A documentary on the Jamaican Chinese community and their history within Jamaica. continuation of the Forgotten Faces of Jamaica series. copyright 2011, David Ritter
There are Chinese people everywhere. Think about one country that doesn’t have a Chinatown or a Chinese community. They aren’t afraid to move to a country they know nothing of, start a business, grow a community, and integrate to the culture. I’m originally from the Dominican Republic and there’s a Chinatown close to where I grew up. Oddly, when my parents decided to move to New York, we ended up in a Hispanic neighborhood right next to a Chinatown. I don’t even have Chinese blood in me and I still feel part Chinese just growing up next to them.
So when Chinese keep their culture and segregate themselves to chinatowns its fine. When jews do the same, it’s fine. When muslims do it, they are not integrating into society and should go back to their countries. Not saying that is your stance, but the double standards are such bullshit.
I visited the DR two months ago and went to the Barrio Chino next to México. I was amazed to see that most of them run a picapollo, but there weren't many Chinese outside of Santo Domingo. Not in Higuey, not in San Pedro at least. Dominicans seemed to be fine with the Chinese, but neither the Chinese nor the Dominicans seemed to like Haitians very much.
Definitely! Why not ? I know most people from outside Jamaica think it is a exclusively African ancestry country. There are many Jamaicans of Asian, European, Irish, Arabic and indigenous Carib and Arawak. Out Of Many One People.
@Legba daniels Didn't you hear the guy ? He's Jamaican first, Chinese second. So Jamaicans living in the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are Jamaican first and thier nationality second ? Ridiculous.
It would be the same for a Jamaican of African ancestry living and working outside of Jamaica. They'd describe themselves as whatever thier nationality is first and thier Jamaican ethnicity second. It also depends on thier experiences in that country. If it's positive, it's nationality first, but if it's negative it's always thier Jamaican heritage first.
@Legba daniels Is that because only Jamaicans of African ancestry can be authentic Jamaicans ? If you're European, Asian, Arab, Jewish, Gypsy, you'll never be a Jamaican no matter how long you've been in Jamaica ?
+Colin Yapp Yes, I thought so. Are there any Chinese Jamaicans living in Western Jamaica, like Westmoreland, Saint James, or Hanover Parish? Because I heard most of them live in Kingston.
They came and build and didn't destroy. I love hearing about their progress in their adopted country.....Democracy.....not a dictatorship ...hurray for them.
I love this explanation. He says he is Jamaican but Chinese ancestry. Also he states a lot of the chinese cannot speak the language. My grandmother was half chinese from Jamaica. My parents came over to England and I always say I’m British / English but with Caribbean, Chinese & Cuban ancestry. What a lovely mixture 🙏💖
After slavery ended a lot of people wanted to get as far away from plantation life as they could. Those who could started small farms and if they could make a go of it did not work for their old masters. Also, , women were farm laborers under slavery and afterwards preferred to take care of their own homes rather than work continue to do farm labor. There continued to be a lot of former slaves working on plantations, but not enough, which is why Indians and Chinese were imported.
No, not the magic leaf. Everything else, yes thank you. Most of us are not pot heads. We need clear minds to run our schools, hospitals, economy and government.
I think we really need to put this out more in Jamaica. We really need to emphasize this in the schools. Teach them about all the races and how they contribute to the country, not just the blacks and we all know about the whites. They need to talk about the Chinese and indians more too. Out of many one people eh? We don't really Express or show it in this time and age. I have chinese, black, Indian, and Portuguese background and I'm always ready to learn about each and every one of them.
It was the portuques and Spanish who came to.the Carribbean and murdered thousands of Arawaks?.portuquese and Spainish? Are? Very mixed with berber,.hispainic,.arab ( from the days of the ottoman empire) so you don't know much about whites , as Europeans are not all the same ethnicity. Whites are mainly Anglo Saxon, Celtic,. Viking, and the Celtic irish are (whites) who had zero involvement in colonisation?. In fact the greatest enslavers of all of time where ?.black Africans who sold there own people to Muslims, etc etc.....educate yourself.
@@K.RUclips2 reality.....deflection is when you don't mention that black africans enslaved there own people long before the muslims came along, and long after slavery was abolished in the west
@@banpowel9784 Nah you are deflecting from the real issue, which wasn't even in OP's comment. Did Black Africans do all that the Portugese did? The English, Spanish and Dutch? The Arabs? Yes let's look away from the actual instigators and blame the subset who unknowingly sold some slaves to their doom. The selling that actually ceased when shiny trinkets no longer worked and the Europeans started using force. Are Black Africans the ones who left their continent to steal people of another race to build their Empire on the other side of the world. Because the kind of slavery they had in Africa was anywhere near what happened when they came to the Caribbean and Americas. It's effects were as far reaching and long lasting as chattel slavery? Really? Gotchya. You are *delusional* if you think that's reality. Deflect away since the real perpetrators are left blameless. 👋🏾 For Empire!
