Listening to Professor Sewpaul some two weeks ago brought me back into the pages of Sharma's "The monk who sold his Ferrari. Her articulation of the process that constantly remanufacture oppressed beings, especially the role of oneself in the creation of negative perceptions and images about oneself. one thing that came clear out of this discussion was that as human beings most of the times we are central to our own demise, the the extent to which our own lives are lived within the realms of fatality is the very limitation that life boaders itself. On this premise i woul want to dwell on the paradigm that is so popular in the contemporary world "the black sheep of the family". A term that is ascribed to those children that are often times considered as outcasts of their families. It is ofcourse imperative to consider that embracing of such negative labels does not just happen, it follows some constant lived experiences through which their lives become lived through oppressive and constantly being the scapegoat of the family's mishaps. It is through engagement with such negative life experiences that a negative personal image is constructed. Engagemnet with the people who have gone through this life experience would reveal horrible life experiences ranging from emotional abuse to severe physical abuse.
The challenge for most of the people that have gone through this kind of childhood is to turn the corner and find an identity that truly represents them. While appreciating that it is not easy
