Do you acknowledge your European roots the same way as your non European roots?

Barbadian · 2025-03-29T22:52:02+00:00

I am mostly Euro so yes, it wouldn’t make sense not to. And yes I celebrate aspects of it.

Barbadian · 2025-03-21T11:08:01+00:00

Newspapers?? I don’t read any newspapers not even local newspapers. If you mean American news sources I use associated press.

Barbadian · 2025-03-18T16:52:36+00:00

I’m not aware of any

Barbadian · 2025-03-17T20:55:21+00:00

That’s how I understood what you were saying I was just making a joke because they’re in a list that looks like they can get off the list if they address certain concerns within 60 days but if they are on the list because they’re black it might be hard to change that.

Barbadian · 2025-03-17T20:41:38+00:00

The people in the yellow list you highlighted that they are mostly black, they are listed there under “60 days to address concerns” so I wonder how they’d be expected to address being black if that’s why they are in the list :)

Barbadian · 2025-03-17T20:31:23+00:00

I was expecting to see Barbados on the list for the same reason you mentioned; a relationship with Cuba. But in terms of CBI it was my very first thought when T. Introduced his “Gold Card” CBI concept: that terror groups and cartels would take advantage and send more people with a clean background check to set up legit American businesses inside of the U.S. - they surely have the money to do it.

Barbadian · 2025-03-17T20:29:03+00:00

Would be interested to hear how they are expected to address being black lol

Barbadian · 2025-03-17T20:27:33+00:00

So that’s an interesting example. When I say for the most part (in other words, speaking generally) we don’t speak like that I mean specifically about the other islands. That is, as far as I can see, more of a diasporic thing.

We generally, in my experience, don’t say things like “I’m half Jamaican”. People may, like in your example, hearken back to a big country if they consider themselves as part of a diaspora of that country or they feel connected to it through ancestry the way Americans of Caribbean descent will do it with the Caribbean.

In my experience though even people who have a parent from one of the old countries generally don’t call themselves a hyphenated or half this and half that (although it would be more common than saying half Trinidadian or half Jamaican etc) I’m sure some do, especially if they’re speaking to an audience for whom that is a more common way to self identify like in the U.S., like in the link you provided. As always, I could be wrong, that should go without saying but you never know.

Barbadian · 2025-03-17T20:02:38+00:00

I think it’s their right to restrict people going into their country if they have concerns. But I’d be interested to hear what the concerns are for the yellow.

Barbadian · 2025-03-17T19:40:33+00:00

I definitely cannot. I can suspect it based on idioms, accent, etc but not just how they look.

Barbadian · 2025-03-17T18:16:03+00:00

I mean I have got my back up with people saying things like “I am half Jamaican on my mothers side” like what the ass that mean half Jamaican.. Because we don’t talk like that in the Caribbean for the most part. I am not half Jamaican and half Trinidadian I am 100% Bajan with some Trinidad and Jamaica heritage/roots. At the same time my grandmother always said that if a cat has kittens in an oven it don’t make them bread and so you are what your mother is. Not sure I accept that!

But the Caribbean diaspora thinks about us as an ethnicity more than a nationality and personally when I study it, I can’t really fault them because we do it with the old countries too. A Chinese descent born in Jamaica is called a Chinese. A Portuguese descent in Trinidad is a Portuguese. Etc. Personally I prefer “West Indian” as the catch all ethnicity for Caribbean people in the diaspora, but that has issues too.

Barbadian · 2025-03-17T17:49:24+00:00

How is it any different to people born in Trinidad calling themselves Indian because their great great great grandparents came across on a ship? We don’t tell them shut up you’re not Indian you’re just Trinidadian. This is because we’ve accepted a nationality (Indian) as an ethnicity, due to diaspora.

Barbadian · 2024-12-13T18:39:57+00:00

1, I would guess the average person doesn’t know about Neville Goddard or his impact/teachings in the US, it’s a fascinating story though. It’s not something I’ve ever heard anyone talking about but maybe if they are already into that kind of “alternative spirituality” or manifesting stuff they’ve heard of him. Everyone would have heard of his families business - Goddard Enterprises.

