I'm Jamaican. Jamaica was so colorist until Michael Manley. They are still colorist. Up to the 1970s banks, stores preferred to hire light skinned customer service reps. Thank God for Michael.
In 2024 I went to a bar white men sitting down with his family his comment was here comes trouble 20 years on the Sunshine List and I am still considered to be trouble walking into a bar to have a beer with a friend the environment saved his life
Because they reserve their systematic racism for black Americans as punishment for the abolishing of slavery. As black people from other countries, we have to acknowledge Americans' systematic racism.
My father go there on Farm work, and he pounted out to me that Jamaican never subject themselves to second class citizen treatment, the Boss could not call the Jamaican men boys.
European south Africans and European Australians behave in the same way. On two separate occasions I have been in a conversation with white females from both south Afrika and Australia, who were openly voicing their discussed for black men in both countries. in both situations I have said, so why are you here speaking with me, I'm a black man ? and the response was, your ok, your british. It's local black people we have a problem with. Oh I supposed im meant to feel privileged.
The Jamaican experience of racism was different from the black Americans. The African experience of racism is also different from both..this became apparent when west indies and Africans started to migrate the Americas..
When racist whites come in contact with a black person with an accent they know right away you are not from this country, they are confused on how to respond.
American Africans were trained to stay in our place and when we step out of line the response was immediate and often brutal.
My grandfather was a farm worker in the US, but during the 1950's. I heard lots of stories about how they use to curse out wfs when they tried to be disrespectful. I was so surprised that my grandfather and his buddies came out of those situations unscathed. Itโs been awhile, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I was told that back then there was some kind of agreement between the US and England (since England governed the islands in the Caribbean) that the US couldn't harm the farm workers. When their contract was up, I'm sure those wfs couldn't wait to see them go.
Iris King, on a State Department sponsored tour of the US, had this experience. In Louisville she wanted some alone time, so she snuck out of her hotel, avoiding her escorts, to get a cup of coffee at the nearby Walgreens. The white woman server told her she could have coffee to go, but couldn't be served at the counter. During the exchange, Ms. King told the server that she wouldn't hire her as her maid. Hearing of the raucous, and realizing that she was away from her room, the State Department people went to the scene. Walgreens apologized and changed their policy of not serving Black people. At the time of her visit, Ms. King was serving as the first woman mayor of Kingston and St. Andrew (1958).
Though defiant and admirable on the part of Jamaicans, it must not be seen as anything better than our Black American Sisters and Brothers. Jamaica had no KKK or vigilante racist white groups that could kill, rape and pillage and be protected by politicians, the clergy, the police, and the courts. There are no Jamaican Emmett Till and we are still to hear of Jamaicans unattached to white employers doing anything defiant, that put it all on the line in full consciousness of a possible outcome.
Thatโs bull shit , like your Jamaican friends are more men than American black, atleast American women are more women than the tricks that come out of Jamaica
This is true but I was also told that the farm owners would take them to these same bars and restaurants and they would be served of course the farm owners stayed with the workers.
