ar mzungu jamaicans racist?

[Tropicana]

Re: ar mzungu jamaicans racist?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That is NOT true...blacks were holding teller jobs from in the late 60's/early 70's because some of my school mates (HS) did...In the 90's there was NOT one white face to be seen in most banks in Kingston, wurrusah in the rural towns...mostly all of them were BLACK.


remember that after Independence some British were sent back home to England, and their positions were taken over by blacks..(some recruited in England specifically for the job...another torie] many of them left of their own accord as well to goh back &amp; face the Brrritter COLD, and FOG....many tears flowed on both sides...mi juss a look pan some a dem now. [under jlp time] </div></div>

No, there is some confusion here. Let me clarify, I wasn't saying that Black people weren't holding bank teller jobs until the 1990s. Things started opening up from the 1960s from what I understand. I was saying it was in the 1990s that I heard some elderly people say that when the go into banks and see all the black people working there dem frighten.

[neutral]

Re: ar mzungu jamaicans racist?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tropicana</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That is NOT true...blacks were holding teller jobs from in the late 60's/early 70's because some of my school mates (HS) did...In the 90's there was NOT one white face to be seen in most banks in Kingston, wurrusah in the rural towns...mostly all of them were BLACK.


remember that after Independence some British were sent back home to England, and their positions were taken over by blacks..(some recruited in England specifically for the job...another torie] many of them left of their own accord as well to goh back &amp; face the Brrritter COLD, and FOG....many tears flowed on both sides...mi juss a look pan some a dem now. [under jlp time] </div></div>

No, there is some confusion here. Let me clarify, I wasn't saying that Black people weren't holding bank teller jobs until the 1990s. Things started opening up from the 1960s from what I understand. I was saying it was in the 1990s that I heard some elderly people say that when the go into banks and see all the black people working there dem frighten. </div></div>


Sorry Tropi` but these elderly people must have been on a space mission for a few decades,because I left jamaica in the early 70`s and even then the majority of babk clerks were black.

[britisha]

Re: ar mzungu jamaicans racist?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tropicana</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That is NOT true...blacks were holding teller jobs from in the late 60's/early 70's because some of my school mates (HS) did...In the 90's there was NOT one white face to be seen in most banks in Kingston, wurrusah in the rural towns...mostly all of them were BLACK.


remember that after Independence some British were sent back home to England, and their positions were taken over by blacks..(some recruited in England specifically for the job...another torie] many of them left of their own accord as well to goh back &amp; face the Brrritter COLD, and FOG....many tears flowed on both sides...mi juss a look pan some a dem now. [under jlp time] </div></div>

No, there is some confusion here. Let me clarify, I wasn't saying that Black people weren't holding bank teller jobs until the 1990s. Things started opening up from the 1960s from what I understand. I was saying it was in the 1990s that I heard some elderly people say that when the go into banks and see all the black people working there dem frighten. </div></div>

Gotcha Tropi..but mi noh si how dat is possible...in the rural areas where one wouldn't expect to see as much banking activity as town...every Saturday was Bank day...it wasn't unusual to see people tie their donkeys outside nearby a bank, and go in and do their transaction with their book...and they were up in age as well...sorry for the oversight.

[Tropicana]

Re: ar mzungu jamaicans racist?


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Oooono a gimmie joke innah disyah chread...You know that for a fact Tropicana?


were you around then to witness all this? How ole yuh bi? </div></div>

No <span style="color: #C0C0C0">but I am talking about the experiences of my own family members </span> and I got this firsthand from people who WERE there to experience it directly. SO I guess I should have said secondhand or directly.


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> who experienced this
The &quot;real&quot; teachers? vs the &quot;unreeal ones?&quot;

&quot;Imported teachers&quot; since when can ppl be imported?</div></div>

I am talking about Jamaican teachers who were born and educated in Jamaica not foreigners.

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Welll, since a Catholic School mi did goh, mi can ongle speak for them...most of our teachers were trained at St. Joseph's Teachers' college at Mount Alvernia, and they were brilliant...as I have said so oftin here in the past..[of course ] many children who failed the Common Entrance or never sat it for whateva reasons, had another avenue open to them...1st Year/2nd year and 3rd Year Exams..many said that 3rd Year was harder than Cambridge, tougher Standards and many a professional, even Doctorate Holders that I know personally, got accepted to Schools abroad with those qualifications.</div></div>

Absolutely. These teachers were WELL trained and able to hold their own when they migrated. I don't know anything about the Catholic system in Jamaica though but I did have some relatives who went to Catholic schools. One was even head girl.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">These ppl were coached by their primary school teachers...and as for my High School, we had only 2 British trained teachers...elucution and &quot;Drill&quot;/gymnastics.. every body else was either Jamaican or American [nuns] and Ohh yes, Chinese for Math...so Doc mussie a talk bout BEFORE Woppie did kill Phillup.. Mi beg oono paawd'n , I juss cuddn't ressiss

..and as for primary school, we had some stalwars, brilliant, all Rannie's wife was one of our teachers..strong disciplinarians and tender and caring at the same time...they were the REAL unsung heroes called TEACHERS...

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Now this would make a very interesting thread for Pon de Verandah.

[Tropicana]

Re: ar mzungu jamaicans racist?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: neutral</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

Sorry Tropi` but these elderly people must have been on a space mission for a few decades,because I left jamaica in the early 70`s and even then the majority of babk clerks were black. </div></div>

I know that...I am just repeating what they said. They were talking about old times and comparing it to modern times. In 90+ years, people see a LOT of changes.

[neutral]

Re: ar mzungu jamaicans racist?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tropicana</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: neutral</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

Sorry Tropi` but these elderly people must have been on a space mission for a few decades,because I left jamaica in the early 70`s and even then the majority of babk clerks were black. </div></div>

I know that...I am just repeating what they said. They were talking about old times and comparing it to modern times. </div></div>

Ok,...but it look like fe dem old times really old fe choo.

[Tropicana]

Re: ar mzungu jamaicans racist?

Well they were over 90 in the 1990s so they were adults by the time the changes came in. Britisha these people were from the rural areas and they were STILL doing banking.