No member of the Diaspora has any right to tell the Jamaican government what to do and how to conduct the country’s affairs. However, any Jamaican living abroad can share their views freely without persecution. The topic for today’s discussion is apolitical, and I encourage opinions for or against it.

The topic of 12-day-mourning goes to the core of my being and I decided to share my thoughts about it. Like many of us who grew up in 60-the 70s, we experience the impact of colonial attitudes and mentalities that shaped much of who we are

The term colonialism is to jamaica as Jim crow laws and black codes are to America.

Colonialism represents unfairness, corruption, and unwarranted treatment and deaths. It is with this that I take the position that Jamaicans should not be forced to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Forcing Jamaicans into this affect not only people at home but Jamaicans around the globe. Such representation of colonialism brings back to the forefront the realities of slavery and the business of slavery into what we thought we were trying to rid ourselves of. 12 days of mounting is excessive, brutal, and uncalled-for. This does not represent me.

England is perennially a rich county because of slavery and colonialism. The queen is a direct beneficiary, executor, and representation of what we detest about the history of our jamaica.

Jamaica's Constitution makes The Crown the primary leader in our country. It allows the Governor General to wear the symbol of a white person stepping on the throat of a black person…