I love that you said that we are not used to being treated less than, powerful words because we didn't know racial hatred until we traveled outside of our beautiful homeland but Jamaicans are loving people world's best, if not bothered take care Jamaica and Jamaicans one big LOVE ๐โค๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐๐ฟ Out of many one people ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น
This only happened due to the fact that they couldn't allow their workers to go to jail else they would loose their crops..we need to point out the fact that our melanated Americans wouldn't not accept the meager wages they wanted to give them. That's why they came to the Caribbean to get workers which is cheaper..and the Caribbean men fell for this trapped and have keep doing it up till now. Melanated Americans are not lazy as we were told back then. Just to state that. I know it's been said so many times but we are all melanated so don't allow them to set us up against each other, one love we love Our melanated Americans same way ๐ฏ๐ฒ
Remember this is a white majority country and the black ppl wwre use to being treared as lesser ppl. But its still wrong and i would support anyone to be treated as ppl. Not ___ ppl
Yeah I was a farm worker in Florida in the 22 years old at the time they used to put the Black American farm workers out the restaurant they could not buy nothing to eat in the white restaurant you would go by and the burger smells so good not to mention the coffee โ they did not mess with the Jamaicans because the Jamaicans are not used to people telling them what to do against their will they will fight you plus they will shoot you if they get the chance to so when the Jamaicans when they would go like 25 deep so when they call the sheriff on them the farm workers are working for the sheriff family big big big big big big property big sugar cane property the sheriff told the restaurants owners if they mess with their people their farm worker they will close this restaurant down so they did not mess with the farm workers anymore sometime they would be so upset they would take the glasses and break them up call those idiots money dummies the funniest thing about it the farm workers working benefiting all those folks benefiting all those racist racist folks and it was not on the sugarcane it was more a lot more different things that they need to do because the other guys the white people they would not do it so the farm workers are doing it the farm workers are doing it and these people are so sick so sick it's benefiting them and they're so racist and sick and blind that's ungodly and the thing about it those days are still here those days are not gone
Don't you know that farm workers are diplomas. Only if a crime is committed that they can be arrest, and they cannot be imprisoned either. Deportation is the only result. ๐
I'm Jamaican. Jamaica was so colorist until Michael Manley. They are still colorist. Up to the 1970s banks, stores preferred to hire light skinned customer service reps. Thank God for Michael.
And ur point is?
Love, Jamaicans
Listen itโs in the past gone done and dusted
In 2024 I went to a bar white men sitting down with his family his comment was here comes trouble 20 years on the Sunshine List and I am still considered to be trouble walking into a bar to have a beer with a friend the environment saved his life
Because they reserve their systematic racism for black Americans as punishment for the abolishing of slavery. As black people from other countries, we have to acknowledge Americans' systematic racism.
It does not matter if the farmers did not want to lose their workers the important thing is that they were save and live to return home safely
Lots of history of Jamaican farm workers in America. Research the: Miranda Fa
Omg smh
What's the name of the book ๐?
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so their slave masters came to rescue them The same difference how does this information unite us as a race of people
They have never felt the wrath of a Jamaican.
They get deportation faster than lightning
My father go there on Farm work, and he pounted out to me that Jamaican never subject themselves to second class citizen treatment, the Boss could not call the Jamaican men boys.
Cause yard man built different lol
Divide and Conquer โค
Unite Judah & Yisrael
They needed them to work ๐
European south Africans and European Australians behave in the same way. On two separate occasions I have been in a conversation with white females from both south Afrika and Australia, who were openly voicing their discussed for black men in both countries. in both situations I have said, so why are you here speaking with me, I'm a black man ? and the response was, your ok, your british. It's local black people we have a problem with. Oh I supposed im meant to feel privileged.
How was going to do their work.if go to jail
True thatโฆ the farmer knows them Jah -macans better than the Babylon menโฆ.. Jah -macans are wild and Fearless..!Yah man ๐ฎ๐ฎ
Tribe of Judah and Benjaminโค
The Jamaican experience of racism was different from the black Americans. The African experience of racism is also different from both..this became apparent when west indies and Africans started to migrate the Americas..
When racist whites come in contact with a black person with an accent they know right away you are not from this country, they are confused on how to respond.
American Africans were trained to stay in our place and when we step out of line the response was immediate and often brutal.
Right
My grandfather was a farm worker in the US, but during the 1950's. I heard lots of stories about how they use to curse out wfs when they tried to be disrespectful. I was so surprised that my grandfather and his buddies came out of those situations unscathed. Itโs been awhile, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I was told that back then there was some kind of agreement between the US and England (since England governed the islands in the Caribbean) that the US couldn't harm the farm workers. When their contract was up, I'm sure those wfs couldn't wait to see them go.
Ironically, decades later we Jamaicans are more in numbers but when face with racism we move along so we can " eat more food".
What my people went through is the reason you can come to America with no problem.
The Queen still own Jamaica in the 60โs,so American have to be careful in those times.
