Marlene Tapper prides herself as a Caribbean-American, being that both of her parents are from the island of Barbados; and given that she spent lots of time there in her youth. As far as I have heard, she grew up there. Plus she is very active in Carib-American circles, both politically and socially. Hiram is stooping to a new low on this one; he doesn't have to defile others to win his race against Sabini. If he keeps this up, there will be a backlash; marlene does have friends in politics. Plus she and her relatives have lived in this community for over a quarter century.