NEWYORK: New York city Mayor Eric Adams said that we’re seeing that someone from the Caribbean diaspora is now running to be the president of the United States.
“That says a lot about your resiliency. And it’s the American story. It’s the American Dream. And it’s the American experience,” Mayor Adams said while addressing at flag-raising ceremony for Jamaica.
“We are who we are because of the contribution of Jamaica and the other Caribbean diasporas and other groups that have come here to say we want to be part of this American Dream and this American experience,” he said.
“I am just so proud to lift the flag here today and watch many of you come here and celebrate your independence. During your independence it was a rise across the entire Caribbean diaspora of no longer being subjugated by the colonial mindset of those who think we cannot have self-determination and willing to be resilient to fight for what we believe is right,” he said.
“No greater level of dignity is when a man or woman could determine their own destiny. And you brought that spirit here. And it was not always well taken. You go back in time, when you came from the Caribbean, because of your dialect or because of your way of life, you were demonized and you were looked down upon. You were treated unfairly. But you remained resilient. You showed that you, too, had a right to be in the footprint of America. And because of that, you have been celebrated over and over again,” Mayor Adam said.
