Interesting...so it is the same in panama as in Jamaica as far as the Dreds go eh? Most regular folk aint having it, and many rastas are looked upon with disdais- cept fi de ute dem.

As far as the racial dynamics...yeah. It's a trip to see the diversity for the first time, when u always picture the islands as a homogenouse group. In Jamaica the Chinese population has dwindled since the implementaion of Anti-Chinese immigration practices, but you still have East Indians, Blacks, Jews, A few spainards, and some English holdovers.

I never left the back country when going back to JA- so I coudn't tell u how the racial shit worked. Out tv only picked up one channel, and all I saw were blacks.



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