Tag: race

The problem *Pseudo-Jamaicans have with Black Identity

May 14, 2026

*So a wa yu waa mi kaal dem den? Ruos bredfruut? Professor Mattias Desmet, Professor of Psychology at the University of Ghent in Belgium, seems to be giving voice to the dull agony I feel this morning as I find myself re-immersed in the atmosphere of Kingston, which for me, has always represented a sphere … More The problem *Pseudo-Jamaicans have with Black Identity

Sacred Stories – The hard problem of RACE

February 9, 2023

Every Black History Month for the last 20 years I have deliberately sought to circulate articles from my blog “The Half Not Told” in an attempt at kindling a conversation, hopefully a balanced conversation, an honest conversation, a hard-to-have conversation about race … and race like family, like nationality, like social group and faith community … More Sacred Stories – The hard problem of RACE