Jamaica has a large population of ‘run ‘way yardies’.
Yardies is a term for Jamaican, and ‘run ‘way’ means run away… that is; a Run ‘way Yardie is a person who left Jamaica to make a ‘better life’ in another country.
Some of these ‘Yardies’ assimilate to the extent you won’t know that they are Jamaican. Others over compensate by thinking they are super Yardies.
They create a Jamaica in their heads and cling to memories and ideas which don’t exist.
Maybe ten, twenty years ago, this was as it was. More likely, it is just a twisted belief that ten, twenty years ago, this is what it was.
Most Jamaicans who leave never come back, and if they do, they are so foreign it is as if they just landed from the moon.
Many Run ‘way Yardies cling to insane beliefs about Jamaica.
Just like the Black American woman who objected to a description of a Five Star Hotel’s Receptionist being called ‘Keisha’;
“No Black woman would hold a position in a Five Star Hotel!”
because her brain could not envisage countries in which the Prime Minister, Chief Justice, Police Commissioner, and receptionists in Five Star Hotels are Black;
the Run ‘way Yardie objects to anything written about Jamaica which does not conform to their imaginary island.
I have written many articles about Jamaica. I live here. This is my reality. I don’t look out of a window and see Brooklyn or Brixton or Boca Ratan. I see Kingston.
A run ‘way Yardie had the audacity to send me a nasty tweet about how dare I tear down her country!
Me?
Tear it Down?
I live here.
Oh~ could it be that she, living in America, thought I also lived in America?
She tells me to ‘mind my own business’ and to ‘focus on America’!
A real yardie would know, from my writing, my slang, to what I write about, and where I am.
And being a real yardie, I responded in a NSFP tweet.
Don’t expect to hear from her again.
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Once again, not defending the Yardie's decision to leave or your decision to stay. Fortunately both of you were FREE to choose where you want to live. My daddy left The Bahamas and also my husband. Very likely they both had the same reasons for not wanting to go back. They married American women that they could not convince to go back home with them. :) But I think even if they weren't married, when they left their native land, they had no intention of ever returning. It was a personal choice.
As far as the person sending you a nasty tweet … Eh! That's to be expected. At least you know people see and read what you write! But thank goodness for delete and block buttons. Can you please tell me what is “NSFP”? (O.o)
The point is, I am sure, if I were from the Bahamas, living in the Bahamas, and wrote about a current political situation in the Bahamas your husband would NOT attack me as if I were bad mouthing his country and my opinion is subordinate to his. That is the point.
He is NOT there. Sure, John can ring him up and say blah blah, and Tom can text him and say blah blah, but I am living here, day after day, so when I describe a political situation, i.e. that the general election only got 43% of all registered voters, and 30% of all registered voters in the Local, I am not making it up. Those are real statistics.
Not Suitable For Print.... that was my abbreviation. Like NSFA.. Not suitable for Airplay.
Your father left for his reasons, your husband left for his reasons. I am not criticising them. I am only saying that if I were from the Bahamas and said that the traffic on Carmichael Road was backed up with a two hour wait because of a broken pipe, I would not expect either of them to attack me.