@@banpowel9784 Maybe that info wasn't in books when you were in school, or maybe you didn't pay attention then because I don't know WHO *hasn't* mentioned that juicy little tidbit. Hooray I guess, do the Europeans give you a consolation prize for "blackwashing" history? What have you achieved?
I once met an Oriental looking girl with a Caribbean accent. She was kind of dark-skinned but looked 100% Oriental. I asked her where she was from and she said she was Jamaican, and 3/4 Chinese and 1/4 Indian (from India). What an interesting combo. I wish people would stop associating nationality with race. My family is from Peru and whether you believe it or not we have Black people and also people with blonde hair and blue eyes, and even an Indian (from India) community, Jews, etc. It all depends on where you go. In some places in Peru where there was heavy Spanish settlement the people are light-skinned, and in other places where there were mostly Natives the people are dark. It's a mix. Every country is like that.
Jamaica's motto is "out of many we are one people". There are Chinese, Indians, Blacks and White Jamaicans. Out of many race living as one, beautiful culture. Irie Jamaica.
patricia belgrave how stupid can you get? Jamaica is majority black yet you still cried being treat poorly. We Asian are so different from the blackie. No matter what we don't cried or complain. We Asian set our goal to be successful while the Black the minute they born they set their to be victimized even nobody do nothing to them they still cried a bitch blamed everybody for stupidity
@@patriciabelgrave5181 they have more black in Jamaica then Chinese from years ago so why the black would be suffering the Chinese don't make the black suffer you just have to work hard for what you want always blaming other people are other ethnic group
I love stories like this. The Chinese experience in Jamaica is similar to the story of the Indians. Heck, my family even gets a mention on the Indio-Jamaican page on wiki
Conclusions are determined by the Majority. For the most part, the MAJORITY of Jamaicans in Canada work hard and contribute to the economy/community/have a civil relationship with "everyone". It is always good to hear the different sides of 'every story", still I left this documentary with the feeling that the main intention was ONLY to highlight the experiences of other racial minorities. As a girl from Mlle, I can attest to the fact that Blacks are oppressed too by a lot of minorities.
The Spaniards had black slaves in Jamaica before the British. When the British came the slaves fled and mixed with some of the Tainos who were in the mountains. Hence the Maroon Towns in Jamaica.
Partially true my family are of maroon heritage and we have no Taino heritage that’s a myth… maroon means runaway slaves… maroons are not mixed heritage peoples right across the Caribbean yes the Spanish and Portuguese were the main and first slavers on the west coast of Africa…. Before the British hijacked their ships and stole the slaves… but Africans always engaged in tribal slavery which is why Jamaican heritage isn’t just Ghanaian but Nigerian Cameroon n Congo etc
There are a ton of Chinese dudes with this island accent at Belmont Park in New York.. all my friends were laughing when I told them that there are a ton of Chinese people in Guyana as well.
idk im mixed with so much shit ... non of my brothers and sister are the same complexion but we got the same parents . we look alike but we look like different races skin tone wise .... #thatsjamaica tho
Same. I’m a native Jamaican mixed with several races including Asian(Chinese, Indian), African, Caucasian (British, French, German) and Middle Eastern (Syrian). I have first and second cousins born in Australia, Dubai and Guyana! We are the United Nations of Jamaicans!😁
@@omeomy33 yea I did a ancestry dna test . Turns out I’m 30% Nigerian 15 % white ( mostly Scottish. ) and 15% Indian ( Pakistan , Himalayan ) and bunches of minor African and Asian countries in small amount . It was very. Interesting for me personally.
I love this video !!!!❤️❤️❤️Real history I wish schools would teach us this at a young age. Racism wouldn’t be as bad here in America 🇺🇸. Bless up to all the Chinese Jamaicans or should I say Jamaican Chinese people ? Thank you for sharing this . My grandparents are from Mexico and one from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. So I understand how it feels to have roots in another country that you don’t even speak the language of . ✌️❤️👍
Hahaha! It's so like the Chinese to open up shop when they see a need to capitalize on. Very smart! Just buy right here, don't go all the way to Kingston! Happy to have them as part of our culture. Father Ho Long has been at it for a long time. God bless him too.
"Out of Many One People", many races and ethnic backgrounds came to Jamaica and became One. Thats how i see it. It wasnt just Africans who came during slavery time.
@Bardo515 to go to a store to buy things to sustain yourself in your local community rather than commuting any way you could 3-4 hours just to buy necessities you need for the week? Keep in mind, this "shop" that you are going to, the owners have to pay rent, electricity, water, and so on just to keep the place running...after that, they only make a small portion of profit so they themselves can eat... And they start from 5 to open at 6am and close at 9pm to leave at 10 only to go home
These Chinese offen keep to themselves you can see them doing business and working hard for their money they contribute to the local economy and solve their problems within themselves
I don't see the big deal. It's like any other country if you were born and raised in a country of course you are going to speak the dialect and language.
