. If I hadnt met him, I dont know when I would have come, but I came because of him and I found all of this, which surprised me. Completely different experiences, completely. Bob said "the truth is an offense, but never a sin". Hi, Im Xavier Murphy, founder of Jamicas.com. So what is this rubbish about Bajans not liking Jamaicans? The first time I came was in 90, I want to say 91. A friend I have from the middle east explained how giving a thumbs up is actually the same as giving the middle finger in the U.S. You know, and that traditions have been carried out since then. Thank you for taking the time to read and comment. Im looking forward to, as you said, to wheel and come again.. Dem too soft and hypocritical. To submit your own articles or to advertise with us please send us an EMAIL at: [emailprotected], Proud to be a jamaican I didnt know this story but for sure I dont bow and they hate me for that never know my ancestors was like me good to know. So come connect with one of the Jamaicans here and have them sort of introduce Ghana to yuh (you). You are. Im glad you found this useful and informative. !..I dont know of a Bajan who doesnt respect a Jamaican and those who are intimidated by Jamaicans for one reason or the other, even if the dont want to visit Jamaica or have Jamaican friends, they still respect the Jamaican. Xavier: Winding down and heres one of the questions. The whole concept of an interracial country, like Jamaican where were predominantly black, but every now and then you see a hint of this and a hint of that. Its not your place to say who died. They praise our customer service and wish they could learn to live at our more laidback pace. You know, when you hear about a country, thats steeped in tradition, until you live that tradition, you dont really know what thats steeped in tradition means. So, I mean, I remember at Christmas, I remember going to Jamaica at Christmas, and you know, you hear yu (your) favorite Jamaican Christmas songs, Virgin Mary have a baby boy. One mans hustler is another mans entrepreneur. More propaganda, thats all.kmt. And it was emotional. I for one have loads of Nigerian friends.. So they struggle to wrap their brains around that, unless theyve traveled. Anybody thinking of moving here, please visit first. believe that Jamaicans think they are better than Africans and So, Fufu is a mix of cassava, typically cassava and planting, green plantain, planting, mashed to a sticky kind of, pulp. Thank God for the internet. We dont beat around the bush and dont like To waste time. At this point, their eyes are bulging out of their heads. We're not mean. And because Im coming from Ghana Im waiting for that to be thoroughly jazzed up, rocking left, right and center. Although in Jamaica sexual boundaries are rigidly and violently monitored, we integrate readily and easily with different ethnicities, political views and national boundaries. Men being very bossy to women, using them, cheating. Yes. we might really be joking or not really being serious and it comes off as mean. I didnt have to spend years there to see that one. Nobody does, dont do that. Xavier: -its just totally. So, I think when youre surrounded by all of that, it makes you feel okay about being overseas. Be careful. We really do. Because historically were so linked to Ghana. So, you lived in South Africa for a time also? Just try not to catch us on a bad day, eh? What was it, what did they say? We will brag about cutting lines while others waited hours. I used to have locks and they said, Yeah, man, all Jamaicans have locks. Of course, they have that stereotype. But if your parents always told you that you have to chew your food and that you must swallow chewing gum, its a very hard concept to get with. It shows up in the daily protocol, how you say hello to people. When you and I sit down, separately, well have another conversation. Xavier: -its emotional. Here are our picks for the top 5 things Jamaicans hate. But, its all familiar and its all similar. You show them their weaknesses. Despite all the challenges Utter rubbish, small islanders would make the opposite argument. A teacher walks into the Classroom and says If only Yesterday was Tomorrow Today would have been a Saturday Which Day did the Teacher make this Statement? That one is big. I wasnt romanticizing about it. I would say the total Ghanaian experience is to climb the stairs above a market area and just watch how people move. So, you can decide, which is the right pronunciation, but its more people calling it, plantain and plantain. As you clearly have nothing meaningful to say, you have been blocked from further correspondence. Dont do this whole kind of bwoy (boy) mi (I) just going up and No. Because if youre from a matrilineal system, then the children belong to the mother. Maybe thats the Jamaicans you attracted and the circles you moved in. Ill introduce it to other Jamaicans and well have a blast just moving around. It was the African Americans. You have to be mean to make them know you not too too nice so they won't tek liberty. Im a proud Jamaican love us or hate us Barbados or Trini we dont care we are who we are we wont stop yall from hating us cause your countries aint the only country that hate Jamaicans and we are still living so we dont care. Sometimes English just wont do and Ghanaians like to invent their own, more practical words and phrases. Xavier: Well, thank you and blessings to you and your family and to all the Jamaicans there in Ghana. Ruth: Okay. Our results confirm the suspicion that This person who had negative experiences, I wonder if shes from a northern European background, because I know I need to keep my eyebrows from moving around them. So people will be very unbothered straightforward and confident but it is attached to those outer things so they will put you down for your dumb question like I said but will not want to hear about their own. Ruth: Im good Xavier. Ruth: