tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post4952512738891161091..comments2024-03-21T00:15:41.466-04:00Comments on Elizabeth Kerri Mahon: Scandalous Women Radio presents: Mary Seacole (1805 - 1881)Elizabeth Kerri Mahonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07763642809052430107noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-73598675878402764122012-03-01T12:47:07.040-05:002012-03-01T12:47:07.040-05:00I mentioned on the podcast that Mary was from Jama...I mentioned on the podcast that Mary was from Jamaica. My father's family were from I think St. George Parish? I've never been to Barbados, and I've always wanted to go.Elizabeth Kerri Mahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763642809052430107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-10061035766917544642012-02-29T23:14:35.165-05:002012-02-29T23:14:35.165-05:00Sorry about the double message, don't know wha...Sorry about the double message, don't know what happened there. You said your grandparents were from Barbados? Do you know where exactly? I still live in Barbados, there are Mahons in my district, they have own a plantation for generations.zirconellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367699454898377502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-7564587333823938352012-02-29T23:10:04.234-05:002012-02-29T23:10:04.234-05:00I'm aware of the fact that Jamaica was a Briti...I'm aware of the fact that Jamaica was a British Colony. But British never really considered the "natives" i.e. non-white people from the colonies unless it suited their purposes. And the idea that you were british was stressed much more in the colonies than in England. West Indians who immigrated to England after World War II soon discovered that the English considered them foreigners, not fellow citizens of the Empire. <br />Which is why I foudn it ironic that the British are so quick to claim notable people from all over their former Empire nowadays. Like I said, it's about publicity. <br /><br />That being said, why not mention that Mary Seacole was Jamaican? Why leave that part out?zirconellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367699454898377502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-91729714785107615252012-02-29T23:09:39.973-05:002012-02-29T23:09:39.973-05:00I'm aware of the fact that Jamaica was a Briti...I'm aware of the fact that Jamaica was a British Colony. But British never really considered the "natives" i.e. non-white people from the colonies unless it suited their purposes. And the idea that you were british was stressed much more in the colonies than in England. West Indians who immigrated to England after World War II soon discovered that the English considered them foreigners, not fellow citizens of the Empire. <br />Which is why I foudn it ironic that the British are so quick to claim notable people from all over their former Empire nowadays. Like I said, it's about publicity. <br /><br />That being said, why not mention that Mary Seacole was Jamaican? Why leave that part out?zirconellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367699454898377502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-60469609474036125372012-02-28T11:45:16.312-05:002012-02-28T11:45:16.312-05:00I'm aware of the fact that Mary Seacole was Ja...I'm aware of the fact that Mary Seacole was Jamaican born and bred, that she wasn't English, but Jamaica at the time was a British colony, it wasn't independent, she would have been a British citizen (as were my grandparents who were born in Barbados). Her contribution might not have been forgotten in the Caribbean but it certainly was in Britain, and most Americans probably have never heard of her.Elizabeth Kerri Mahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763642809052430107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468836798747722663.post-77238302649288976822012-02-27T23:44:46.245-05:002012-02-27T23:44:46.245-05:00Mary Seacole wasn't English. She was Jamaican ...Mary Seacole wasn't English. She was Jamaican born and bred. Nor was her contribution forgotten. I grew up in Barbados and I read about her as a little girl, just as I read about Florence Nightengale. I always find it interesting how big industrialised countries are quick to appropriate the notable citizens of other countries when it suits them. So after more than a century of ignoring her contribution, mary Seacole was trotted out in 2004 as a "Great Briton", so the British Government could portray the UK as a tolerant, multicutural society.zirconellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367699454898377502noreply@blogger.com