Raising A White Binny - Scott, Stanley

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Résumé :
Raising a White Binny, a novel by Stanley Scott The novel is set in London in the sixties, a period of changing moral and sexual attitudes and before the advent of anti-discrimination laws and policies. It tells the story of five young West Indian friends living and working in the Earl's Court area :- George, a single-minded and serious young man who fulfils his ambition to marry his childhood sweet-heart and get to university to study for a Degree, and who is fascinated by the various lifestyles of his friends, Vishnu, from British Guiana, a non-practicing Hindu, who supports a 'proper' system of arranged marriages and who, in his search for moral values, attempts to find them with the Jehovah's Witnesses, Malcolm, from a well-to-do Jamaican family, who passes his Bar finals, but stays on to get experience and Richard and Michael, who spend their spare time picking up white women, i.e. 'raising white binnies', with varying results. The term binny was popularly used by young men in British Guiana to describe an attractive young woman.

Biographie:
About the AuthorI, Stanley Scott Jr. am a Local 10 Longshore mechanic at the Port of Oakland, a student at San Francisco State University, and a Sunday school teacher at Bell Chapel CME Church in Bayview-Hunters Point, San Francisco. I hold certifications as a CATC-I/LAP-C addiction treatment counselor and labor assistance professional.With multiple years of recovery, I've served in the Ministry to Men's auxiliary at Bell Chapel. My creative work spans over 143 published books and more than 900 music tracks, produced through my platform Bysscott.org.My current project, PORT SCHOLAR CHRONICLES-The Longshoreman Student Experience, documents my daily journey crossing the Bay Bridge between Oakland port work and San Francisco State evening classes.I live by the grace of God.I have spent this time of my life working as a longshoreman. It has been a challenging but rewarding career. I have seen the industry change dramatically over the years, but one thing that has remained constant is the importance of longshoremen to the global economy....