i am an half caste(brown) as Jamaica's may call it and when are seen as different race in jamaican we are highly segregated because of our light skin .
when I consider the social interactions in Jamaica. However, a form of racism, if I may use such a harsh word, exists in the Jamaican culture.
The thing is I have a fair complexion or what is locally known as "Browning" in Jamaica. The blessing and the curse. I must admit that this complexion does have it's advantages as the likkle high colour and pretty hair somehow makes you a bit more appealing to quiet a few girls and for some it gives that a boost up the corporate ladder. However, there is a price to pay for being a Browning .
"Brown man!"
One of the tortures I had to endure while growing up and still am enduring is constantly being called Brown man or
Browning . Some have even gone as far as calling me Mr. Chin ...note I am of Irish and Black decent, not Asian! I find it extremely annoying when I'm referred to as Brown man or Browning . It feels as if I'm being singled out for the colour of my skin. If you don't know my name, I'm ok with " young man " or "Yow my yute" or refer to be by the colour of my clothes. That's how a person of dark complexion calls to another dark person in Jamaica, why do I have to be referred to by the colour of my skin? I don't walk around calling to people as "Black man", "Black woman" or "Blackning "!
Yuh Rich
The one that really pisses me of the assumption that because I'm light skinned I have money. I call it the "Brown People Have Money Syndrome ". I will abbreviate it and call it BMS for the rest of this article (venting). It is a very common misconception among many Jamaicans, in other words many Jamaicans suffer from BMS. I face this almost every day, when I go about my own business in public.
I remember this incident some time ago. I just started working and I didn't have my car as yet, so I had to take public transportation to visit my mom back in Portland. I was on this mini bus, and if you have ever traveled on a mini bus (Mostly 15 seat, Toyota Hiace or the larger 20+ seat, Coaster) in Jamaica, yuh know it packer dan a sardine tin! There was this big fat woman beside me, taking up two persons seat, and squeezing the life out of me. As if that wasn't bad enough I had to drive through "The Junction " in St. Mary. The Junction is the most winding and treacherous road in Jamaica. Corners inside of corners, semi-loose rocks on one side of the road and precipices on the other side of the road. As the bus rocked to my side this fat woman attempted to crush me to death. So in an attempt to save my life, I used my elbow to gentle ease her up. She didn't like it and proceeded to cuss me out. " People like yuh nuh fi travel pon bus.. .” and the statement that took the cake, "... all if mi did brown like yuh mi woulda have mi own car. ..” How the hell the colour of my skin will magically allow me to have a car? I have to for a living just like any other Jamaican!
I find that in Jamaica there is a price for dark skinned people and a price for light skinned people. If I decide to buy something from some of the higglers who sell on the side of the road, I have to pay Brown Skin Tax (BST). Just because of the colour of my skin, some of these higglers think that I am rich. A few months ago I was searching for a dog tag (the chains soldiers wear), and asked the price and this man wanted to sell me a $300 dog tag for $600, "a wah tek dah fool yah ", I said to myself and walked off. Just a few days ago, a dumb ass self-proclaimed repairman claimed to have repaired my girlfriend’s fridge and because I was there, he wanted to charge $2000 fro diagnosing the problem (which he did not!) after telling her that it was $800. When she objected he proceeds to turn to me and say, " Brown skinned man like yuh a big monetary man, yuh must can tek care a di fee."
What di rass! Here we go again, another case of BMS.
Maybe racism is too much of a strong word, or call me overly sensitive, but I do face a form of discrimination here in Jamaica, due to the colour of my skin.and i also relate with other africans and it seems the same blacks against black,Black's against browns and white against Black's.and also the bleaching syndrome in blacks
sometimes i feel inferioty complex which has grown to be a mental slavery in every black.and i feel our big problem is not the white man but we ourself. pls comment your thought

It sucks. White ppl degrade Blacks and some of those Blacks also degrade themselves (I'm not specifically referring you). I hope this is the last phase of the dark age.

You are paying for the sins of the fathers.



Next life, your ancestors will not price African slaves.

You are Jamaican? On which side - Dad's side or mum's?

I think u care too much! The same way they cannot do anything about their 'blackness', u cnt do anything about ur 'brownness'

However, as long as the earth remains, there are things that will never end.


