tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308938192012-01-14T07:51:44.431-05:00Black Brits USA is an interactive, informational service for Black British Expats. Whether you hail from England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland you are one of us. If your mum or dad did, or brother, sisters, grandma and grandpa came from these shores you are still one of us unique individuals! Use this space. Let those of us in the USA, Canada, the U.K, the Caribbean and Africa know what you think.Black Brits USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18022004731607096026noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30893819.post-1156627571121841592006-08-26T15:56:00.000-04:002006-08-26T19:01:48.673-04:00

I am touring Florida at the moment. Really cos I ain't got nothing better to do. I am chillin' in my Yankee (any American) friends yard. He went to get a trim and I was flipping through channels and I saw a new -- well new to me, TV station -- HOP TV. They were having their Music Countdown and it was mix of Dancehall and Yankee music. I saw Shabba -- have not seen him since "Lover Man," Ah wha

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This past week I spent in Indianapolis, the state capital of Indiana at NABJ. The National association of Black Journalists convention. I met a young woman who was 21 but looked 30. Don't think she was living rough but she looked like ol' bruk. I am darking her off cah she really upset mi man.I was talking to this guy born to Bahaimian parents and this chick pipes up...Where are your family from?

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Jamaican IndependenceWhy is it that some uptown Jamaicans try to reinforce their highty tighty and snobbish attitude wherever they go?“Out of Many, One People”, the JA motto, but out of all those many, is their any form of love & unity other than the black, yellow & green?In a conversation about uptown Jamaican events, I had made it quite clear that I’m not really bothered as most of those events

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Black in the Union Jack Ain’t for Me."A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots"...Marcus Mosiah Garvey.Born and raised in Lewisham South London. I was Jamaican when I as a fetus, Jamaican when my mum gave birth to me. I was soooooo Jamaican. I got licks when I couldn’t name the National heroes, licks when I couldn’t name the parishes,

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So you're considering an educational scholarship in the USA, but have no idea where to start. See the info below.~~~~~~~~~~~~~`Even if you do not have a college-aged child at home, please share this with someone who does, pass this scholarship information on to anyone and everyone that comes to mind. Though there are a number of companies and organizations that have donated moneys for scholarship

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You might be under the assumption that working in America is easy, however, you need a Social Security Number, work permit or visa to work. Obtaining these can be intensive but not impossible. See the info below to get the appropriate legal advice.

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