In my community I don’t get white boy or white any anymore. One afternoon O.J. – a 11 year old boy down the street started screaming white boy when I walked by his house in the morning.
-No no no, I shouted back. That’s not fi mi name (my name)!
Den, wha me call ya? (Then, what do I call you)?
-You can call me Gavin.
A frown crossed his face as he shook his head.
-Well, if me haffie have one yard name… White Chocolate?
WHITE CHOCOLATE!?!?! Ahahahahahah
When the kids joke with me they call me white chocolate. Hey, it better than white boy…
Still playing soccer a few times a week with the kids. It’s been great.
I also introduced many of the kids to facebook. Last week Bepsi (like Pepsi with a B) came over to ask me if his older cousin could come over and do something very important on my computer. I said sure. When his cousin nicknamed Texas (I’m from texas so this was confusing for weeks) came over he immediately logged on to facebook! However, a screen sprung up. “You have been banned for 4 days because of spamming. If you are not friends with the people you are friending do not friend them.” To my delight, Texas moaned “Not again.”
I gave Texas a quick overview of the function of facebook and how to post pictures. At the end of my demonstration I friended him. His eyes lit up when he say how many white girl friends I have. “I’m friending all of them!!”
The rest of the time I helped him navigate the internet. He was very interested about obtaining information on Jamaican armed forces. The internet is going to revolutionize the entire world over night. Mark my words.
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