i initially thought she was an american, because she acted like one, but her mom seems like a caribbean immigrant. canada has a large jamaican community, but that's just a guess. and, the older woman is probably well educated and probably has a good paying job - because she probably came here during a period of time where that was a pre-requisite to entry.

this is apparently a well-understood problem amongst second generation caribbeans in canada. these children of doctors and professors end up thugs or entitled drunks. and, it doesn't happen in other second-generation canadian communities, who are by far the most successful people in our society. second-generation asians, in particular, are extremely well off.

and, i think there's something specifically at cause here, in the americanization of canadian blacks. it seems to be pulling people down. and, there was probably something to my initial observation.

i don't know why they left her out.

but, i know that all i ever asked her to do was smoke away from the window - and all i got back was drunkenness & belligerence.