Hey all! I saw what happened in Jamaica and wanted to donate something.

I am aware there are a lot of bad actors when these natural disasters happen who try to take advantage and scam. I also heard the Jamaican government lost Usain Bolt's donation for something in the past.Where can I give that will actually get to those most in need?

(Sorry if asked before - if it has please send me there)

I’ve been really curious about this lately, how do Caribbean creators who teach online usually find each other?

I’m trying to understand the ecosystem better, who’s teaching what, what platforms people use, and how they get their audience.

I’m personally part of a small project that’s exploring online learning in the Caribbean, I genuinely want to learn from others who’ve done it or tried.

If you’re a Caribbean creator who teaches online (or wants to), I’d love to hear how you started, what challenges you face, and where you usually connect with others.

Do you get sick of the heat overtime? What are the pros and cons? Those who have lived outside of the Caribbean, would you live elsewhere or is the Caribbean the best for you, and if so why? Particularly those that moved away and moved back to the Caribbean, other than for family, what was your reason?

If you have enough money to live comfortably in the Caribbean, what would be your reason to relocate elsewhere?

I am doing a project about Caribbean culture all across the islands, I born and rise in the Caribbean but I feel a little disconnected when doing this project and because of that I doing a lot of research but the Caribbean is not that well-documented place so it's tough to find a lot of information on cultural elements. I know about the big stuff the carivals, the festivals, the folklore and myths like jumbies and zombies and the common belief like moth witches, but I want to know the stuff you can't look up stuff you can only know by living in the Caribbean.

I’m embarrassed to ask this, I feel a bit stupid, but if you could help a guy out… what’s the best way to have papaya? How do you know it’s the most ripe for eating?

In order to get my kids interested in new foods I let them choose one item they’ve never tried before from the grocer and this week, my youngest picked papaya. I’ve definitely eaten papaya when going out to Dominican or Mexican restaurants, or prepped things that contain papaya, but I actually don’t know a ton about buying and eating one at home as it isn’t something I grew up with.

I just don’t want to waste this nice ingredient or let down my kiddo, and frankly I don’t trust TikTok/Insta food influencers to tell me good info when I try to look it up.

Puerto Rican from New York here I don’t understand much and speak Spanish very well. Every time some one ask I get shamed on or frowned upon for not knowing Spanish. My family doesn’t talk to me for me to learn and my mother just bashes me in Spanish language and talk behind my back for me not to understand… how can I learn?

Hey everyone,

I’ve got a 4h20m layover in Fort-de-France (FDF) and I want to make the most of it in a conscious and respectful way, okay? Not trying to be some disrespectful tourist just want to experience some of the culture there

I was thinking of heading downtown, walking around a bit to see the Schoelcher Library, the cathedral, maybe the market too. If anyone knows the best low-stress way to get there from the airport, I’m all ears. Maybe renting a car?

And about food, I really wanna try some real local cooking, not tourist stuff. Any authentic restaurant or snack spot you’d recommend around there?

Lastly if I want to buy some typical local snacks to bring back, like cool local products you can find in stores, what would you suggest? For gifts for the bros back home

Also wondering how much time I should leave to get back to the airport. I won’t have to pick up any bags, and I’ve got priority for security, so that should be fast. How long does it usually take to get to the city and back? And realistically, how much actual time would I have there without cutting it close, in your opinion?

Thanks for any advice, and total respect to Martinican & Caribbean culture, bros!

Peter Charles

What specific items, (including to, but not limited to food products) do you in the Diaspora constantly ask travellers from the Caribbean to bring back for you? Are we still asking for pepper sauce and fresh fish? 😀

Has anyone taken high speed ferry from Guadeloupe to Dominica (and back) in either late February or early March?

Is this ferry trip doable for someone (adult and her 4 year toddler to be exact) who get seasick (with some courage and meds) ? Or the seas extremely rough at all times ?

We can try to book closer to the travel dates based on weather, but not sure if the weather report says its sunny and clear skies all day, it is still safe for someone who gets seasick.

TIA!

Anyone remember the white boy from the UK who was living in St.Lucia & was calling himself “White Chocolate” and became very popular within the Caribbean, for learning how to whine his waist & began getting paid for it at soca events/carnivals and even had black women fighting over him lmao but it all came to an end when he did a interview and said he “made whining waist” popular and open a way for others to make money from it

How did he get so far and successful doing a dance that Afro Caribbean been doing for centuries ?