+Carib Productions so jamaican Chinese is a part of a 4 part series? because i see part 3 but i don't see any other videos specifically bas on the jamaican chinese...btw nice video man i learned a lot
personally me love the chinese people and the indian people dem from jamaica as a youth me did have nuff indian and chinese fren and was irie people.... and our mott is out of many one people we are one....when the reggae boys a try to go world cup chinese and indians cheer as hard as african decendants....when bolt win the gold medal dem same thing.....and you cant mek ackee and saltfish better than the chinese jamaican dem mek me tell you that right now lol
Again David, I just discovered your videos and your work is a big contribution to history, to Jamaica and Jamaicans, and other nationalities. What about the Syrians/Lebanese? Do you plan to do a documentary on them? Edward Seaga(former prime minister) had such heritage (modern Syria). I was born in Jamaica.
Quite intrested for me to learned all this! as a Jamaican I will now feel a little more connected to these Chinese there, really can't recall hearing all this before thanks, very intresting.
@ForgottenFaces001 - Have you seen other East Asian groups such as Japanese and Koreans in Jamaica? I read on Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the number of Japanese residents living in Jamaica are around 158 to 183. Years ago thought Junko Kudō was Jamaican until she said she's Japanese. Kudō dance just like a Jamaican.
Things are changing rapidly in Jamaica. Even as we speak there’s a whole new wave of Chinese immigrants coming to Jamaica. But these aren’t the indentured peasants of the past; they are wealthy Chinese businessmen and they’re making their presence felt. Anybody rode on the Beijing highway lately? Fastest way to Kingston from Ocho Rios. In another 10 or 15 years, it’ll be Jamaicans having to learn to adapt to Chinese culture.
@Bardo515 If you came to a country, didn't speak the language, didn't know the area, or the general way to go about doing things in everyday life; but still had to make a living right from when you arrived, wouldn't you have the tendency to keep to yourself and or others like you? Its not that they didn't want to mix in with the local people from the beginning, its that they couldn't at first. The only way that generation knew how to make a living was to buy and sell. Don't you like being able
@Bardo515 many of my extended family members have married into thw Jamaican Black population. (I happen to be the last WhiteChiney as they say). Breddrin, I can remember as a child pleading with my Grandmother to teach me the old Chiney Language because I was so fasinated by it -- sorry for being interested in my ethnicity) But so proud of my parents Jamaican nationality! Guess what? I speak Patois too!! :) But you know what Breddrin?I live in the US and am now a working professional
in jamaica everyone mix with everyone. some people u cant even recognize their race..lol...its a great thing. im from toronto. one day, i went into a west indian store owned by a chinese jamaican. he had such a thick jamaican accent i couldnt even understand..he had to slow down and talk
Out of many one people. It should be noted that the economic, political, and legal access problems faced by black Jamaicans were likely greater than those faced by visibly Chinese or Pakistan/Indian descendants due to the voluntary nature of their indentured servitude, the implicit threat a black majority population posed to the ruling whites, and the ongoing consequences of generations of racialized child slavery and white supremacy.
I recently discovered that some of my closest genetic relatives are Jamaican or Jamaican American due to my great grandparents immigrating there a long time ago.
You should never loose your roots most famous Americans are of Jamaican or Caribbean decent eg jada pinkett jayz notorious big Beyoncé the list is endless
@Bardo515 involvement as she would have liked. (This also corresponds with the time it takes to have school-aged children) which would explain why your aunt would have seen changes in interactions from the older working generation of the time, and younger active Jamaicans of Chinese desent. Who were/are more Jamaican than Chinese. Slowly, my grandparents lost the ability to speak their native language, (Hakka),shunning all customes (except for food-- or should give that up as well??)
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i am black jamaican, i love chinese, no problem with them, i know they give jamaican people a start to work in there store. welcome them and please leave them alone.
My biological grandfather was chinese jamaican and my grandmother black jamaican. I was told that when she got pregnant his family paid her to move to the UK as they were high in government in jamaica and didnt want their sons association with her. Anyway she came to UK and had a son and gave him his fathers name Charles Emmanuelle (sounds like) MOOPOW. Ive no interest in finding anyone, but the name intrigues me, is it common in jamaica and where in China does it come from. Does anyone know??
@Bardo515 for a few hours to start all over again the next day. This is why many of them lived in the store itself in the beginning. Let me ask you, if you lived this kind of life, would you have time to socialize with the community the way you would otherwise want to? I think not. People were not necessarily living the life they wanted, its called doing what you need to do to suvive. Fully assimulating can take at least 10 years(a decade)This is why your Aunt may not have seen as much community
Lord Papi Darkwing the Chinese have been in Jamaica for so long, you will find many black Jamaican with Chinese/ Indian heritage. Unlike an America's Chinese Jamaicans are Jamaicans.
