The predjudice is different in Jamaica than in the US. US is a White man's land, overwhelmingly, although, in certain parts, it has become quite mixed, racially. Blacks have always been in the minority in the US, so, therefore they experience Black/White predjudice.
In Jamaica, the majority is Black, so the predjudice is different, but still there. The lighter the skin, the easier to get jobs in high places. If you would be able to view a panorama of pics of all the money people in Ja., plus the main players in politics & high offices, I think that the majority of them would have lighter skin....mind you, not ALL, but the majority. The lighter skinned folks are decendants of European slave masters who came to Jamaica & bred with their slaves, producing a lighter set of people. They were more priviledged from the start because they came from $ folks & looked more like $ folks.
I have really no facts to back this up....it is just my assumption & it makes sense to me. For many years now, it is the White folks who have the money & the power, so it would make some kind of sense that Black people would want to breed with a lighter skin person to produce a lighter skinned baby so that child has the "priviledge" associated with lighter skin.
SOME folks (White) who come to Jamaica are totally overwhelmed by being surrounded by a different race of people because it makes them feel "powerless" (I am just guessing here, because I do not have that feeling)
Seveen....am I even coming close to any logical explanation of ANYTHING here? What are your thoughts, or anyone elses for that matter?