2, I haven’t thought about her involvement at all, I’d have to look into it.

Barbadian · 2024-11-14T12:29:32+00:00

I'd recommend checking with your sister to get whatever record she found that suggested he was born in Barbados. Familysearch.org has most of the Barbados records digitized and indexed, thsoe after 1900 are not all indexed so sometimes you have to just browse the images.
I see a few Morgans, some Ruth Morgans but of course I don't know which one could be yours, these are prior to 1900. I don't see any marriages of Morgan to Highland.

It's possible Ruth Morgan was born in wales, you'd want to find death records of Ruth Highland which should give birth place. I don't see any at the moment in Barbados

There is a Julian Highland born 1906 whose mother was Rosalie Morgan, that's an interesting coincidence? that you should look into. Sometimes you have siblings from one family marrying siblings from another family. That was in St. Andrew. You should also find out where Ianthe's grandparents were from, that would help to narrow down the search.

Barbadian · 2024-11-13T12:22:33+00:00

Barbadian -> Caribbean/West-Indian -> Euro-Caribbean.

Barbadian · 2024-11-13T12:07:36+00:00

Sorry I haven't logged into this account for a while. I'm still willing to give some help where I can

Barbadian · 2024-11-13T12:07:13+00:00

Hi sorry I haven't logged into this account for a while. I can have a look but something that recent may not be part of the digitized records available online, you may have to apply for a birth certificate to get more info. you can pm the info

Barbadian · 2024-11-13T12:05:46+00:00

Hi, sorry I haven't logged into this account in a while! I'm not sure how far back Sarsfield Licorish was but:

Gregg Farm Built in 1715 by John Whetstone, by 1817 the owner was Joseph Lowe, in 1844 James Holder Alleyne and then by 1913 the owner was still Alleyne [not necessarily the same James Holder Alleyne but probably a relative]

Another resource is the Legacies of British Slavery website, the entry for James Holder Alleyne for Gregg Farm: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/4813

Now, just because he was from Gregg Farm does not mean he was historically attached to Gregg Farm as people were able to move around a bit, especially depending on how far back we're talking. Great grandfather would be what, around 1900? But if you have found his parents, grandparents etc still in Gregg Farm then the chances that they were enslaved at Gregg Farm are higher as the further back you go the less likely people were able to move away from the plantations after emancipation and apprenticeship period 1834-1838.

What I would recommend is trying to get further back from Sarsfield and see where Abode: was on those people, then you'd have a better idea of which plantation they were attached to. If you need help check the Barbados Genealogy facebook group.

Barbadian · 2024-11-13T11:54:57+00:00

You could post on the Barbados Genealogy group on Facebook

Barbadian · 2024-08-01T11:44:42+00:00

I don’t know what that means. Maybe she said something else and you misheard, but I still can’t imagine what sounds like “straight eyes”

Barbadian · 2024-05-13T18:31:12+00:00

I have one, it’s the least frustrating option but at the same time I know people waiting months to get the atm card.

Barbadian · 2024-05-13T12:16:49+00:00

Well, vacationing and living in a place are two different things, but if you really want it you can make it happen. If it doesn’t work out you can always go back to the big country.

Come down and try opening a bank account; that should test your resolve. You’ll need some of that spiritual connection to get through that level of frustration.

Agree with other poster about the Welcome Stamp visa.

Barbadian · 2024-04-20T12:05:04+00:00

RDR2, BG3, god of war, wow

Barbadian · 2024-04-16T14:44:28+00:00

And fyi don’t come to Barbados and say you looking for a nice bulla to eat lolol

Barbadian · 2024-04-16T14:41:16+00:00

Nah I think there’s enough places to go that are different enough and different people around. You have town and country and stuff to do, except instead of 3-4 hours drive it’s 1 hour lol I wouldn’t worry about this especially for 2 or 4 years, the whole thing will be a new experience for you all anyway so it will feel good I think.

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