About 30 years ago I associated with several Jamaicans, they did not like to be referred to or identified as black, negro, African or any such black American designation; they preferred to be addressed as Jamaican or something along those lines I don’t exactly remember, they also seemed to have little sympathy for the black rights movement as they regarded themselves as independent and individuals.
That was long ago, has that changed?
BTW they where very easy to get along with, not whiny or bent on being victims, casting blame, or openly suffering circumstance, that was my observation back then maybe it was just those few that I knew, having lived there your insight into whether my observations where correct or anomalous would be appreciated.
That hadn't changed as of 10 years ago.
On the one hand, there is no such thing as a conservative Jamaican in the Ted Cruz sense of the term. On the other hand, the majority of people I met, in Kingston, on the north shore, and in the places where the tourists don't go, did not expect the government to do for them what they could do for themselves.