And you very much see that here. The author clearly wanted her post to go viral and it worked. It's not that we are mean, we just find humor in almost everything. Privacy Policy & Terms of use. We dont have anything to compare with that in Jamaica. By the time you come, well link up with Jam-rock restaurant and theyll throw down a few musicians and we will just have a good time. (We take bad things make joke). Wi tek bad tings mek joke? You show them your strength in the face of all odds being stacked high against you. / Nigerians Condemn Jamaicans Dancing And Rocking On A Bike (1) Why Do Jamaicans Love Ghanaians So Much by Nobody: 2:00am On Nov 18, 2021; dem no fit side you cause Nigeria girls are useless. See, I too came here trying to understand why some woman with a Jamaican accent on the phone made me want to beat her senseless! And that goes for everyone, women included. I know some very nice jamaicans but if you date a jamaican man especially who grew up poor and had to be even harder. In the good and bad sense. Also, what many outsiders view as us fussing is us having a good time. Home is home, is home, but somewhere feels more like home. MOST racist people do not know that they are racists but simply just think and find a reason to dislike. Flee from projections. 5.Small gravy portions Nuh gi mi nuh dry so so food, put more gravy pon it Xavier: Well, thats very interesting because youre seeing some of the similarities. Plus, some Africans And I think you kind of got into that. 93Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland. We came and the same ship. Maybe you knew a lot of poor Jamaicans and poor people have similar problems anywhere. I dont know much about French Canada, so Ill have to take your word for it! Here are the 9 Reasons Why You Should be Eating More How Jamaican Men Say Thank You to another Jamaican How Jamaicans Greet You When They Have Not Seen You 20 English Words That Sound Better In Jamaican Patois. Total BS headline. Xavier: Wow. Ruth: Wheel and come again. We are forward and direct. And now I couldn't get a new bank card. Its by far a more solid argument than ask anyone in the world. Toruk Makto (@BufbertBeefcake) March 8, 2020. But once you get it, youre there. Jamaicans, we just put everything out there and we just speak our mind. Xavier: So my first question is, which paat a Jamaica yuh cum fram? So, I explain, I come from a culture where if we dont like you, we make it perfectly clear. Bring the food from your culture, but please do leave everything else at the door. Maybe its not the race, but the nationality and the culture that comes with it? The irony of this is that, we are always the first to cite the iniquities of others and their countries without a room for us to accept our own. For the east indian nations It is notRead more . Again ot all are like this of course, but its a trend. I think the last figures I saw were 70 something percent do their main shopping in open markets. Its usually a symptom of a fragile ego which is understandable because the culture is also very egotistical and ego is seen as mainly positive to them. It is rather a major deficit in our socialization process. Jena Marie (@JenaMarie426) March 8, 2020, That's an honest assessment! That is like the biggest sin in Ghana. The world stops when it is raining. Xavier: Oh yes. Its almost like walking through a historic city. Thats very, very interesting. Ruth: The biggest sin in Jamaica is what? Is there anything missing from this list? Likewhat?? She had a baby. I think thats what they have in common and thats whats very similar to Jamaica. Im dying to get back. Thats all. You stand tall in rooms filled with short people. I tore up like a baby. But, I can definitely see how the French can be more passionate then the northerners are used to. WebA few months ago, one of my Jamaican friends told me that he doesnt like Haitians. Number one place that you must visit? I see jamaicans work three jobs in the USA, so Im not talking of what I dont know. The sad part about this history is that Jamaicans came to believe the propaganda. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that - Martin Luther King. And here in Ghana, its like everything is linked to some tradition. A prime example of this is America. They will lash back. Aggresive. There is also an attitude of being a bad man or bad gyal. This is indeed an example of a misunderstanding based on cultural differences, and of course the woman on the phone was not being a monster. WebJamaican English, including Jamaican Standard English, is a variety of English native to Jamaica and is the official language of the country. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. I think theres so much to see that you just have to silence yourself and silence the critique, save the questions, and do ask them. Stock Photos from Photos.com, iStockPhotos.com, 123rf. EpicJamaica (@epicjamaica) March 8, 2020, Alexis Chateau (@alexischateau_) March 8, 2020, This is one of the big reasons I'm leaving the Southeast. 10 Items A Barrel Shipped to Jamaica from Foreign 6 Phrases Jamaican Men Say When Theyre Really 7 Interesting facts about the Irish Influence in How Much do you Know About These 7 Amazing Leaf of 20 Dishes to Try When Visiting the Caribbean. You didnt spend long enough. @shadowtheprcat was such a good sport in the airport and quite the show stopper. Although African slaves from other regions of Africa were also brought to Jamaica.Jamaicans can I think its beautiful to watch that. If you look awful in that dress, we will tell you so and hurt your feelings. 