One of the joys of being mixed race is that you are a participant in the "Guess Your Race" game on a semi-regular basis. It's not that you want to play the game but your existence seems to bring out the overly-curious and the people who...
Read MoreI find myself conflicted about Caribana/Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival.
Actually, no, I don’t. I’m not conflicted at all. I don’t go to Caribana and I have no desire to go. This is apparently strange because as a Trinidadian living in Toronto, that’s one of the first questions I get asked this time of year. My response to the question is generally, “Nope, I don’t go. That probably makes me a bad Trini.”