Driving Away The Last Customer on the Islands

To all future Susan56 types:

The US VI, STX in particular, is an in-your-face, for real place.

If we don't like you, we won't smile at you with a fake smile.
We don't like service sector jobs...we'll do them for the money, but we won't smile...we might suck our teeth...nothing personal.
If you get into any kind of business deal with us, legal or otherwise, keep your end of the bargain or we'll be pissed.
If you come here, we will not spoil you...you need to be able to deal.
If you can't deal, don't expect to live comfortable on ten dollars an hour jobs and bartender jobs.
If you don't like having a lot of Black people around, or you don't like to mix with Black people, don't come here.
If you like everything perfect, like roads for example, don't come here.
If you are not healthy, don't come here. Our hospital has issues but we locals can deal.
If you are White and only like to live around people who look like you, you better be rich. East End is expensive.
If you think that every time somebody gets killed you are next, don't come here.
If you kill somebody, their family will probably retaliate by trying to kill you...don't kill anybody.
If you think your politicians are better than ours, don't come here. We love Chucky Hansen...but we love Judy Fricks too (she's one of us).
Do not disrespect the Black people here with your stateside racism...they will retaliate by making your life miserable.
If you want everything like where you are from, stay there..we don't like Walmart, Taco Bell, and all them junk food places that make you need good hospitals.
The beaches are beautiful, but Black people use them too. We don't like anybody telling us we can't use our beaches.
We are accustomed to paying high price for everything...we will say chuuups and continue to deal.
Black people do not have the freedom to run anywhere on the planet and be liked or accepted. This is our home. We like it here.
If you can't live like a local, don't come here.

In a weird and shocking way, I have to agree with each of the above statements. That pretty much lays the cards on the table. It's up to each "new comer" (either confidential or down islander or latino/carib) to play the hand they're dealt.

If I could, I would like to discard the violence aspect. I think it holds back every segment of the population from fulfilling a life of promise. I don't know anyone (aside from some posters on this broad who rely on internet advertising to promote their businesses) who don't want to see our kids grow-up in a safer territory.

Home, I truly believe that the state side attitude towards of people of color has improved over the past decade, especially in metropolitan areas. Like most trends, USVI is a bit behind the curve. It bothers me when I hear white transplanted continietals knocking fish fry's and "the west Indian phone call".

And yes, everything does cost more. But that doesn't mean you have to buy it. Living simply has many benefits.

OK Home Despot...

I grew up near NYC and lived 2 years in a bad section of Brooklyn.

I worked in an inner city hospital as a Nurse.

When I worked in the VI was one of the few whites and did fine.

Please don't play the race card on me....let's just deal a new deck.

I voted for Obama TWICE.

As I said before let's put this issue to bed as I feel your blood pressure rising!

lol. Voting for Obama has been the solution for white guilt for years now. haha

and not voting for him makes you a racist-i have heard that too many times

lol. Voting for Obama has been the solution for white guilt for years now. haha

Maybe that's the case in your former "river town" (new hope, right?). Should we assume that since you worked in New Hope that you are gay? See where generalizations get ya? Jamison, don't read me wrong. I don't think you are a racist, far from it actually. But I don't know you. And I don't think it's fair to catorgorize people you don't know. Those types of generalizations are pretty last century up in the states, especially about 60 miles east of no hope.

lol. Voting for Obama has been the solution for white guilt for years now. haha

Maybe that's the case in your former "river town" (new hope, right?). Should we assume that since you worked in New Hope that you are gay? See where generalizations get ya? Jamison, don't read me wrong. I don't think you are a racist, far from it actually. But I don't know you. And I don't think it's fair to catorgorize people you don't know. Those types of generalizations are pretty last century up in the states.

Yeah New Hope. Great place. I get the generalization thing, it just read funny the way it was written. Like voting for Obama "TWICE" has any bearing on if you're a racist or not or that it proves anything. It's just funny.

And white guilt, like liberal guilt, are real things. I just found the comment funny, that's all. wasn't a comment about susan.

If you are White and only like to live around people who look like you, you better be rich. East End is expensive-this direct from your post i found racist.

Do not disrespect the Black people here with your stateside racism...they will retaliate by making your life miserable-should you not have said do not direspect PEOPLE-you brought up race here. respect people ALL of them

The beaches are beautiful, but Black people use them too. We don't like anybody telling us we can't use our beaches.- all people use them and i have never seen any one try to block or stop someone from using the beaches of ANY color.

those are your statements that i found racist.

OK...thanks for the clarification.

I stand corrected...there are no racist Caucasians in the Virgin Islands.

If you are White and only like to live around people who look like you, you better be rich. East End is expensive-this direct from your post i found racist.

The beaches are beautiful, but Black people use them too. We don't like anybody telling us we can't use our beaches.- all people use them and i have never seen any one try to block or stop someone from using the beaches of ANY color.[/b]