So in Jamaica it is the aim of everybody to talk English, act English and look English. And that last specification is where the greatest difficulties arise. It is not so difficult to put a coat of European culture over African culture, but it is next to impossible to lay a European face over an African face in the same generation.


I Love Myself when I Am Laughing... and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive (ed. Feminist Press at CUNY, 1979) - ISBN: 9780912670669

Zora Neale Hurston Quotes

So in Jamaica it is the aim of everybody to talk English, act English and look English. And that last specification is where the greatest...

So in Jamaica it is the aim of everybody to talk English, act English and look English. And that last specification is where the greatest...

So in Jamaica it is the aim of everybody to talk English, act English and look English. And that last specification is where the greatest...

So in Jamaica it is the aim of everybody to talk English, act English and look English. And that last specification is where the greatest...