First of all, there was nothing mentioned in my posts about Canada good/bad. We did not come to Canada to "make money, not contribute to the economy or not give back to the community" or worse isolate ourselves. I am a hardworking, law abiding citizen,contributes to this country and have a civil relationship with "everyone". Globalization has allowed interracial mingling however, I still find the Jamaican Chinese people in Mandeville to be very segregated. I'm just sayin"
2:03 - 2:11 so did my great grand father Isaac Chin of my grandmother Verna Chin, who married my grandfather Clinton Cleveland Kenny, Sr. and my father is Clinton Cleveland Kenny, Jr. and I am his son. my name is Adrian Dane Kenny. And I have a medical degree 2:03
I was brought up in Jamaica. My experience is that the Chinese don't mix with the black people and they are the middle class in Jamaican society. Never the less they did contribute to the history and economy which can't be ignored
As a child, I do remember my grandaunt saying that the Chinese people in Jamaica had a very elitist attitude, whereas, they did not associate/socialize outside of their ethnic group, they feel that they are superior to others, they were disrespectful to those they deemed “less than” (normally, the black Jamaicans) and that they kept the wealth amongst themselves and did not give back to the community. Essentially, they were racist, misers in her view!
There are Chinese people everywhere. Think about one country that doesn’t have a Chinatown or a Chinese community. They aren’t afraid to move to a country they know nothing of, start a business, grow a community, and integrate to the culture. I’m originally from the Dominican Republic and there’s a Chinatown close to where I grew up. Oddly, when my parents decided to move to New York, we ended up in a Hispanic neighborhood right next to a Chinatown. I don’t even have Chinese blood in me and I still feel part Chinese just growing up next to them.
Greetings.
That's pretty cool. I live in a smaller city in Slovenia and we too have a sizeable Chinese community
So when Chinese keep their culture and segregate themselves to chinatowns its fine. When jews do the same, it’s fine. When muslims do it, they are not integrating into society and should go back to their countries. Not saying that is your stance, but the double standards are such bullshit.
thanks for the respect brother
I visited the DR two months ago and went to the Barrio Chino next to México. I was amazed to see that most of them run a picapollo, but there weren't many Chinese outside of Santo Domingo. Not in Higuey, not in San Pedro at least. Dominicans seemed to be fine with the Chinese, but neither the Chinese nor the Dominicans seemed to like Haitians very much.
I loved the last gentleman's statement. He's a Jamaican first and far most and he is Chinese by ethnicity.
Definitely! Why not ? I know most people from outside Jamaica think it is a exclusively African ancestry country. There are many Jamaicans of Asian, European, Irish, Arabic and indigenous Carib and Arawak. Out Of Many One People.
@Legba daniels Didn't you hear the guy ? He's Jamaican first, Chinese second. So Jamaicans living in the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are Jamaican first and thier nationality second ? Ridiculous.
It would be the same for a Jamaican of African ancestry living and working outside of Jamaica. They'd describe themselves as whatever thier nationality is first and thier Jamaican ethnicity second. It also depends on thier experiences in that country. If it's positive, it's nationality first, but if it's negative it's always thier Jamaican heritage first.
@Legba daniels Is that because only Jamaicans of African ancestry can be authentic Jamaicans ? If you're European, Asian, Arab, Jewish, Gypsy, you'll never be a Jamaican no matter how long you've been in Jamaica ?
Stupid...
I was born in USA
& me no dam AMERECYAN!
👉🏽NIGGI HEBREW CHATA
Fuck “Nationalism”🖕🏽
Me b’long to me’BLOOD TRIBE❤️
I so appreciate this clip, it gave me some incite into my background and how the Chinese integrated into Jamaica. I am too a Jamaican Chinese.
+Colin Yapp Really, are you mixed with black too? Like Michael Lee Chin?
Yes, I am
+Colin Yapp Yes, I thought so. Are there any Chinese Jamaicans living in Western Jamaica, like Westmoreland, Saint James, or Hanover Parish? Because I heard most of them live in Kingston.
I left Jamaica a long time ago. I would not know.
Colin Yapp Oh alright
I’m part Indian part Chinese, born and raised in Jamaica 🇯🇲. People are shocked that guys like me are Jamaican.
They came and build and didn't destroy. I love hearing about their progress in their adopted country.....Democracy.....not a dictatorship ...hurray for them.
This clip only makes me ask myself, why do humans even war against each other???
+Eurasian Writer u crazy mayne😂
+Eurasian Writer u crazy mayne😂 I kinda feel u on the get high part.. Ghana got some of the best weed ever
Nana Agyemang we are all one
Nana Agyemang money
Because of pride, greed and other forms of godlessness that blind us from loving our neighbor.
