Comments on: Is It Racist When a White Guy Mimics Jamaican Patois? http://www.theworld.org/2013/02/is-it-racist-for-a-white-guy-to-speak-jamaican-patois/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-it-racist-for-a-white-guy-to-speak-jamaican-patois Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: jamaicanize http://www.theworld.org/2013/02/is-it-racist-for-a-white-guy-to-speak-jamaican-patois/comment-page-1/#comment-27739 jamaicanize Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:31:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=159682#comment-27739 No problem mon. You'd be surprise to know there are a lot of whites and asians living in Jamaica. I try to teach Jamaican at www.jamaicanize.com   No problem mon. You’d be surprise to know there are a lot of whites and asians living in Jamaica. I try to teach Jamaican at http://www.jamaicanize.com  

]]> By: M4_Uncensored http://www.theworld.org/2013/02/is-it-racist-for-a-white-guy-to-speak-jamaican-patois/comment-page-1/#comment-27731 M4_Uncensored Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:40:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=159682#comment-27731 I DOUBT that ANY Jamaicans are bothered by the VW ad. The thing that somehow has escaped recognition is the fact that Jamaicans are from diverse racial origins, hence the motto "out of many one people". There are White, Chinese, Black and Indian Jamaicans who speak patois. A white man speaking patois in NO BIG SHOCKER to anyone who truly knows anything about Jamaican culture. Barbara Lippert's comments on the Today show about the VW ad further highlighted ignorance about Jamaica/the Caribbean as she made a point of referring to the accent as a "black accent". There is nothing black about a Jamaican accent. For that matter an American accent cannot be used to specify race. Personally I think we have FAR more serious issues to worry about......... Recently the CNN ORC polls reported that Americans are more divided now than ever before and a significant percentage of Americans reported that they "hope the current president fails". How intelligent is that? Regardless of our political persuasion "hoping" that our president fails is "hoping our country fails". I am saddened to learn that there are persons so blinded by their hatred that they are willing to go as far as to "cut off their nose to spite their face" as the saying goes...... but hey who am I and what do I know. I DOUBT that ANY Jamaicans are bothered by the VW ad. The thing that somehow has escaped recognition is the fact that Jamaicans are from diverse racial origins, hence the motto “out of many one people”. There are White, Chinese, Black and Indian Jamaicans who speak patois. A white man speaking patois in NO BIG SHOCKER to anyone who truly knows anything about Jamaican culture. Barbara Lippert’s comments on the Today show about the VW ad further highlighted ignorance about Jamaica/the Caribbean as she made a point of referring to the accent as a “black accent”. There is nothing black about a Jamaican accent. For that matter an American accent cannot be used to specify race.

Personally I think we have FAR more serious issues to worry about……… Recently the CNN ORC polls reported that Americans are more divided now than ever before and a significant percentage of Americans reported that they “hope the current president fails”. How intelligent is that? Regardless of our political persuasion “hoping” that our president fails is “hoping our country fails”. I am saddened to learn that there are persons so blinded by their hatred that they are willing to go as far as to “cut off their nose to spite their face” as the saying goes…… but hey who am I and what do I know.

]]> By: aknman49 http://www.theworld.org/2013/02/is-it-racist-for-a-white-guy-to-speak-jamaican-patois/comment-page-1/#comment-27729 aknman49 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:34:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=159682#comment-27729 Jamaica is the arguably the western world's most homophobic society.  When it comes to a damaged public image, methinks they have more than white-boy Minnesotans mimicking their accent to worry about.  Jamaica is the arguably the western world’s most homophobic society.  When it comes to a damaged public image, methinks they have more than white-boy Minnesotans mimicking their accent to worry about. 

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