Re: LEVI'S?

here is a little ethnic humour for you

An Ibo friend in New Jersey once told me that the Ibo had an expression explaining violent tendencies of Jamaicans—they were lbo who failed to reach the U.S. Since roughly 98% of the lower orders in Jamaica would migrate in a heartbeat, this idea was immediately appealing. The Ibo were long known to be the most obstreperous tribe in Nigeria. They tried to secede from Nigeria in the 1960's, leading to a 5-year "Biafran War" before the numerically superior Yoruba suppressed them. But how did Jamaica get stuck with this unusual combination?

BECAUSE MANY IBO SLAVES IN THE US GOT "EXRADICTED" TO JAMAICA! My Ibo friend argued that you were unlikely to kill a slave who was obnoxious and in-your-face because a slave was valuable property. A strapping young adult man (such as yourself a few years back) was worth $2500 in 1850 dollars, which is about $75,000 US in today's dollars. So you sold him at a loss, say for $1500, to a slave trader who promptly shipped him to Jamaica, where he fit right in and became an Ibo who wanted to go back.

about to board a flight to Florida