UPDATED: Usain Bolt Compared to Tiger Woods After Jamaicans Condemn Interracial Relationship with Lubica Slovak

I must say, my heart sank when I saw the kissing photo. I am not Jamaican, but I am African American and have been so very proud of Usain. I have been particularly impressed by the unwavering support Jamaican women have given him whenever I have seen him compete, no matter where he is on the globe.

Because Jamaica is a majority black nation/culture it is unique, compared to the minority status assigned to those of us who reside in the U.S.. National identity and cultural pride are critical to a cohesive people. In Jamaica’s case, color comes with the identity. Just as we expect to see a white person if they are Polish, Irish, or Swiss. Usain Bolt is a black national who has brought a tremendous boost to Jamaica’s international profile, and I am sure, to the morale and pride Jamaicans have felt since his assent onto the world sports scene. He has become a national emblem – an icon with incredible public relations power.

Romance, courtship and marriage is not only a family issue, it is also a cultural and national issue. Note the world stopping in observance of Prince William and Catherine Middleton’s royal wedding. There were traditional, cultural, and familial expectations that the Prince was expected to meet in order that the marriage be acceptable on many levels.

Traditionally royalty don’t to marry commoners, but contemporary exceptions have been allowed. Culturally, the British subjects are given the opportunity to show their approval of the royal marriage; as we saw with the throngs of well-wishers who rushed the palace. The royal family expected that the Prince would choose a beautiful, fertile young woman who would give him heirs to the throne. The social contract is, that the Prince is expected to produce heirs who are of the same race, class and religion. These expectations ensure the continuation of their existing blood lineage, and validates the British social and cultural way of life.

Jamaicans who expect Usain to court and marry a Jamaican woman, have similar expectations as those peoples of other cultures. Usain’s marriage is a Jamaican cultural issue. He is expected to validate the people he comes from by keeping his wealth among them.(When a black man marries a white woman, his wealth goes to her and her family, not back into his indigenous culture.) He is expected to exemplify the nation he belongs to by promoting the beauty of Jamaican women, like men of other nations. And it is also hoped that he will produce children who will be superior athletes, like him to carry on his legend. This cannot happen if he marries a non-Jamaican woman of another race, who has a different genetic background.

Those whites who are calling Jamaicans “racist” for expecting Usain to carry on national/cultural traditions, they are refusing to recognize Jamaicans as a national and cultural people with traditions, and female expectations of male behavior that ensures economic, cultural, and national stability. Where men plant their seed, spend their energy and wealth is where stability and prosperity will grow. Jamaicans are hoping that Usain Bolt will give back to his nation, that which they have given him – pride in his Jamaican ancestry, glory in the beautiful color of his people, and allegiance to building the future wealth of his nation.

If ignorance is bliss, then you all must be among the happiest people in the world. Edens Sahara, where did you get it from that Samson was a black man? Where in the bible did it say ‘and lo he natty dread Samson saw that fine fine vanilla white ass and saith he onto himself, I have got to get me some of that’? Was Jesus black too? Does it matter who was black in the bible? Did we all not come from Adam?

Isn’t our history full of interracial relationships? Did massa busha not enjoy the warm embrace of Missy the house slave on many a cold night when Mrs. Busha was unwilling? Did they not bring forth mulatto children? Are the descendants of those same mulatto children not running around?

And speaking of culture. Christianity was brought to Jamaica by the English. We don’t practice tribal religiouns of our ancesters. Curious, isn’t it?

The world is small. Cultures will mix. People will mix. And for the most part, people can’t help who they fall in love with. Unless of course you have your head stuck so far up your ass that you can’t see that colour is an illusion and we all bleed red.

Until a the colour of a man’s (or woman’s) skin is no more important than the colour of his (or her) eyes and all that…

When successful white men start leaving white women in droves for Chinese women, let us see if everyone is so comfortable with interracial marriage.  China is on the rise and we all know whites are the minority in the world   When the shoe is on the other foot, let us see.d
And Jamaica, contravenes its own motto.  Jamaica is the most color struck of the entire English-speaking Caribbean.  People are not against interracial marriage per se, it is when being half-caste is sought after and the self-hatred for being black is not acknowledged.
Why is it always the black man who feels that the requisite for success is a white wife.  The Indian, Asian, Muslim, White, Latin, Eskimo, Native American does not feel the same way.
Just a little honesty.
And yes, I am talking about marriage and he is (was) only dating this woman.