She's Gone

She's Gone ,This book is my choice, written by Kwame Dawes. The book was given to me as a gift, and after reading about the author and seeing what the book was about, I thought It would be an interesting topic for our Book club.
Dawes means to examine the rub of black Jamaicans and black Southerners, of men and women, of dependency and love. He tries to shape these interests into a love story between Kofi, a reggae musician born in Ghana and raised in Jamaica, and Keisha, a sex researcher born in South Carolina and based in New York City.
We will see if Mr Dawes is able to pull this off successfully. :)

Denise

You are an Uncle Tom!!!!..... Why, thank you!!!

I like this book alot. I do wish we had read this in high school (in jamaica). The whole time i was going through this book i kept thinking,"why havent i read this before." I have heard the term "uncle tom" before, and after reading the book i just dont get it. How could anyone consider this character as a negative symbol?

She Said It Best

Michelle Barack in an interview with Chicago Tribune said:

"I heard that growing up, 'You talk like a white girl,'..."One of the things I hope happens through our involvement in this campaign is that this country and this world sees yet another image of what it means to be black."

I feel the same way when it comes to America and the world seeing another image of what it means to be Jamaican, a Jamaican woman; because not all Jamaican women "look" or "speak/sound" or "act" Jamaican (whatever that is). The Jamaican motto is "Out of Many, One People", so sisters, let us shine our light for the world to see!

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