I love this explanation. He says he is Jamaican but Chinese ancestry. Also he states a lot of the chinese cannot speak the language. My grandmother was half chinese from Jamaica. My parents came over to England and I always say I’m British / English but with Caribbean, Chinese & Cuban ancestry. What a lovely mixture 🙏💖
After slavery ended a lot of people wanted to get as far away from plantation life as they could. Those who could started small farms and if they could make a go of it did not work for their old masters. Also, , women were farm laborers under slavery and afterwards preferred to take care of their own homes rather than work continue to do farm labor. There continued to be a lot of former slaves working on plantations, but not enough, which is why Indians and Chinese were imported.
Leslie Kong, a Chinese jamaican record producer,, was instrumental in bringing reggae music to the world. Discovered Jimmy cliff.
I would love to go to Jamaica. Beautiful culture, people, music and of course the magic leaf
No, not the magic leaf. Everything else, yes thank you. Most of us are not pot heads. We need clear minds to run our schools, hospitals, economy and government.
T-Zay lame ass nigga 😂
Chinese always excels wherever they live. It’s due to hard work, saving and pressure to excel.
@xi jin pig stfu
@xi jin pig I’m clearly not Chinese
@xi jin pig I’m not gonna engage with your dumb ass. These people are Jamaicans not Chinese
I think we really need to put this out more in Jamaica. We really need to emphasize this in the schools. Teach them about all the races and how they contribute to the country, not just the blacks and we all know about the whites. They need to talk about the Chinese and indians more too. Out of many one people eh? We don't really Express or show it in this time and age. I have chinese, black, Indian, and Portuguese background and I'm always ready to learn about each and every one of them.
It was the portuques and Spanish who came to.the Carribbean and murdered thousands of Arawaks?.portuquese and Spainish? Are? Very mixed with berber,.hispainic,.arab ( from the days of the ottoman empire) so you don't know much about whites , as Europeans are not all the same ethnicity. Whites are mainly Anglo Saxon, Celtic,. Viking, and the Celtic irish are (whites) who had zero involvement in colonisation?. In fact the greatest enslavers of all of time where ?.black Africans who sold there own people to Muslims, etc etc.....educate yourself.
@@banpowel9784 Deflection
@@K.RUclips2 reality.....deflection is when you don't mention that black africans enslaved there own people long before the muslims came along, and long after slavery was abolished in the west
@@banpowel9784 Nah you are deflecting from the real issue, which wasn't even in OP's comment. Did Black Africans do all that the Portugese did? The English, Spanish and Dutch? The Arabs? Yes let's look away from the actual instigators and blame the subset who unknowingly sold some slaves to their doom. The selling that actually ceased when shiny trinkets no longer worked and the Europeans started using force. Are Black Africans the ones who left their continent to steal people of another race to build their Empire on the other side of the world. Because the kind of slavery they had in Africa was anywhere near what happened when they came to the Caribbean and Americas. It's effects were as far reaching and long lasting as chattel slavery? Really? Gotchya.
You are *delusional* if you think that's reality.
Deflect away since the real perpetrators are left blameless. 👋🏾 For Empire!
@@banpowel9784 Maybe that info wasn't in books when you were in school, or maybe you didn't pay attention then because I don't know WHO *hasn't* mentioned that juicy little tidbit. Hooray I guess, do the Europeans give you a consolation prize for "blackwashing" history? What have you achieved?
Honduran here. We have Chinese there also. Great people. Great food. Viva Honduras. Big up to all my yardies!
I live on Long Island in New York. I attended high school, college and have worked with quite a few Jamaicans of Chinese descent.
The Chinese Jamaican people cooler than the American ones
+DĐG Red you realize that chinese americans face racism too right?
@MsRaconteur,That's why its so ridiculous, whites treat Chinese with racism so Chinese treat black people with racism.
Lakita Butler Lord have mercy
MsRaconteur no one faces racism in America anymore, it's all in your head, the pseudo racism you encounter comes from 12 year olds on line
Elix Brief p
I love it because when you learn a language. Your not longer "weird". Because you took the time to learn their language they like you now!
I once met an Oriental looking girl with a Caribbean accent. She was kind of dark-skinned but looked 100% Oriental. I asked her where she was from and she said she was Jamaican, and 3/4 Chinese and 1/4 Indian (from India). What an interesting combo. I wish people would stop associating nationality with race. My family is from Peru and whether you believe it or not we have Black people and also people with blonde hair and blue eyes, and even an Indian (from India) community, Jews, etc. It all depends on where you go. In some places in Peru where there was heavy Spanish settlement the people are light-skinned, and in other places where there were mostly Natives the people are dark. It's a mix. Every country is like that.
Jamaica's motto is "out of many we are one people". There are Chinese, Indians,
Blacks and White Jamaicans. Out of many race living as one, beautiful culture.
Irie Jamaica.
