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Out of Many We Are One: The Chinese in Jamaica

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  • Опубликовано: 21 июл 2013
  • As Jamaica celebrated it's 50th year of Independence Live@7 decided to do a heritage series looking at the different ethnic makeup of the Jamaican society and the contribution of each group. This is my contribution to the overall project...the Chinese in Jamaica

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  • @caligirl3000
    @caligirl3000 9 лет назад +81

    I'm Jamaican Chinese. My grandfather came from China & worked in JA. He met my grandmother there & had 4 children. He took 2 boys back to China leaving my aunt & dad with my grand mother hoping to return. Sadly he never did b/c of illness which he ended up dying. Yrs later my aunt had a chance to visit China to see our family, but my dad also fell ill & never made the trip. Sadly he never saw his brothers again. One died in China & my dad passed 5 yrs ago. My families story was very sad, but we've managed to meet some of our cousins in NY in the 80's. I'm so proud of my Jamaican Chinese heritage!!!

    • @revolutionary4915
      @revolutionary4915 7 лет назад +3

      caligirl300 GOD BLESS YOU!!!!

    • @carlosbailey303
      @carlosbailey303 7 лет назад +4

      you are not Jamaican

    • @Haskins1394
      @Haskins1394 5 лет назад +9

      @@carlosbailey303 fuck you

    • @austingode
      @austingode 5 лет назад +4

      caligirl3000 that was a truly tragic story ...... very sad

    • @ch3lsss1
      @ch3lsss1 3 года назад +3

      @@carlosbailey303 what gives you the right to say that

  • @kevinyoung8310
    @kevinyoung8310 6 лет назад +31

    When I tell people Im of indian,chinese, and african descent they look at me with three heads. As a mixed Jamerican kid, Yankee Ute dem will never understand.Know your history ,bless up!

    • @tae_taemic322
      @tae_taemic322 2 года назад

      I'm an African mix of west Indian

    • @carsade
      @carsade 2 года назад

      @@tae_taemic322 huh?

    • @mr.dakamd5444
      @mr.dakamd5444 2 года назад +1

      I’m Asian American and I speak Patois to blacks and Spanish to whites

  • @Jamerican28
    @Jamerican28 6 лет назад +32

    The Chinese have the lockdown on the grocery business in Jamaica. They get a bad rep a lot of times but at the end of the day most Jamaicans I know who are price conscious buy their groceries from the Chiney man. Even with the emergence of Mega Mart and other American style supermarkets the Chiney shop still has a loyal following because their prices are fair. Often times their exchange rate on foreign currency is better than the cambios too.

    • @tyroneosborne2091
      @tyroneosborne2091 5 лет назад +10

      Funny but I had worked with the Chines one Wilson LeeSang ,after my scholarship paper was burnt . I cursed the Catholics , because my boss was Catholic, but as strange faith would have it ,I got in so well with the Chinese , they treated me so well. To this day anywhere I got , I am finding Chinese friend !!~

    • @ikongchin3088
      @ikongchin3088 2 года назад +3

      Back in the days Mr Chin ( JAMAICANS call most Chinese Mr.chin) shop was where most of , if not all poor JAMAICANS bought n truss their daily n weekly groceries from. They (the Chinese) had a little book that they use to make a note of wat the people truss and how much they paid and had a balance cause de.pay was small n that couldent buy food n take care of the other things they needed to SURVIVE. To I when I look back at those days the Chinese played a very important part of how de poor ( black) people survived week on week out n that's a FACT. NO 1 who was living here inna JA. can deny. Bless up

    • @iAmaze87
      @iAmaze87 Год назад

      How did the shop biz start n thrive

    • @cosmoray9750
      @cosmoray9750 Год назад +1

      So it sounds like Mega Mart and other American style supermarkets are Price gouging.

  • @sharonmarshall6841
    @sharonmarshall6841 2 года назад +6

    I love Chinese spirit thay love to work hard for what thay want

  • @ikongchin3088
    @ikongchin3088 Год назад +1

    My fada is my hero if I ever had 1. Reason is I am saying to I self this man is either a madman or im is very adventurous. Cause my father spoke very little english n most of his vocabulary taught to him by the rude boys n bad man dem who lived around the area where we lived at 1 time back in deh day inna jones twn. at benow st. in front of dis big dance hall. Memories Don't leave like people do .
    Bad wud wreck but both my parents were well liked by the 90+% people who were black or coloured who buy dem groceries at the chinney man shop at de conor .

