minister Keith Rowley yesterday said the vast majority of people understand why TT must do what it can to help Dominica in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/2017\/09\/23\/charles-pm-missed-opportunity-to-provide-debt-relied-for-dominica\/\">Charles: PM missed opportunity to provide debt-relief for Dominica<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/2017\/09\/23\/2-28-tonnes-of-food-delivered-to-dominica\/\">2.28 tonnes of food delivered to Dominica<\/a><br \/>\n&#8230;while 14,000 pounds of relief supplies have been flown in by the National Helicopter Services Limited (NHSL).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/news\/2017-09-22\/maria-death-toll-rises-31\">Maria death toll rises to 31<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T&amp;T Guardian September 23, 2017 Following Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley\u2019s proposal for T&#038;T to open its doors to citizens of Dominica in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, there was a lot of racist, political and xenophobic remarks on social media from citizens who disagreed with the idea. 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