Talk:Michael Manley

message: This is a reasonable summary, but I would question the phrase 'Though he was white'. Since Norman Manley was a Brown man, and Edna Manley had Coloured Jamaican ancestry, their son could hardly be 'White'. I don't believe he was ever considered White even in Jamaican terms ('Jamaican White'). joyusjam 19:38, 26 May 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: It does not say 'Though he was white.' It says 'Though he was light-skinned.' There is a difference. 147.9.46.117 16:51, 28 October 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd call it mostly reasonable. I've updated it to make clear that Michael Manley and Edward Seaga exacerbated the culture of political violence, rather than inventing it. 69.180.61.176 01:43, 16 December 2004 (UTC)
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message: While it's true that Manley's economic initiatives during the 1970s yielded mixed results for Jamaica, it's also true that many of the social reforms instituted by the PNP during that era have had long-lasting and beneficial results for the people of the country. I'm thinking particularly of the establishment of a minimum wage for domestic workers, and the legislation which eradicated "bastard" as an official designation for children born out of wedlock. Also (while this elicited some dismay from the richer and lighter-skinned), it was under this administration that a sense of pride in the African ancestry of most Jamaicans became a matter of official (that is, government) recognition. This, for a largely black country suffering from postcolonial racism, was not a small thing.--12.218.218.181 20:31, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incomplete? 

message: "He respected and admired the new leader of Grenada Bernard Coard."
I'd like to see a source in support of this addition.  Guettarda 19:06, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
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message: I've removed the adjective "dictator" which preceded Julius Nyerere's name because, while Nyerere led a one-party state, its nature was such that the term does not seem proper.fledgist 12:41, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Dictator" 

message: The article begins with a glaring error. It states that Michael Manley was Jamaica's fifth prime minister. In fact Michael Manley was Jamaica's fourth prime minister and probably one could argue that he was also the sixth. I have changed the article to refer to Michael Manley as the fourth Prime Minister. Logan3d (talk) 04:13, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Fifth Prime Minister" 

message: Why no mention of the CIA failing to murder him in 1976? Truth And Relative Dissention In Space (talk) 14:53, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  CIA assassination attempt 

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