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title: "3 Jamaican Quotes By Jodie Turner-Smith"
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> [My family is Jamaican. We were just the slaves that were dropped off over there. And at the end of the day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/my-family-is-jamaican-we-were-just-the-slaves-that-were-dropped-off/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/jodie-turner-smith-20361_black-person_my-family-is-jamaican-we-were-just-the-s_883228.jpg)

> [I think there's always been a little performer in me. But having a family that are Jamaican immigrants, having this idea that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/i-think-there-s-always-been-a-little-performer-in-me-but-having-a/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/jodie-turner-smith-20361_family_i-think-there-s-always-been-a-little-per_1571741.jpg)

> [Even with my family, I feel sort of 'other.' I'm the only one of my siblings who wasn't born in Jamaica. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/even-with-my-family-i-feel-sort-of-other-i-m-the-only-one-of-my/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

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## More by Jodie Turner-Smith

> [So I was really excited when I came to America about meeting black people. But it was a huge culture shock, because I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/so-i-was-really-excited-when-i-came-to-america-about-meeting-black/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

> [I think of L.A. as my home now, in large part because I became the entity that I am in L.A. I always say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/i-think-of-l-a-as-my-home-now-in-large-part-because-i-became-the/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

> [There was this wave of people who were upset that I was possibly married to a white man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/there-was-this-wave-of-people-who-were-upset-that-i-was-possibly/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

> [I didn't come to L.A. thinking, okay, I'm going to be an actor, so my progression was just kind of organic, starting in print…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/i-didn-t-come-to-l-a-thinking-okay-i-m-going-to-be-an-actor-so-my/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

> [While I might not have a specific experience that is fully American, there is still a knowledge, something that I logically understand as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/while-i-might-not-have-a-specific-experience-that-is-fully-american/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

> [We definitely experience racism in England and different levels of oppression as well. Anywhere affected by colonialism there's certain kinds of race relations and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/we-definitely-experience-racism-in-england-and-different-levels-of/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

> [I think about what I grew up seeing, what I didn't see growing up, and what it felt like when I did see someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/i-think-about-what-i-grew-up-seeing-what-i-didn-t-see-growing-up-and/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

> [People are making a lot more noise about representation and diversity. But I think modeling is one of the professions where people can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/people-are-making-a-lot-more-noise-about-representation-and-diversity/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

> [It's a very complicated relationship that I have with America. I love it so much. And I also see the places where it's flawed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/it-s-a-very-complicated-relationship-that-i-have-with-america-i-love/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

> [When I first started in modeling, I went back to England, and it was really hard, because I would go around to the agencies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/when-i-first-started-in-modeling-i-went-back-to-england-and-it-was/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

> [I am deeply moved by sculptures of powerful women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/i-am-deeply-moved-by-sculptures-of-powerful-women/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

> [My family is Jamaican. We were just the slaves that were dropped off over there. And at the end of the day when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/my-family-is-jamaican-we-were-just-the-slaves-that-were-dropped-off/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

> [I read the 'Nightflyers' novella and knowing that it was something that had been written by George R.R. Martin, knowing how those stories kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/i-read-the-nightflyers-novella-and-knowing-that-it-was-something-that/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

> [I watched the Sandra Bland documentary and her tape itself over and over and over and over again, and just the reality of that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/i-watched-the-sandra-bland-documentary-and-her-tape-itself-over-and/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

> [The racial dynamics over here are fraught. White supremacy is overt. It's the reason I don't want to raise my kids here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-turner-smith/the-racial-dynamics-over-here-are-fraught-white-supremacy-is-overt-it/)

[Jodie Turner-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-turner-smith/)

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