Great, My very own blog!

So, I must warn you this could get nauseating. Jamaica Paris what's left to be said? Got time? Well for one, there's a miniscule Jamaican community in Paris made up of about 50 people. Here through a variety of twists and turn of life. Indeed France and Jamaica have no historical links and there's the famous language barrier. It's not like London and it's suburbs which is bottle- necked by Jamaicans. Most of the Jamaicans here are either diplomats, teachers, translators or interpreters. A few are homemakers or into some other domain of international affairs. For two, there is the tendency here, like elsewhere, to reduce Jamaica to reggae music. A pity really. It's like reducing the French to camembert and baguette, see what I mean? What about racism in France? Well personally, I haven't experienced any; does that mean that it doesn't exist? Of course not. About 5 million people voted Le Pen, (that's almost twice the number of inhabitants in Jamaica!)so there is cause for concern. I'm a girl so, I'm considered "exotic". My boys on the other hand...for the moment they're babies, so they are considered "cute" hybrids. But I do worry about when they'll become teenagers, or else, how they'll be perceived at school. Will the teachers suppose that being Black they would be better oriented towards manual matters? Don't get me wrong, a plumber is just as important as an engineer, but I've a soft spot for intellectuals, (though they're useless really!) and wouldn't mind being able to have essentialisic discussions with my boys. What if they can be both you ask? Then, all the better! But the point is stereotyping, that I hate.