1. Class Discussion Life & Debt & Memmi

2. Discussion Questions 1. How were decisions made about development in Jamaica? 2.What role did power play in the decision making process? 3.What image/assumptions of Jamaicans were present in the comments made by World Bank leaders in the film? 4.What emotions came through when Michael Mann (the past Prime Minister of Jamaica) spoke? 5. How do these emotions relate to Memmi’s argument.

3. Note: The political/economic relationship between developing countries and “first” world countries is complicated by political/economic relationships between “first” world countries. EXAMPLE: Farm subsidies, airplane manufacturing subsidies. How did trade relations between the US and England impact Jamaica?

4. Your thoughts and questions.