hello, my name is jason-lee. i was born in england, but moved to jamaica in 1992, i was there for four years until we had a family disagreement and my family migrated back to the uk.

ever since i have been back in the uk, things havent been the same. people in the UK wont accept me for who i am.

black people in the uk believe you have to be black to be a jamaican. it makes me laugh as from my experience of living there, there are many chinese and indian people as well as black people.

i am extremely mixed. my mother is jamaican, her mother is chinese and her father half indian and black (both were citizens of jamaica). my father is half white british and half pakistani. people say to me "what a wierd combination?"

the reason why i am writing this message is because i want to know if there are any other 'coolie' people who suffer the same problem from ignorant, narrow minded people saying that they cannot be jamaican unless they are black in complexion.

i recently went into a local supermarket with my mother. as i approached the shelf to pick up an ackee tin, a black woman approched me. she said to me "what are you going to do with that?" i was taken back from the way this woman was so uneducated about the country that she was claiming to come from. i just laughed in her face and said i was going to curry my ackee.

i am not racist as i am extremely mixed like many other jamaicans.
i have love for all races and believe we should all live as one, however how can i do so if my own people dont accept me?? (meaning jamaicans)

here in england, the indians dont accept me because they think im too black in my ways, the blacks dont accept me because they think im trying too hard to be friendly with them (like mi ah beg fren) and the whites think i am talking rubbish and that i am not as mixed as i say i am.

most of my friends are mixed. they are the only ones who understand me and my culture.

even when i went to a gospal church (as i am a christian) i was insulted by someone in sunday school. she said i aint black and i dont belong there. this church is for black people only. what is this world comming to??
i thought all that was long dead and dusted.

anyway, it would be nice to hear other peoples thoughts and opinions. especially those who can relate to this situation.