Stories about Migration & Immigration from October, 2008
Jamaica, U.S.A.: Joe the Metaphor?
“‘Joe The Plumber’ stopped being real and became a metaphor, and as a storyteller who delights in metaphors, the discussion suddenly became more interesting,” says Jamaican litblogger Geoffrey Philp of...
Barbados, U.S.A.: Ordinary Joes?
Barbadian bloggers Doan Mind Me and Living in Barbados share a few observations about the final US Presidential debate.
Jamaica, Haiti: Blogging about Poverty
“One of the remarkable consequences of blogging is that people of like minds can join together to raise the global consciousness about a particular issue”: Jamaican Geoffrey Philp uses his...
Cuba: Imprisoned
Diaspora blogger Uncommon Sense calls Cuba the “concentration camp of the Caribbean”, while Havana-based Generation Y blogs about the rise of prices on the informal food market, saying: “These days,...
USA: Homeland Guantanamo
A new interactive online game by human rights organization Breakthrough uses video to illustrate the injustices many documented and undocumented immigrants face in detention centers across the United States. In "Homeland Guantanamo", players assume the role of a journalist trying to get more information on real life detainee who has died in custody.
Jamaica: Changing Attitudes?
As The Jamaica Gleaner runs an article on the changing attitudes towards homosexuality (along with an interesting choice of stock photography), My View of JamDown from Up So wonders “what/if...
Jamaica: Guineps
Moving Back to Jamaica features a post by Susan Warmington about Guineps, a local fruit: “Do you remember how that Guinep sounds when you bite into it? The delicious crack...
Moroccans for Obama?
"When the Americans are getting ready to elect a president, the whole world holds its breath," writes Moroccon blogger, Robin des Blogs [Fr]. It's a sentiment held by many around the world, but some Moroccon netizens aren't sure which outcome--an Obama or a McCain presidency--would be best for Morocco.
Cuba: Human Rights Activist Re-Arrested
Cuban diaspora blogger Uncommon Sense reports that a Cuban human rights activist who was paroled from prison earlier this year because of poor health, now faces up to five years...
Jamaica, U.S.A.: Crossing the Racial Divide
Jamaican diaspora blogger Geoffrey Philp has been closely monitoring the US Presidential race and thinks that “there is a need for real patriotism on both sides and for the voices...
Armenia: Diasporan War Veteran Faces Deportation
Unzipped comments on the case of Sargis Hatspanian, a French-Armenian veteran of the war with Azerbaijan who came out in support of the radical opposition during February's disputed presidential election....
Barbados, U.S.A.: Being Presidential
Barbadian diaspora blogger Jdid weighs in on the “town hall-style” US Presidential debate: “Obama has shown himself to be presidential material just by his cool manner…I'm speaking about his grace...
Cuba, U.S.A.: Thoughts on the Embargo
Cuban diaspora blogger Child of the Revolution disagrees with the suggestion of an “independent scholar” that “lifting the embargo is no longer ‘just a noble but hopeless idea’ but smart...
Bahamas, Jamaica: Money & Culture
Bahamian Nicolette Bethel and Jamaican Geoffrey Philp have a conversation about art, culture and money that leaves the latter to conclude: “Culture is too important to be left in the...
USA: “Obsession” Anti-Islam Film Angers Bloggers
Last week, many newspaper subscribers across the United States were surprised to discover a DVD inserted into their Sunday paper. The video, which can be viewed in its entirety on YouTube, is entitled "Obsession: Radical Islam's War With the West" and portends to compare the threat of radical Islamism with that of Nazi Germany prior to World War II.
Jamaica: Quick Picks
Jamaican Marlon James announces his picks for this year's Nobel Prize in Literature: “My money is on Adonis, largely because a poet is overdue.”
Guyana, U.S.A.: Remittances
Living Guyana says that his countrymen should not feel smug over the US financial crisis “for a simple reason: The great pillar of this economy is not sugar, rice or...
Guyana, U.S.A.: On Mavericks
Litblogger Signifyin’ Guyana dispenses some advice to Sarah Palin “and her vocabulary advisors”.
Grenada, Jamaica, U.S.A.: The VP Debate
Grenadian Blah Bloh Blog and Can a Jamaican take Cali sound off about last night's US Vice-Presidential debate.
Nepal: The American Dream
Sangam.Silpakar from Nepal posted a detailed analysis on the Nepalis pursuing the ‘American dream’.
Jamaica: A Nation Mourns
Jamaica is in mourning as the headless body of a little girl believed to be 11-year-old Ananda Dean was discovered weeks after her abduction. This harrowing end to the search for Dean is made even more disturbing by the fact that more than fifty children have been murdered in Jamaica since the start of the year. Bloggers are as shocked as the rest of the population, and are making their voices heard in an effort to examine how such brutal acts against minors have become so widespread.