  • @colleenhenry8022
    @colleenhenry8022 2 года назад +2

    My Mom 's friend is Chinese Descendant , from Hong Kong, her Mom and Dad they were born there, Lot of Chinese Descendants live in Jamaica, I know quite a few!

  • @Tialee32
    @Tialee32 10 лет назад +20

    I love leaning more about my Jamaican Chinese roots

  • @philliplyn2692
    @philliplyn2692 8 лет назад +9

    Love this pic some of my family members are Chinese jamacian and my grandfather until this day we are proud of our culture from may pen right through the island

    • @gheghiskong
      @gheghiskong 8 лет назад +1

      +Phillip Lyn mine too Phillip :)

  • @colleenhenry-bs6ij
    @colleenhenry-bs6ij 2 дня назад

    I knew quite a few Jamaican- Chinese growing up; their food is great

  • @livelife5947
    @livelife5947 6 лет назад +15

    1. Jamaica is not independent, the Queen is still head of State. 2. The Chinese were brought over by the British as a buffer class and they continue to be so. 3. The new wave of Chinese investment and immigration is nothing but Neo-colonialism. 4. We are not all Jamaican, black Jamaican’s are the original Taino people, we are native to the Island. No matter how long you live in China, if you’re black they will never see you as Chinese.

    • @sadefisher7210
      @sadefisher7210 6 лет назад

      Live Life The number 1. I am very frustrated the government has been dragging out becoming a republic for 50 years while other countries have become republics for even 15 years Jamaica could have been 50myearsold!!!!

    • @Audriibooh
      @Audriibooh 5 лет назад +2

      Man these people are heathens they stole our ppl identity and language once again.. They really are unfair to blacks n Indians they ain't no damn Jamaicans they are theifs

    • @elsapito6515
      @elsapito6515 4 года назад +5

      All "original" Jamaicans were wiped out by Christopher Columbus...you neva read any books bwoy?

  • @wie88nen
    @wie88nen 9 лет назад +6

    Interesting story, thanks for sharing !

  • @kengray3450
    @kengray3450 9 лет назад +21

    There was no Jamaican gov't law until 1962. Prior to that it was British law and rule. The moderator needs to revisit their history books. I am Jamaican and have Chinese Jamaicans in my family.

    • @gatheringleaves
      @gatheringleaves 8 лет назад

      Can I ask what your specific mix is? Also, my great grandfather's second wife was named Queen Elizabeth Gray, are you related to her perhaps? She was born in 1880 in Westmoreland Parish.

    • @revolutionary4915
      @revolutionary4915 7 лет назад

      Ken Gray DO YOU EAT SUSHI!!!

    • @carsade
      @carsade 2 года назад

      @H Kim lmao

  • @calandoful
    @calandoful 6 лет назад +16

    The new wave of chinese immigration is not necessarily a good thing but we as Jamaican must understand that we live in a Globalized world now . If someone is to be blamed it is the government who are not looking out for our long term interests.

    • @hugsgw7581
      @hugsgw7581 5 лет назад +6

      In everything, we look for someone to blame. A we being prevented from migrating to Asian countries?
      In what ways has the presence of the Chinese in Jamaica prevented us from being educated and achieving?
      Was it our laziness and lack of proper planning which has caused their business to be thriving while ours have been closing in some communities? I could go on.

    • @melitaaitcheson-johnson5905
      @melitaaitcheson-johnson5905 Год назад +2

      I beg to disagree, Chinese have been in Jamaica for hundred of years. My mother just passed at 102 years and she told us of the Chinese of years ago who rode their donkeys and worked very hard to achieve their goals. Chinese groceries were all over the country side, I went to school with many Chinese and found them to be very nice hard working people. Many Jamaicans are complaining about the Chinese taking over, yet Jamaicans are all over the world, Brooklyn is like little Jamaica, they are in Belize,Costa Rico,Cuba , London and I could go on and on. They complain about the Chinese controlling the jobs . The Jamaicans of today, need to develop better work ethics, be more disciplined and honest. If they do not want the Chinese there, they need to invest in business and employ their own. The Chinese are not the gunmen and the robbers, they are basically peaceful people. As Jamaicans, we travel out to other countries, we invest, some of us become millionaires in our adopted countries which we could not do in Jamaica. Stop criticizing the Chinese and come up with a solution to save our beautiful Jamaica from the criminals who are not Chinese. It’s out of many. One people and the Chinese living in Jamaica are Jamaicans and have the right to exist. I am sure the complainants are those who have nothing to contribute and also know nothing about the history of Chinese, Jews, Indians, Spanish. Lebanese and others who migrated to Jamaica over a century ago and contributed to our growth. Stop complaining and take a page from the book of these hard working people, Jamaica belongs to us all.

