Colonial welfare and buying our freedom
On May 11th French President Francois Hollande made a statement that drew widespread international attention. Immediately afterwards came a resurgence of widespread frustration with European …
Build us, so we can build us
In our home islands, the greatest need is for the most powerful currency – education. The story of an uneducated woman with eleven children who …
The streets were gold
“When I came to America I thought, like every other West Indian, money was flowing, the streets were gold, but I was wrong.” Those are …
Before they ran the race
Around April 23rd, I embarked on my first visit to the Penn Relays. A mini version of the Olympics that focuses mainly on high school …
Our distant cousins: part 2
I asked an older Cuban friend once, why she hated the Democratic party. She was losing her vision and couldn’t walk very well — her …
Our distant cousins
We say we are “Caribbean” like we’re really all one ubiquitous people connected by something other than location. We do have a common spirit linked …
When the President Comes to Town
DAVID I. MUIR/FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES The island of Jamaica had not been visited by a sitting US president since a 1982 trip by Ronald …
Writing Your Own Reality Check
When you grow up in the Caribbean, and probably in any black neighborhood in the world, political correctness is something you only hear about on …
A tale of two women
It was Madeleine Albright who said “there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” I’m not sure I believe in …
The most manly man of all
What makes a man? With the proliferation of gender reassignment I don’t even know that it’s about genitalia any more. But let’s say we strip …