Jamaican Till I Die!

The demonisation of Raheem Sterling will continue even if he wins them the Euro. He might be playing for England, but the English media has gone out of their way time and time again to highlight the fact that he is not one of them.  The British have a saying that they love to spout every chance they get: "A dog born in a stable, doesn't make it a horse". It means you are not one of us and you will never be one of us. If these people will not accept British born minorities, some 2 or 3 generation deep, as one of their own, then what chance will the Jamaican born Raheem Sterling have. Sterling will always be the Poster Child for what is wrong with English Football, it does not matter what he does and how good he does it. If they lose the Euros it will be Sterling’s fault and if they win it, then it will be because of Harry Kane (Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!) or Jack “Le coif” Grealish.  It goes against their very nature to do otherwise.  Poster...

I was sitting in the front yard watching my little nieces and nephews play, running around with not a care in the world. I watched the bigger kids of my family with their friends drive in and back out again, chatting and laughing. I must say, I am happy we live in country like Jamaica, where for the most part we are just Normal Human Beings . I am happy that Jamaicans have the chance to grow up in a society void of daily engineered institutionalized racism, designed to dehumanize black people.  The bigger children and their friends will be leaving for colleges and universities soon. Some will go local, others will migrate to the USA, UK and Europe but I am happy that they got this chance to grow up with a concept of self, knowing who they are without the pressure and prejudices of race. We try our best to describe to them the world they will face once they leave the comfort of our small beloved island home and we hope they are confident enough, strong enough and full of self respe...