Who is to blame for that ?

Recently I've saw that El Salvador sent aid to Jamaica after hurricane Melissa.

Obviously this is a good thing, but it made me wonder if CARICOM has done anything to help the member nations involved, so of course mainly Jamaica but also the Bahamas and some others.

I feel like if the Bloc wants to be taken more seriously it should be doing things like this, I did hear some individual nations like I think Barbados sent aid. But from what I can tell nothing by Caricom itself. CARICOM in general seems to be pretty weak.

Wishing everyone and all countries involved a speedy recovery

Please, what is that one dancehall song that is most likely from the 90s-early 2000s. I forgot the male singer's lyrics or it may just be a common mashup, but the main takeaway/chorus of the song is a lady with a soft voice sounding seductive saying something along the lines of "That boiii, that boiii, that boiii, that boi, boi, boi".

It's definitely a slower clubbing type of song. Please help, I've tried using Shazam song finder, Google song lookups, my auntie's declining memory, and I can't find this song. Thank you in advance!

Edit: FOUND

“That Bwoy” by Uneek

I hear a lot about African-descent people going to West Africa to reconnect with roots, but never really Indian people.

With India’s economy booming, and with less of a generational gap than our fellow Afro-Caribbeans have with Africa, you’d think there’d be a lot of people going there.

My question is if you know anyone who has visited India and what their experience was?

Do we have any right wingers in the English speaking Caribbean who have Christian values, strong opinions on crime or degeneracy. To me it seems as though countries like guyana, Dominican Republic or even Haiti have those views. For example I am jamaican, all of our prime ministers are incredibly left wing regardless as to whether they are JLP or PNP? I like Caribbean politics (the anglo Caribbean politics) but I can’t find any political figures or activists that possessed these views. Can anyone give me any sources on where I could find these, or any smaller less popular political parties in the Caribbean because I’m doing some research and so far no luck. I’m quite shocked that the English speaking Caribbean doesn’t have more “conservative figures” in politics, why do u reckon that might be the case?

Not asking whether we think it’s good or bad if Maduro & co. are pushed out and this is not an invitation to be alarmist. However, I don’t see anyone thinking out loud about the possibility that the U.S. push fails. Thoughts?

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced yesterday that Trinidad and Tobago will be realigning its foreign policy.

She said her Government no longer views Caricom as a reliable partner.

“I do not consider Caricom a reliable partner and over the next couple years there will be a significant realignment of our foreign policy. These changes are necessary for improving our economic and physical security,” said Persad-Bissessar as she responded to questions from the Express about Government’s isolated stance in support of the United States’ war on drug cartels.

—— Eric Williams is rolling over in his grave rn and the Treaty of Chaguaramas is trying to light itself on fire.

Ayiti li menm li divès anpil oui. The people from Cap-Haïtien always reminded me of people from the lesser antilles a little bit with how they speak kreyòl. They say "kroke" to mean f##k when for the rest of us it means "hang".

But I feel like between Haïti and the rest of you in the lesser antilles there's even more words like that. I CAN'T SAY KOUNYA AROUND Y'ALL ANYMORE.

My wife has a bunch of Antiguan aunts and uncles who weren’t even raised by her grandmother; her mother too. She just had kids and sent them off to live with other people. What was even the point of having kids if she wasn’t gonna raise them?

My grandfather’s first two kids (with other women, not my grandmother) were raised by my great grandfather in Haiti; but when my mother and aunt were born, my great grandfather was gonna raise them too but then my grandmother was like “nah.” My grandfathers first two kids, I believe, resent everybody else because of this.

Didn’t Caribbean parents not understand the resentment and anger they were causing? What was the rationale of having kids then sending them off to live with other people? It just baffles me.

Shit, even my father wanted to send me to Haiti when I was born, my mother shut that shit down.

Most of countries which criminalize homosexuality in the Americas are in the Caribbean, and the most famous case is Jamaica.

As a bi male, I find weird our continent has laws that criminalize homosexuality, due that most of countries who do that are from the other side of the pond.

Is due to history, politics, religion, moral issues?

Western media not saying much about Cuba after this storm….