Yet, the poor blacks are suffering, no equal rights.
patricia belgrave how stupid can you get? Jamaica is majority black yet you still cried being treat poorly. We Asian are so different from the blackie. No matter what we don't cried or complain. We Asian set our goal to be successful while the Black the minute they born they set their to be victimized even nobody do nothing to them they still cried a bitch blamed everybody for stupidity
@@patriciabelgrave5181 they have more black in Jamaica then Chinese from years ago so why the black would be suffering the Chinese don't make the black suffer you just have to work hard for what you want always blaming other people are other ethnic group
Jamaicans are becoming delusional by the day lmao
@@321thach "We Asian are so different from the blackie"
ROTFL
Chinese Jamaican food is the best . If You haven’t tried it you are missing out .
Like wat?
Stephen Cheng - Always together.
Byron Lee, Leslie Kong, Neville Lee, Warwick Lynn, Vincent and Patricia Chin.. Sean Paul..
I love stories like this. The Chinese experience in Jamaica is similar to the story of the Indians. Heck, my family even gets a mention on the Indio-Jamaican page on wiki
I'm chinese Jamaican
+MobayAngel Are you from MoBay?
-_-
welcome
Same
Jamaica.....so diverse. Blacks, whites, and everything in between. Beautiful.
Is there any part of this documentary which is dedicated to Indian Jamaicans? They are the second largest racial group in Jamaica after Africans.
Conclusions are determined by the Majority. For the most part, the MAJORITY of Jamaicans in Canada work hard and contribute to the economy/community/have a civil relationship with "everyone".
It is always good to hear the different sides of 'every story", still I left this documentary with the feeling that the main intention was ONLY to highlight the experiences of other racial minorities. As a girl from Mlle, I can attest to the fact that Blacks are oppressed too by a lot of minorities.
This is Stuff that brings people together; Thats a wonderful thing.💚💚💯🇹🇷🇯🇲
The Spaniards had black slaves in Jamaica before the British. When the British came the slaves fled and mixed with some of the Tainos who were in the mountains. Hence the Maroon Towns in Jamaica.
Partially true my family are of maroon heritage and we have no Taino heritage that’s a myth… maroon means runaway slaves… maroons are not mixed heritage peoples right across the Caribbean yes the Spanish and Portuguese were the main and first slavers on the west coast of Africa…. Before the British hijacked their ships and stole the slaves… but Africans always engaged in tribal slavery which is why Jamaican heritage isn’t just Ghanaian but Nigerian Cameroon n Congo etc
Jamaican Chinese 😍🤩🤩🙌🏾🙌🏾
Im one... Ah Chung mi name... LOl big up to all my Jamaican chiney to di WORL...
There are a ton of Chinese dudes with this island accent at Belmont Park in New York.. all my friends were laughing when I told them that there are a ton of Chinese people in Guyana as well.
idk im mixed with so much shit ... non of my brothers and sister are the same complexion but we got the same parents . we look alike but we look like different races skin tone wise .... #thatsjamaica tho
U have different dads
frogz 84 lol
Same. I’m a native Jamaican mixed with several races including Asian(Chinese, Indian), African, Caucasian (British, French, German) and Middle Eastern (Syrian). I have first and second cousins born in Australia, Dubai and Guyana! We are the United Nations of Jamaicans!😁
@@omeomy33 yea I did a ancestry dna test . Turns out I’m 30% Nigerian 15 % white ( mostly Scottish. ) and 15% Indian ( Pakistan , Himalayan ) and bunches of minor African and Asian countries in small amount . It was very. Interesting for me personally.
That's very disrespectful identifying Jah creation to "shit " . We are all human beings.
I love this video !!!!❤️❤️❤️Real history I wish schools would teach us this at a young age. Racism wouldn’t be as bad here in America 🇺🇸. Bless up to all the Chinese Jamaicans or should I say Jamaican Chinese people ? Thank you for sharing this . My grandparents are from Mexico and one from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. So I understand how it feels to have roots in another country that you don’t even speak the language of . ✌️❤️👍
Hahaha! It's so like the Chinese to open up shop when they see a need to capitalize on. Very smart! Just buy right here, don't go all the way to Kingston! Happy to have them as part of our culture. Father Ho Long has been at it for a long time. God bless him too.
Love China and the Chinese Brother and sisters one blood Jamaica.
would be good if u did a new interview about chinese in jamaica with people on the streets and send it to Asian Boss. ☺
Yea. That'd be good😂😌
My daughter is part jamican chinese from her father's side loved this.
Where has this been? It's 2021. Why is this gem now on RUclips?
i watched this high and i was even more confused
Education !!!!
"Out of Many One People", many races and ethnic backgrounds came to Jamaica and became One. Thats how i see it. It wasnt just Africans who came during slavery time.