Concerning inferiority complex, two angles to it.

1. Is it a feeling?

2. Are we truly inferior?

I dnt hv time to analyse these. Story for another day

gregyboy:
i am an half caste(brown) as Jamaica's may call it and when are seen as different race in jamaican we are highly segregated because of our light skin .
when I consider the social interactions in Jamaica. However, a form of racism, if I may use such a harsh word, exists in the Jamaican culture.
The thing is I have a fair complexion or what is locally known as "Browning" in Jamaica. The blessing and the curse. I must admit that this complexion does have it's advantages as the likkle high colour and pretty hair somehow makes you a bit more appealing to quiet a few girls and for some it gives that a boost up the corporate ladder. However, there is a price to pay for being a Browning .
"Brown man!"
One of the tortures I had to endure while growing up and still am enduring is constantly being called Brown man or
Browning . Some have even gone as far as calling me Mr. Chin ...note I am of Irish and Black decent, not Asian! I find it extremely annoying when I'm referred to as Brown man or Browning . It feels as if I'm being singled out for the colour of my skin. If you don't know my name, I'm ok with " young man " or "Yow my yute" or refer to be by the colour of my clothes. That's how a person of dark complexion calls to another dark person in Jamaica, why do I have to be referred to by the colour of my skin? I don't walk around calling to people as "Black man", "Black woman" or "Blackning "!
Yuh Rich
The one that really pisses me of the assumption that because I'm light skinned I have money. I call it the "Brown People Have Money Syndrome ". I will abbreviate it and call it BMS for the rest of this article (venting). It is a very common misconception among many Jamaicans, in other words many Jamaicans suffer from BMS. I face this almost every day, when I go about my own business in public.
I remember this incident some time ago. I just started working and I didn't have my car as yet, so I had to take public transportation to visit my mom back in Portland. I was on this mini bus, and if you have ever traveled on a mini bus (Mostly 15 seat, Toyota Hiace or the larger 20+ seat, Coaster) in Jamaica, yuh know it packer dan a sardine tin! There was this big fat woman beside me, taking up two persons seat, and squeezing the life out of me. As if that wasn't bad enough I had to drive through "The Junction " in St. Mary. The Junction is the most winding and treacherous road in Jamaica. Corners inside of corners, semi-loose rocks on one side of the road and precipices on the other side of the road. As the bus rocked to my side this fat woman attempted to crush me to death. So in an attempt to save my life, I used my elbow to gentle ease her up. She didn't like it and proceeded to cuss me out. " People like yuh nuh fi travel pon bus.. .” and the statement that took the cake, "... all if mi did brown like yuh mi woulda have mi own car. ..” How the hell the colour of my skin will magically allow me to have a car? I have to for a living just like any other Jamaican!
I find that in Jamaica there is a price for dark skinned people and a price for light skinned people. If I decide to buy something from some of the higglers who sell on the side of the road, I have to pay Brown Skin Tax (BST). Just because of the colour of my skin, some of these higglers think that I am rich. A few months ago I was searching for a dog tag (the chains soldiers wear), and asked the price and this man wanted to sell me a $300 dog tag for $600, "a wah tek dah fool yah ", I said to myself and walked off. Just a few days ago, a dumb ass self-proclaimed repairman claimed to have repaired my girlfriend’s fridge and because I was there, he wanted to charge $2000 fro diagnosing the problem (which he did not!) after telling her that it was $800. When she objected he proceeds to turn to me and say, " Brown skinned man like yuh a big monetary man, yuh must can tek care a di fee."
What di rass! Here we go again, another case of BMS.
Maybe racism is too much of a strong word, or call me overly sensitive, but I do face a form of discrimination here in Jamaica, due to the colour of my skin.and i also relate with other africans and it seems the same blacks against black,Black's against browns and white against Black's.and also the bleaching syndrome in blacks
sometimes i feel inferioty complex which has grown to be a mental slavery in every black.and i feel our big problem is not the white man but we ourself. pls comment your thought

The word 'Half-caste' is derogatory. Next time use 'Biracial' instead.

TarOrfeek:
You are paying for the sins of the fathers.



