My Experience is different for the Positive stories on Jamaicans.com

I was born 1977 in jamaica, ina small town called waterhouse. In 1986 my mom along with my 6 siblings migrated to the United States. We first moved to Brooklyn then settled in the Bronx. My experience is quite different from the positive articles i’ve read on jamaica.com. Ive never been to College, acheived a […]

Morning Walk by American Retiree in Jamaica

What could these two things possibly have in common? Go for a walk in any community in Jamaica between 5:00 and 6:00 in the morning and you are sure to find out. To say the terrain in my area is rugged would be an understatement. The roads are steep, winding, dotted with numerous obstacles called […]

Growing up as royalty

In Westmoreland where I was born, the word “royal” was used to describe mixed-race people, equating the African heritage with royalty. Thus there were Indian-Royals and Chinese-Royals. Though I didn’t hear anyone being referred to as White-Royal, a brown person’s wavy hair was described as “royal hair”. Now if you met the mother of my […]