  • @sikskillz2186
    @sikskillz2186 2 года назад +1

    good episode, it’s great to have so much exposure you to different cultures and people. don’t forget black chiney as a culture chinese representatives.

  • @crisleroi299
    @crisleroi299 10 лет назад +6

    This is awesome!

  • @SUPATWIN1
    @SUPATWIN1 10 лет назад +6

    Love learning more about my culture. So happy to see Jamaica so integrated. I am a jam is with direct Syrian and India roots as well as African and German. I always wanted a Chinese girl friend hahahah

    • @MrHtjet
      @MrHtjet 7 лет назад

      SUPATWIN1 you have syrian in u ? how?

    • @SUPATWIN1
      @SUPATWIN1 7 лет назад

      MrHtjet my mother and grandfather on my father's side

    • @GreaterEthio
      @GreaterEthio 6 лет назад +2

      Unlike their fellow immigrants from China and India who had begun arriving in Jamaica in the mid-19th century, the Syrians and the Lebanese did not land on the island as indentured labourers. They, like the Jews who had arrived centuries before, came of their own free will, albeit fleeing religious persecution.

    • @lost1856
      @lost1856 2 года назад +3

      I'm quarter Indian and I speak standard English as a jamaican- almost all my family members speak the patua way, but my mom is quarter Chinese I think and my great grandfather was full Indian! African history is really interesting along with Chinese history of indentured labour, who knew this would be so interesting and spectacular! I'm in grade 6 learning about our African past and indentured labour, it's really fascinating

    • @user-barrcnslt
      @user-barrcnslt 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@GreaterEthioFlering the Inquistion anf torture in Spain ot some Edict of the wicked Pope of Rome was not free
      Will.

  • @lynkeeart
    @lynkeeart 10 лет назад +4

    This is so great! Thanks for sharing!

  • @SuperKumantong
    @SuperKumantong 10 лет назад +5

    Most of Oversea Chinese (90%) are from Guan-Dong China (Catonese, Teochews , Hakkas) and Fujian China (Hokkiens)

  • @vrose3061
    @vrose3061 7 лет назад +6

    Am speaking about jamaican chinese ?because there are some nice jamaican chinese , we speaking about the new commers ,that acting like jamaica belongs to them ,and taking over our ISLAND....thoese are the chinese we talking

    • @cleo63100
      @cleo63100 3 года назад

      How are they ‘taking over the island’? You sound just like how the racist British used to complain about the first influx of non-whites in the early days. It’s just prejudice which is not nice!

  • @alexcampbell9191
    @alexcampbell9191 4 года назад

    My grandmother was a member of the Toyloy family from Jamaica.

  • @nelly5054
    @nelly5054 5 лет назад +3

    Y’all I saw a whole Chinese-Jamaican church in Jamaica in uptown Kingston

  • @carlenemiller6777
    @carlenemiller6777 3 года назад +1

    I love this video

  • @cashgaming2108
    @cashgaming2108 3 года назад +2

    Thx for the vid

  • @kcordeliastarr6310
    @kcordeliastarr6310 3 года назад +1

    Interesting. Thank one for sharing.

  • @gatheringleaves
    @gatheringleaves 9 лет назад +4

    Are there any people in Jamaica who are Half Chinese and Half Black or Half Chinese and Half Indian?

  • @gym55rat
    @gym55rat 4 года назад +1

    Proud Hakka Chinese Jamaican

  • @PhilShary
    @PhilShary 7 лет назад +1

    A great short documentary, thank you

  • @CharmingPhoenix
    @CharmingPhoenix 10 лет назад +2

    Very well done!

  • @anthonyblackburn1625
    @anthonyblackburn1625 6 лет назад +11

    I was still waiting to see how exactly the Chinese contributed to Jamaica.

    • @chillbillyhimself
      @chillbillyhimself 4 года назад

      They brought concepts like Chiney shops and cashpot. Didn't hear that part?

