indians in jamaica have all kinds of names.
And how you laughing at him when you just pulled the same stunt? You said in this thread likkle while that you are 25% indian...and you look fully black.

We would be wrong to laugh you to scorn, right? So mek di man have him heritage.

my point is that i dont say im indian with vincentian descent...i say im black period.

then where did i get it from that you 25% indian?

Lol i think he is trying to impress somebody (you )

The only reason Haitian integrate so well into Dominica's society is because they're simply going from one créole-speaking country to another one. On the other end of the spectrum, look how poorly integrated Haitians are in the Bahamas.

As for Dominicans & Puerto Ricans relating more to Central Americans, that couldn't be further from the truth. You rarely see people from the Spanish-Caribbean moving to mainland Latin America, with the exception of educational reasons, most Spanish Caribbean people who don't go to the states end up in other English-Speaking nations, and even French and Dutch speaking islands as well. Places like St Thomas, St Croix, St Maarten, Curaçao and Aruba have thousands of immigrants from the Dominican Republic, meanwhile no Spanish speaking country other than Puerto Rico and perhaps Panama can say the same.

Maybe I'm biased because I have a Dominican/Haitian mother and a Kittitian father, and happened to be born in St Thomas lol...but from my perspective Dominicans who still live in the Caribbean rarely have anything to do with mainland Latinos. Of course, this changes when they move to the states lol.


People from the Spanish and French speaking Caribbean have much more in common with each other than with anyone else, so you can't really say who relates more to whom since its never really that cut and dry. When you really get down to it, there ain't much difference between Spanish, French, English and Dutch caribbean people aside from language. Our music is similar, many of our traditions are similar, and much of our lifestyle is similar. 75% of the food you'll find in a Haitian restaurant you'll see in a Dominican one. My Kittitian aunts and cousins use the same bush teas that my Dominicans and Haitian aunts do.

I think is generally the ones born here (so, technically, Americans) that do that (with the Jamaican and black or Jamaican and whatever)...More time they trying to show they have some connection to the caribbean, to show some kind of common ground with you. Cause I"m not sure, but i doubt they ID themselves that way to fellow americans. I don't think they realize how it comes across in reality else they would stop it (i hope).

OP is talking about an actual Jamaican (or an american of Ja descent who is pretending to be Jamaican!). I would understand the meaning but it sound ignorant, cause every Jamaican I ever encountered says they are Jamaican, not Something-HYPHEN-Jamaican, and not Jamaican-AND-Something. Only other specifics we DO tend to get hung up on is what part of Ja you from, and if a Kingstonian or a Portie, which part of it you come from.

We use slang racial terms like black chiney and syrian (whether is actually syria dem people come from or not, we overgeneralize all the time lol)...but nobody is going to come say "I'm Jamaican and chinese" or "I'm Jamaican and Syrian"...that sounds ridiculous. It's OBVIOUS dem a chiney or syrian, usually. Unless people joking around or your race is part of your nickname... what specific type of Jamaican doesn't usually come up.

The only reason Haitian integrate so well into Dominica's society is because they're simply going from one créole-speaking country to another one. On the other end of the spectrum, look how poorly integrated Haitians are in the Bahamas.

As for Dominicans & Puerto Ricans relating more to Central Americans, that couldn't be further from the truth. You rarely see people from the Spanish-Caribbean moving to mainland Latin America, with the exception of educational reasons, most Spanish Caribbean people who don't go to the states end up in other English-Speaking nations, and even French and Dutch speaking islands as well. Places like St Thomas, St Croix, St Maarten, Curaçao and Aruba have thousands of immigrants from the Dominican Republic, meanwhile no Spanish speaking country other than Puerto Rico and perhaps Panama can say the same.

Maybe I'm biased because I have a Dominican/Haitian mother and a Kittitian father, and happened to be born in St Thomas lol...but from my perspective Dominicans who still live in the Caribbean rarely have anything to do with mainland Latinos. Of course, this changes when they move to the states lol.


People from the Spanish and French speaking Caribbean have much more in common with each other than with anyone else, so you can't really say who relates more to whom since its never really that cut and dry. When you really get down to it, there ain't much difference between Spanish, French, English and Dutch caribbean people aside from language. Our music is similar, many of our traditions are similar, and much of our lifestyle is similar. 75% of the food you'll find in a Haitian restaurant you'll see in a Dominican one. My Kittitian aunts and cousins use the same bush teas that my Dominicans and Haitian aunts do.

THIS GUY ON FB TELL ME HE INDIAN BUT OF JAMAICAN DECENT....MAN DONT EVEN LOOK DOUGLA HOW MUCH INDIAN YOU KNOW WITH THE LAST NAME WILSON

my point is that i dont say im indian with vincentian descent...i say im black period.

THIS GUY ON FB TELL ME HE INDIAN BUT OF JAMAICAN DECENT....MAN DONT EVEN LOOK DOUGLA HOW MUCH INDIAN YOU KNOW WITH THE LAST NAME WILSON

i am 25% indian but i wudnt go around proclaiming to be full indian when i know im mostly black...if i was 50% then i wud say im c o o l i e lol

idk who he trying to impress with such an obvious lie smh lol

I think is generally the ones born here (so, technically, Americans) that do that (with the Jamaican and black or Jamaican and whatever)...More time they trying to show they have some connection to the caribbean, to show some kind of common ground with you. Cause I"m not sure, but i doubt they ID themselves that way to fellow americans. I don't think they realize how it comes across in reality else they would stop it (i hope).

OP is talking about an actual Jamaican (or an american of Ja descent who is pretending to be Jamaican!). I would understand the meaning but it sound ignorant, cause every Jamaican I ever encountered says they are Jamaican, not Something-HYPHEN-Jamaican, and not Jamaican-AND-Something. Only other specifics we DO tend to get hung up on is what part of Ja you from, and if a Kingstonian or a Portie, which part of it you come from.

We use slang racial terms like black chiney and syrian (whether is actually syria dem people come from or not, we overgeneralize all the time lol)...but nobody is going to come say "I'm Jamaican and chinese" or "I'm Jamaican and Syrian"...that sounds ridiculous. It's OBVIOUS dem a chiney or syrian, usually. Unless people joking around or your race is part of your nickname... what specific type of Jamaican doesn't usually come up.

It's true about Haitians in the Bahamas but I could say the same for the Dominican Republic. I'd be surprised if anyone treats Haitians worse that people from the DR do. Still, Haitians are able to relate with other islanders and I think we both agree that relate best with islanders from french creole Caribbean nations.

Also, you are right about people from DR moving to English speaking countries (there are a ton of them in Antigua) but I'm not sure if that has to do with them being able to relate to us more than mainland latinos. It could be that these islands have better economies, better opportunities and are willing to let these immigrants in. I do agree that all and all, we aren't so different. There are differences, of course, but there are similarities.

I've never met a person with Haitian, Dominican and Kittitian roots before. That's new. lol.

May I ask why you fly a Kittian flag. Just curious as to how you made that decision.

I identify with SKB the most.

I was born in the VI but never really lived there, and my childhood was split between NYC and St Kitts so that's what I know best. I speak Créole but I haven't been to Haiti in over a decade, and while I still have alot of family in DR and speak Spanish, I don't get along with them really.

No...I hear it from BORN Jamaicans and those of Jamaican descent. That's why you have those like MissMayling who saw the description as fine. Honestly, I've never met any Americans of Jamaican descent (of people of West Indian descent) trying to say they are born in Jamaica or whatever island. In fact, quite of few of the Jamaican ones make clear that they are not Jamaican.

Some people like to act a way when they go "foreign."