Grandma’s racial rejection disappeared with Olivia
Elizabeth Clair Winslow, Denver, CO. No one from my immediate family showed up when George and I were married. But when Olivia was born, all...
“They” should all be like you.
Shelagh Mullings, Coral Springs, FL A white supervisor said this to me in 1965 when I was the lone “Negro” working in a white collar...
Are you black or Jamaican? WHAAAT??!!
Keva, Coconut Creek, FL I have been asked this question innumerable times, is there a reason I can’t be both, or why I am not...
White people in Jamaica no tourist
Rubani Streete-Hamilton, United Kingdom I remember one of the first times I went to Jamaica for holiday and to see my family. I’m British born...
Ask him yourself if he’s black
Anne Gruel, Canada. My partner is from Jamaica and identifies as mixed race. His parents are black, but he has very light skin and has...
I’m not just a Black Man
Jared Blocker, Gainesville, FL. My name is Jared. And this is my attempt at trying to post a race card. I was born and raised...
Race is nothing. Culture is everything.
Donna Southwood-Smith, USA. Yes, yes, I understand that what people see, affects what they think. I get historical baggage … I am from Jamaica, travel...
Caribbean Americans are not African Americans
Amani, Jamaica. Caribbean born Americans are way more disciplined than African Americans so they should not be put in the same category.
No. Where are you REALLY from?
Barry M Toronto, Canada This six word combination together with two other six word combos (Are you from Jamaica or Africa? — No. Where were...
Colorblindness spreads, reinforces American racist history
Cynthia McCullough Port Orchard, WA Race studies student. Americans seem to think that being colorblind is a solution when in fact it is a tool...
Light-skinned Jamaican that dosen’t speak Patois
Renee Wilmot-Graham Severn, MD Americans are surprised when I tell them my family is from Jamaica and even more surprised because I am fair skinned....
From Jamaica but I am white
Craig Schoonmaker Leesburg, VA “You are from Jamaica. How come you are not black?” “Are your parents black?” I don’t mind the questions and curiosity...
