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Professor Petal Samuel

Why a Jamaican’s fear of being loud can be traced to slave code in 1816

Why a Jamaican’s fear of being loud can be traced to slave code in 1816

Sounds of Black origin are often perceived with prejudice. A Professor of African, African American and Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina, Petal Samuel, said cultural expressions of Black minority communities such as drumming for centuries have been criminalized. A one-time Inspector General of Kingston, Jamaica, in 1934 had reason to complain about…

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