    • @Tyrapalmer127
      @Tyrapalmer127 4 года назад +2

      Kem the Bruce they still continue to exploit Jamaica... dem to bbc greedy

    • @elsapito6515
      @elsapito6515 4 года назад +1

      @@Tyrapalmer127 An yu hoviously too bbc hignorant hass hole an a mawga dawg....naw feed yu bbc.

    • @Tyrapalmer127
      @Tyrapalmer127 4 года назад

      El Sapito you’re dunce, you can’t argue with truth. goodbye lol

    • @kaymaniafullerton851
      @kaymaniafullerton851 3 года назад

      Oml

  • @Jenjen-qc5eq
    @Jenjen-qc5eq 5 лет назад +1

    Naomi Campbell grand father is Chinese Jamaican.

  • @moortruthify
    @moortruthify 2 года назад +1

    You see the Chinese man say we have a Chinese lineage meaning China first then Jamaica they respect their ancient forefathers

  • @freeworld2275
    @freeworld2275 Год назад

    RIP Jamaica

  • @joshuadaltilia8480
    @joshuadaltilia8480 3 года назад

    We have a sizeable Chinese community in Scotland as well

  • @pinknight2092
    @pinknight2092 3 месяца назад

    JAMAICA! JAMAICA! " FIRE DEH A MUSS MUSS TAIL, HIM TINK A COOL BREEZE." "FROG SIDONG INA WARM WATA TINKING IT FEEL SOO WONDAFUL, ONLY FI FIN OUT WEN IT TOO LATE- DAT A COOK HIM A COOK." AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW? - MR FROG IS NO MORE.
    It is true, that not long t after the slaves were freed in Jamaica, there was a great shortage of labourers on the plantations. As such,

  • @mrjbc46
    @mrjbc46 7 лет назад +3

    They Neva mention Pik A Pow .

  • @revolutionary4915
    @revolutionary4915 7 лет назад +4

    I'AM PART JAMAICAN TOO I'AM ALSO MIXED WITH A LITTLE SUSHI.

  • @bennettstephenson9090
    @bennettstephenson9090 6 лет назад +4

    mr chin and his family. Welcome. to Jamaica. but please. leave our chicken. with wing

  • @trigramz
    @trigramz 3 года назад

    Who is here from half way tree in 6sc 2020

  • @trigramz
    @trigramz 3 года назад

    Who is here because of miss 6sc

  • @thedandywarhol5729
    @thedandywarhol5729 4 года назад

    @0.32 :what my eyes are seeing and what my ears are hearing is confusing my poor brain...i mean should i ask him for a spliff before or after my egg noodles with dumplings?

    • @lillyv9430
      @lillyv9430 4 года назад +2

      The dude doesnt even look chinese. He looks filipino.

  • @moortruthify
    @moortruthify 2 года назад

    We are descendants of Moors

  • @ShanrickLogan-bu9kx
    @ShanrickLogan-bu9kx Год назад

    On you get pay us does not yet but big day get ready my people for the big day payment China USA UK now we really ready

  • @stevenwheeler5324
    @stevenwheeler5324 3 года назад

    How many Chinese prime ministers of Jamaica has their been? Jamaican diversity 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😄😆

  • @GAZAMAN93X
    @GAZAMAN93X 3 года назад +2

    We're not really one. We're Majority Black African. Then there's a small mixed population then a smaller indian and Chinese population and lastly the Descendants of colonizers who for some reason never left.

  • @SEXgoddess.
    @SEXgoddess. 2 года назад

    Noooooooooooo why oh whyyyyyyyyyy🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️. We'll all soon start seeing dragons everywhere and using chopsticks. Soon we'll never be Caribbean again.

  • @boatsoar2557
    @boatsoar2557 2 года назад

    In China is a time. The language is able to speed time up so fast, its a living dying thing in each. There is no such thing as a non Chinese Either East Asian also Southern Asian or also only East well who is the one to decide is not me.

  • @raphealfrancis8228
    @raphealfrancis8228 6 лет назад +1

    H2O

  • @dreamdiction
    @dreamdiction 3 года назад

    It's easy for intelligent people to economically colonize a 3rd world population.
    3:18 "a cultural super-power" hahaha

    • @ikongchin3088
      @ikongchin3088 Год назад

      I n I Kno dis as hold dung Tek whey . To RASSCLAAT