Iris King, on a State Department sponsored tour of the US, had this experience. In Louisville she wanted some alone time, so she snuck out of her hotel, avoiding her escorts, to get a cup of coffee at the nearby Walgreens. The white woman server told her she could have coffee to go, but couldn't be served at the counter. During the exchange, Ms. King told the server that she wouldn't hire her as her maid. Hearing of the raucous, and realizing that she was away from her room, the State Department people went to the scene. Walgreens apologized and changed their policy of not serving Black people. At the time of her visit, Ms. King was serving as the first woman mayor of Kingston and St. Andrew (1958).
Though defiant and admirable on the part of Jamaicans, it must not be seen as anything better than our Black American Sisters and Brothers. Jamaica had no KKK or vigilante racist white groups that could kill, rape and pillage and be protected by politicians, the clergy, the police, and the courts. There are no Jamaican Emmett Till and we are still to hear of Jamaicans unattached to white employers doing anything defiant, that put it all on the line in full consciousness of a possible outcome.
True weโre not use to that kind of indifference.. we see each other as equal
What a comparisonโฆ๐ข
Thank you for sharing! What's the name of the book?
Because the black American are the indigenous the true American thatโs why they are hated so much
Remember Marcus Garvey was fighting against this Jim Crow law an injustice from before these black Jamaicans arrived
Thatโs bull shit , like your Jamaican friends are more men than American black, atleast American women are more women than the tricks that come out of Jamaica
U are looking g?good pretty lady
In ja we are very welcoming.weither u white .white .fat slim we knows all are human .were not racist .
That countr simply hates black Amerocas
This is true but I was also told that the farm owners would take them to these same bars and restaurants and they would be served of course the farm owners stayed with the workers.
Where is your Husbandโ๏ธโผ๏ธ
YES SHE'S TOTALLY RIGHT!! ONE MILLION TIMES!! THIS SHIT HAS TOO STOP!!!
One was property/ collateral โ the other had step outside the boundaries of capitalism (got to reprimand that).
I love that you said that we are not used to being treated less than, powerful words because we didn't know racial hatred until we traveled outside of our beautiful homeland but Jamaicans are loving people world's best, if not bothered take care Jamaica and Jamaicans one big LOVE ๐โค๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐๐ฟ Out of many one people ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น
It was done to blk Americans. 26 city massacres to prove it
This only happened due to the fact that they couldn't allow their workers to go to jail else they would loose their crops..we need to point out the fact that our melanated Americans wouldn't not accept the meager wages they wanted to give them. That's why they came to the Caribbean to get workers which is cheaper..and the Caribbean men fell for this trapped and have keep doing it up till now. Melanated Americans are not lazy as we were told back then. Just to state that. I know it's been said so many times but we are all melanated so don't allow them to set us up against each other, one love we love Our melanated Americans same way ๐ฏ๐ฒ
Remember this is a white majority country and the black ppl wwre use to being treared as lesser ppl. But its still wrong and i would support anyone to be treated as ppl. Not ___ ppl
Yeah I was a farm worker in Florida in the 22 years old at the time they used to put the Black American farm workers out the restaurant they could not buy nothing to eat in the white restaurant you would go by and the burger smells so good not to mention the coffee โ they did not mess with the Jamaicans because the Jamaicans are not used to people telling them what to do against their will they will fight you plus they will shoot you if they get the chance to so when the Jamaicans when they would go like 25 deep so when they call the sheriff on them the farm workers are working for the sheriff family big big big big big big property big sugar cane property the sheriff told the restaurants owners if they mess with their people their farm worker they will close this restaurant down so they did not mess with the farm workers anymore sometime they would be so upset they would take the glasses and break them up call those idiots money dummies the funniest thing about it the farm workers working benefiting all those folks benefiting all those racist racist folks and it was not on the sugarcane it was more a lot more different things that they need to do because the other guys the white people they would not do it so the farm workers are doing it the farm workers are doing it and these people are so sick so sick it's benefiting them and they're so racist and sick and blind that's ungodly and the thing about it those days are still here those days are not gone
I like your story, but I tell you this Gad, nature and time will deal with all hater I live to see that day . Calmer work
Don't you know that farm workers are diplomas. Only if a crime is committed that they can be arrest, and they cannot be imprisoned either. Deportation is the only result. ๐