Ms Black

Ms Black (the 3rd of 3 essay-stories on race in Jamaica)   And because tonight she is hosting a dinner Continue reading →

Mrs White

Mrs White (the 2nd of 3 essay-stories on race in Jamaica)   And because she has developed this kind of Continue reading →

Mr Brown

 Mr Brown  (1 of 3 essay-stories on race in Jamaica)   And because high school boys had learnt the habit Continue reading →

Mama D & The PNP

The Funeral Whether Mama D and Mama P ever met, I do not know. I could not say for sure. They belonged Continue reading →

Rules is Rules is Rules! Hopefield Preparatory and the Problem of Hair

Several of us have been keenly following the story of little Zavier Assam, banned from attending Hopefield Preparatory in Jamaica Continue reading →

My Mother Was A Guidance Counsellor

Norman Allen, the chipmunk-cheeked President-Elect of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association has come out in defense of the islands’ guidance counsellors. Continue reading →

If A Gay Man Screams In The Caribbean, And A White Man Isn’t There To Hear Him, Has He Still Made A Sound?

On the Matter of Trees You know of course the philosophical question I am punning on – the tree that Continue reading →

The Brown/White Jamaican and the Right to take Offence

But some of my best friends are Brown It is always hard for Caribbean people to talk about that most Continue reading →