@Bardo515 to go to a store to buy things to sustain yourself in your local community rather than commuting any way you could 3-4 hours just to buy necessities you need for the week? Keep in mind, this "shop" that you are going to, the owners have to pay rent, electricity, water, and so on just to keep the place running...after that, they only make a small portion of profit so they themselves can eat... And they start from 5 to open at 6am and close at 9pm to leave at 10 only to go home
These Chinese offen keep to themselves you can see them doing business and working hard for their money they contribute to the local economy and solve their problems within themselves
It's a trip to hear a asian man with a slight jamaican accent.
I came here cuz I was curious to hear the Jamaican Chinese accent. Thanks for uploading.
I don't see the big deal. It's like any other country if you were born and raised in a country of course you are going to speak the dialect and language.
Thank you David!
you are very welcome.
+Carib Productions where is part 1 and 2
go to my channel and find them
+Carib Productions so jamaican Chinese is a part of a 4 part series? because i see part 3 but i don't see any other videos specifically bas on the jamaican chinese...btw nice video man i learned a lot
+tektalk you are welcome. all other videos are on the channel. it is a four part series.
Love people
personally me love the chinese people and the indian people dem from jamaica as a youth me did have nuff indian and chinese fren and was irie people.... and our mott is out of many one people we are one....when the reggae boys a try to go world cup chinese and indians cheer as hard as african decendants....when bolt win the gold medal dem same thing.....and you cant mek ackee and saltfish better than the chinese jamaican dem mek me tell you that right now lol
Again David, I just discovered your videos and your work is a big contribution to history, to Jamaica and Jamaicans, and other nationalities. What about the Syrians/Lebanese? Do you plan to do a documentary on them? Edward Seaga(former prime minister) had such heritage (modern Syria). I was born in Jamaica.
Quite intrested for me to learned all this! as a Jamaican I will now feel a little more connected to these Chinese there, really can't recall hearing all this before thanks, very intresting.
@ForgottenFaces001 - Have you seen other East Asian groups such as Japanese and Koreans in Jamaica? I read on Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the number of Japanese residents living in Jamaica are around 158 to 183. Years ago thought Junko Kudō was Jamaican until she said she's Japanese. Kudō dance just like a Jamaican.
Things are changing rapidly in Jamaica. Even as we speak there’s a whole new wave of Chinese immigrants coming to Jamaica. But these aren’t the indentured peasants of the past; they are wealthy Chinese businessmen and they’re making their presence felt. Anybody rode on the Beijing highway lately? Fastest way to Kingston from Ocho Rios. In another 10 or 15 years, it’ll be Jamaicans having to learn to adapt to Chinese culture.
@Bardo515 If you came to a country, didn't speak the language, didn't know the area, or the general way to go about doing things in everyday life; but still had to make a living right from when you arrived, wouldn't you have the tendency to keep to yourself and or others like you? Its not that they didn't want to mix in with the local people from the beginning, its that they couldn't at first. The only way that generation knew how to make a living was to buy and sell. Don't you like being able
China still building JAMAICA EVEN TO THIS DAY
This isn't a good thing.
@Kay Flip I'm talking about the Chinese Invaders currently in Jamaica.
My grandmother was from the Toyloy family of Jamaica.
The first set of Chinese settle in black river an magotty near by they started making patties an coco bread an cake
Thnx for posting again u gonna have one on Jamaican Jews?
@Bardo515 many of my extended family members have married into thw Jamaican Black population. (I happen to be the last WhiteChiney as they say). Breddrin, I can remember as a child pleading with my Grandmother to teach me the old Chiney Language because I was so fasinated by it -- sorry for being interested in my ethnicity) But so proud of my parents Jamaican nationality! Guess what? I speak Patois too!! :) But you know what Breddrin?I live in the US and am now a working professional
in jamaica everyone mix with everyone. some people u cant even recognize their race..lol...its a great thing. im from toronto. one day, i went into a west indian store owned by a chinese jamaican. he had such a thick jamaican accent i couldnt even understand..he had to slow down and talk
where is part 1 and 2?
Jamaica is never a racist country
Sonia Shaw not racist but classist and colourist. To be fair it’s real 🤷🏾♀️
We're racist to Chinese
@@verenant4567 we're? You alone bredda!
I am 70 years and as far I can remember there were Chinese grocery store all over St Thomas. young jamaicans could learn a lot from them.
Go to hell
@leaspayne oh it's ppl of Irish descent in Jamaica?
Me Chinese Malaysian proud of it
Malaysians are black
Think the word means black or some crazy color
@@og-greenmachine8623 ????
ohhh! its Father Ho long.. i watched the oprah of the Acts of apostles last year, 2012. It was good
Out of many one people.
It should be noted that the economic, political, and legal access problems faced by black Jamaicans were likely greater than those faced by visibly Chinese or Pakistan/Indian descendants due to the voluntary nature of their indentured servitude, the implicit threat a black majority population posed to the ruling whites, and the ongoing consequences of generations of racialized child slavery and white supremacy.
