Jamaicans Are “Pests” Comments by Trinidadian Talk Show Host Add to Tensions with Jamaica
Barrington “Skippy” Thomas, the host of a radio talk show in Trinidad, referred to Jamaicans as “nuisances, pests, and criminal elements.” His remarks, made during a conversation with a Jamaican caller, have only served to increase the tensions that already exist between T&T and Jamaica. The caller said he thought Jamaicans were being unfairly blamed […]
Let Us Not Be Crippled By Our Faith – Do we use God as a crutch?
The black community takes great pride in being rooted in faith. Our belief in God’s omniscient grace has brought us through slavery, civil rights abuses, domestic abuses, black on black crime, and all the ills, public and private, that have plagued our community. But we have often used that faith to the detriment of ourselves […]
Actress of Jamaican Descent to Star in New Film
“Wannabe” is a new film about the 1991 race riots in New York’s Crown Heights neighborhood. At the time, the conflict was between the black and Orthodox Jewish communities there, and it was a time when a young Jewish man and an American girl of Jamaican descent fell in love. The film tells their story. […]
Day 121 of 365 Things to Do, See & Eat in Jamaica – Coronation Market: The Stomach of Jamaica
This huge farmers’ market is held in an enormous iron-covered warehouse and features hundreds of vendors from everywhere in Jamaica. The market operates Thursday morning through Sunday evening all year. Watch the vendors play dominoes or listen to TVs as they broadcast football and running competitions: whenever a Jamaican wins, a cheer goes up throughout […]