Next life, your ancestors will not price African slaves.

Note that Irish people have been brought to Jamaica as slaves, too.

gregyboy:
i am an half caste(brown) as Jamaica's may call it and when are seen as different race in jamaican we are highly segregated because of our light skin .
when I consider the social interactions in Jamaica. However, a form of racism, if I may use such a harsh word, exists in the Jamaican culture.
The thing is I have a fair complexion or what is locally known as "Browning" in Jamaica. The blessing and the curse. I must admit that this complexion does have it's advantages as the likkle high colour and pretty hair somehow makes you a bit more appealing to quiet a few girls and for some it gives that a boost up the corporate ladder. However, there is a price to pay for being a Browning .
"Brown man!"
One of the tortures I had to endure while growing up and still am enduring is constantly being called Brown man or
Browning . Some have even gone as far as calling me Mr. Chin ...note I am of Irish and Black decent, not Asian! I find it extremely annoying when I'm referred to as Brown man or Browning . It feels as if I'm being singled out for the colour of my skin. If you don't know my name, I'm ok with " young man " or "Yow my yute" or refer to be by the colour of my clothes. That's how a person of dark complexion calls to another dark person in Jamaica, why do I have to be referred to by the colour of my skin? I don't walk around calling to people as "Black man", "Black woman" or "Blackning "!
Yuh Rich
The one that really pisses me of the assumption that because I'm light skinned I have money. I call it the "Brown People Have Money Syndrome ". I will abbreviate it and call it BMS for the rest of this article (venting). It is a very common misconception among many Jamaicans, in other words many Jamaicans suffer from BMS. I face this almost every day, when I go about my own business in public.
I remember this incident some time ago. I just started working and I didn't have my car as yet, so I had to take public transportation to visit my mom back in Portland. I was on this mini bus, and if you have ever traveled on a mini bus (Mostly 15 seat, Toyota Hiace or the larger 20+ seat, Coaster) in Jamaica, yuh know it packer dan a sardine tin! There was this big fat woman beside me, taking up two persons seat, and squeezing the life out of me. As if that wasn't bad enough I had to drive through "The Junction " in St. Mary. The Junction is the most winding and treacherous road in Jamaica. Corners inside of corners, semi-loose rocks on one side of the road and precipices on the other side of the road. As the bus rocked to my side this fat woman attempted to crush me to death. So in an attempt to save my life, I used my elbow to gentle ease her up. She didn't like it and proceeded to cuss me out. " People like yuh nuh fi travel pon bus.. .” and the statement that took the cake, "... all if mi did brown like yuh mi woulda have mi own car. ..” How the hell the colour of my skin will magically allow me to have a car? I have to for a living just like any other Jamaican!
I find that in Jamaica there is a price for dark skinned people and a price for light skinned people. If I decide to buy something from some of the higglers who sell on the side of the road, I have to pay Brown Skin Tax (BST). Just because of the colour of my skin, some of these higglers think that I am rich. A few months ago I was searching for a dog tag (the chains soldiers wear), and asked the price and this man wanted to sell me a $300 dog tag for $600, "a wah tek dah fool yah ", I said to myself and walked off. Just a few days ago, a dumb ass self-proclaimed repairman claimed to have repaired my girlfriend’s fridge and because I was there, he wanted to charge $2000 fro diagnosing the problem (which he did not!) after telling her that it was $800. When she objected he proceeds to turn to me and say, " Brown skinned man like yuh a big monetary man, yuh must can tek care a di fee."
What di rass! Here we go again, another case of BMS.
Maybe racism is too much of a strong word, or call me overly sensitive, but I do face a form of discrimination here in Jamaica, due to the colour of my skin.and i also relate with other africans and it seems the same blacks against black,Black's against browns and white against Black's.and also the bleaching syndrome in blacks
sometimes i feel inferioty complex which has grown to be a mental slavery in every black.and i feel our big problem is not the white man but we ourself. pls comment your thought

This inferiority exist because the whites colonized Africa,Asia and the Americas, imposing their way of doing things upon us and thinking that it should have a special reason for them winning( Combine this with the age of Enlightment and Charles Darwin)over us. There you have it . With racists eugenics and All their white asama BS.