It makes no sense why the Chinese population in Jamaica didn't have a multiple Chinatowns.
I recently discovered that some of my closest genetic relatives are Jamaican or Jamaican American due to my great grandparents immigrating there a long time ago.
You should never loose your roots most famous Americans are of Jamaican or Caribbean decent eg jada pinkett jayz notorious big Beyoncé the list is endless
Thanks for this ...it like pacific island people or any ethic person who children born in new countries not their own the struggle of balance identity
I have chinese on both sides of my jamaican family!
Best food I ever had was from a Jamaican Chinese family xoxox
I loved his Jamaican accent 😄
I hope these "different perspectives" include those of the Black majority as we also would like to tell "our side of the story".
Hey man, no hang ups about the national Motto established in 1962 back then the whole planet were here as Jamaicans.
good stuff your doing man, very interesting
In Canada I see them identify with Jamaica.
@Bardo515 involvement as she would have liked. (This also corresponds with the time it takes to have school-aged children) which would explain why your aunt would have seen changes in interactions from the older working generation of the time, and younger active Jamaicans of Chinese desent. Who were/are more Jamaican than Chinese. Slowly, my grandparents lost the ability to speak their native language, (Hakka),shunning all customes (except for food-- or should give that up as well??)
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i am black jamaican, i love chinese, no problem with them, i know they give jamaican people a start to work in there store. welcome them and please leave them alone.
My biological grandfather was chinese jamaican and my grandmother black jamaican. I was told that when she got pregnant his family paid her to move to the UK as they were high in government in jamaica and didnt want their sons association with her. Anyway she came to UK and had a son and gave him his fathers name Charles Emmanuelle (sounds like) MOOPOW. Ive no interest in finding anyone, but the name intrigues me, is it common in jamaica and where in China does it come from. Does anyone know??
Everyone has a culture and a nationality two different things
weed and eggrolls can unite
Loooooooool
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Lol great when u have the munchies
@Bardo515 for a few hours to start all over again the next day. This is why many of them lived in the store itself in the beginning. Let me ask you, if you lived this kind of life, would you have time to socialize with the community the way you would otherwise want to? I think not. People were not necessarily living the life they wanted, its called doing what you need to do to suvive. Fully assimulating can take at least 10 years(a decade)This is why your Aunt may not have seen as much community
anyone else here Chinese and Jamaican?
It would not be wise to run out the Chinese either, there might be a shortage of grocery items available.
I am Chinese Jamaican
Jerk Lo-mein???
Teaching the black kids Chinese go get them ready for new way of life lol
Lord Papi Darkwing the Chinese have been in Jamaica for so long, you will find many black Jamaican with Chinese/ Indian heritage. Unlike an America's Chinese Jamaicans are Jamaicans.
I learn Chinese and I’m Jamaican
That what make Jamrock so unuiqe out of many one people.
This is so interesting.
I like dis I've always want to learn Mandarin
That chinese vegetable that got blotted out is bok choy i think.
It is
Bak Choy - best cabbage EVER !! 😋
First of all, there was nothing mentioned in my posts about Canada good/bad. We did not come to Canada to "make money, not contribute to the economy or not give back to the community" or worse isolate ourselves. I am a hardworking, law abiding citizen,contributes to this country and have a civil relationship with "everyone". Globalization has allowed interracial mingling however, I still find the Jamaican Chinese people in Mandeville to be very segregated. I'm just sayin"
2:03 - 2:11 so did my great grand father Isaac Chin of my grandmother Verna Chin, who married my grandfather Clinton Cleveland Kenny, Sr.
and my father is Clinton Cleveland Kenny, Jr.
and I am his son.
my name is Adrian Dane Kenny.
And I have a medical degree
2:03
I want to see more! lol
Laddie Kong and his brother run a website called www.ChineseJamaicans.Com, go check it out!
Supermodel Naomi Campbell is one quarter Chinese, via her paternal grandmother.
I was brought up in Jamaica. My experience is that the Chinese don't mix with the black people and they are the middle class in Jamaican society. Never the less they did contribute to the history and economy which can't be ignored
natalie storm
Relly
Miss Lou i had Chinese friends
natalie storm lie that
That is not true. Jamaicans are mixed with Chinese
I was born and grow in Jamaica and I know the Chinese did mix with black Jamaican
ah true yah man
great video
What happened to Parts #1 ⁉️
check my channel
As a child, I do remember my grandaunt saying that the Chinese people in Jamaica had a very elitist attitude, whereas, they did not associate/socialize outside of their ethnic group, they feel that they are superior to others, they were disrespectful to those they deemed “less than” (normally, the black Jamaicans) and that they kept the wealth amongst themselves and did not give back to the community. Essentially, they were racist, misers in her view!
So true if people study oriental societies eg Japan China or South Korea it’s exactly like that til this day