4. Theyre very proud of their shape, but its covered. THE TRUTH IS this is why you are disliked, hated even, by other islanders, your other side of the family. How this translates is that, people dont speak and share their information with the speed at which Jamaicans speak and share information. I wont. Ghana is rather homogenous. I just want to know which primary school in Barbados you attended because I went through primary AND secondary school in Barbados and never have I been taught that the slaves who didnt listen were shipped to Jamaica. Xavier: All right. It calls on your senses much more than many other countries. Whats the thing you like the least? I can see this as embarrassing to admit. But to others, it isn't. Because matrilineally, our kids belong to my family and not my husbands family. At the heart of all this is that some cultures and the specific people within them perceive Jamaican cultural cues as too aggressive because of the lenses they look through. We are an unbothered people for the most part. Mller and Schwarz (2021) find that the posting. The German accent is very aggressive. Do Somalis,ethiopians And Eritreans Consider Themselves As Whites? Our hearts smile, Baraka Flaka Flaaaame (@blackinnaminute) March 7, 2020. / Largest Collection Of Vintage Igbo Images [Blog], Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10). Xavier: It was about an hour away or, yes, about that. Anyway. You show them their yes Theyre at different levels, different level. But let me say this on the flip side, and you said something that was very interesting. Oh yeah Im French-Canadian. (which part of Jamaica are you from), Ruth: A come from Kingston, near Barbican, close enough to Andrews and close enough to you guys down at JC. I know that when I first came here, I should have written a lot more because I knew some of it would become very same old, same old. My anecdote, as you condescendingly put it (theres that jamaican charm again), comes from working with only Jamaicans for the last 2 and a half years. But the way we flavor it with salt fish is a way they flavor the majority of Ghanaian dishes are flavored with some form of smoked fish that is cut up just the same way wed cut up salt fish. This is inevitable as attaching your worth and identity to external things creates a very unstable self worth which is affected by the external. Their dislike for Nigerians did not start todayy. Britt The Beauty (@Britt__Da__Shit) March 8, 2020. On a bad day? We absolutely hate when you meet us for the first time, and five seconds into learning were Jamaican, youre trying to sound like us and talking about Jamaican mon and Bob Marley. On a good day and if youre a tourist, we might let this slide. A distinction exists between Jamaican English and Jamaican Patois (or Creole), though not entirely a sharp distinction so much as a gradual continuum between two extremes. But it is this way. Making purchases via these links result in a small reward for us at no extra cost to you. Gotta Love Us / Do Somalis,ethiopians And Eritreans Consider Themselves As Whites? Pretty sure Id have a great time in Jamaica. Croaking Lizards (Gecko) Mi hear a loud croaken lizaad pon yuh verandah, suh me tun back So anyway, so it is at a different level, but its hard to describe unless you see it and live it. Rain is like kryptonite to Jamaicans. Theres a big detachment there. Jamaicans are from the most aggressive tribes in west Africa, ( youruba, ashanti, fanti, etc. ) A part of me was saying to myself that, because we hear that a lot of us, Jamaicans, are from Ghana or that region, we, though may be psychological, its built in our minds to think that. What I am saying is that we have a culture of responding aggressively when you cross the line. What do you miss the most about Jamaica? So, Ive lived overseas off and on quite a bit. Jamaicans are notorious for finding ways to get to the front of long lines. If I said to you, Xavier, bwoy (boy), mi a (I am) get married next week enuh (you know), yuh (you) coming to the wedding? As a Jamaican, yuh seh, Bwoy mi have sumn book fi next week so, a cya come. (you say, boy I have something book for next week so, a cannot come). I wish her all the best. We know how to party until the sun comes up and can just as easily relax at home and sleep through the Sunday rainfall. That whole concept, I think, is a Western concept. Cultures can vary so widely and be so nuanced, it is fascinating to me. What I DID LEARN was that slaves were shipped from island to island as trade between slave owners. I mean theyre very, very different places. Ruth: Yes. Whats it Like Being a Jamaican Living in Australia? Webi think hate for jamaican people is due to the fact that their country is a bit corrupt, and how a lot of them smoke marijuana and theres a lot of gangs and violence and murders in the Im In Double Trouble With My Love Interests, Winning Return To The Ring For Jamaicas Axeman, Unconscionable for Taxpayers to Fund Politics, Frontier Airlines Launches More Flights to Montego Bay, Jamaica, Jamaica Removes Visa-Free Transit Privilege For Cuban Nationals. We could lose patience with a friend in two seconds and then be fine again in five. 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There were the men and women who remembered their rich past and knew of their dark future away from their homes. Generally speaking, we dont like stupid questions and we hate repeating ourselves. Research like this is essential to understanding why that is, and how to change it. It depends on your experience and identity. Ive seen it happen all the time, particularly with Americans sticking their nose into our business when we were perfectly fine. When I was in high school, I lived in Spain, loved it. The heavy tradition means also that gender roles are more traditional than Jamaican gender roles. But I would always get, You dont look Jamaican, because they assume that everybodys darker-skinned. Jamaicans are moreto the point. Is there something Jamaicans Hate missing from this list? And there is big emphasis and focus on peoples external identity and value. They will talk about it for days. Tell us by leaving a comment below. This conservation effort always Why is that? All the best. 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