(02-21-2019, 08:16 AM)Jags Wrote:

(02-20-2019, 11:05 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: Oof!

Kamala Harris' dad says parents are 'turning in their grave' over her comments on weed and being Jamaican

[font=Roboto,]Harris' father, Donald, disapproved of the comments, which he told the [font=Roboto,]Jamaica Global Online constituted "identity politics."[/font][/font]
[font=Roboto,]"My dear departed grandmothers ... as well as my deceased parents, must be turning in their grave right now to see their family’s name, reputation and proud Jamaican identity being connected, in any way, jokingly or not with the fraudulent stereotype of a pot-smoking joy seeker and in the pursuit of identity politics," he said[/font]
[font=Roboto,]Donald Harris continued: "Speaking for myself and my immediate Jamaican family, we wish to categorically dissociate ourselves from this travesty.”
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Well, that’s pretty damning.

Think about it.  Think about what it must be like to grow up in the US but have Jamaican parents.
Every other time a new person finds out that you have a Jamaican background, they'll put on a patois accent and start saying, "ya Mon! Bob Marley! Get dee ganja! Irie!" The first ten times that happens you're confused.  The next ten times you try telling people, "I don't know what you're talking about.  My dad is not like that." Uncomfortable conversations ensue.  Few friends are made. By the time you're 30 you have bigger problems and you're done fighting about it. "Yeah! Jamaica Mon!" You're American anyhow, what does it matter?

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