First generation Jamaicans honoured at banquet

“Oh, and another point - having seen the menu, I'm jealous. Sounds great, and I hope the oldies have a lovely time.”

“Some people are so selfish, as soon as one race gets celebrated the moaners jump on the spoilt bandwagon 'but what about MY race' blah blah blah. I'm sure you have had the council do something for you before? I don't care if it came out of my tax the council would only have spent it on some other sh*te anyway. Good on them having a little celebrate, if they struggled as much as they did when they came then giving them a nice tea isn't going to hurt! It's hardly pushing the boat out! If we delivered them a 10 foot high block of gold with 'sorry' engraved I'd understand!
Try seeing the good side of stories instead of cracking out a generic 'who paid for this' and a 'what about memememememe.' Smiling takes fewer muscles sweethearts.”

“Are people purposefully missing the fact that this coincides with Jamaica's independence anniversary? You'll notice this event was to celebrate Jamaicans - not all Caribbeans, and as Tiny_Steve points out, they faced an awful lot of adversity when they got here. I don't have a problem with (almost) any group celebrating their history on what is an important date for them - whether it's Jamaicans, Christians, Hindus or Irish. It just seems petty and small minded to complain that other people are being allowed to celebrate their heritage, when there are events celebrating English Heritage (and an organisation of the same name) every week.”

“I'm not sure why Jamaicans merit more praise than other races, although older Caribbeans have generally struck me as being law abiding and morally sound - unless of course its connected with the free advert for "Rice and Things" including the menu I see, who would be unlikely to have a credible reason for knocking up some scoff for say, the early Chinese,Irish Polish,Italians etc etc etc.
I presume the City Council funded this, and look forward to the funding Gala nights for every other nationality or race in the culturally diverse city of Bristol - anything else would be prejudice of course.”

“@charvel1
If I could afford the time and the money I'd do what I could to help, but working around 50 hours a week (and volunteering on weekends) and only just keeping my head above water paying bills leaves little scope. Believe me, I certainly would if I could.”

“"White history awareness" is otherwise known as the history lessons you (and other non-white pupils) received at school. The Anglo Saxons, the Normans, Henry VIII, the Victorians, Churchill... did you learn about the achievements of any non-white Britons (or Bristolians) at school?

These first generation Carribeans were faced with overt racism, discrimination, being banned from various jobs, even after being invited to Britain. What is wrong with the current generation saying thanks and giving them a bit of recognition?”

“Bristolkiddy,

How about you get off your backside and do something about it then?

That's exactly what eh organisers of this event did.”

“Who paid for this?”

“How about honouring the white elders of the Bristolian community at the same time, many of whom I'm sure pre-date the Caribbean community and who over the years have contributed so much to society as well yet have been forced to witness certain communities spiral downwards into virtual lawless, drug-addled ghettoes?

How about a white history awareness month, or is that considered racist unlike a black history awareness month?

The elder white community of Bristol (and elsewhere) are all too often forgotten in the race (pardon the pun) to be seen as culturally inclusive. Not for them "wanting to treat them to the best food imaginable" but instead being ignored by politicians, having pensions slashed and perishing in freezing houses unable to pay heating bills. Isn't it time we acknowledged and honoured them ALL, instead of singling out a particular race?

I'm all for equality across the races, but not at the expense of the indigenous community and all too prevalent knee-jerk 'reverse racism' in favour of ethnic minorities which only serves to deepen the divide.”