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Old 12-21-2001, 02:48 PM
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HC ok, we gon have to argue about that whole always be ghetto thing?
HC my family might be about the most unghetto on the planet
HC that's like a lot of other Jamaicans who just come to this country to make their money and live their lives
HC class distinctions
HC it's all good though

HC at the West Indian Day Parade, eeeeeverybody is bout the same- just wilin out
HC I couldn't say that we're more ghetto than Haitians, or Trinis, or Bajans, or Guyanese, or anybody else there?




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Originally posted by lil_sunshine


HC Jamaicans will always be ghetto, no matter what?
HC they be rockin' the weaves better than some of us Black American girls (doesn't refer to me; I prefer braids )?
HC I didn't go to Greekfest in Jones Beach b/c I didn't wanna risk running into someone I know?
HC I went to Philly Greekfest instead?
HC I had a ball?
HC some idiots wanted to start a fight and some of the people I was with went to see it?
HC Jamaicans are the most ghetto during the West Indian Day parade?
HC they are some of the funniest and most down-to-earth people to be around?
HC they don't have to care what anybody else thinks b/c them people will not be paying their bills or helping them out in any way???
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