the irony of Jcan cultural references

[evanovitch]

as i look around me, i am amused to see the rise of locs ....i wonder if any recognize the history of the style and even more so, i wonder whether Jcan society has changed to the extent that they view this growth ( no pun intended) as another example of how wi likkle but tallawah in our influencing of social norms

is Jcan society still one of hypocrisy and shallow thinking as to wat is to be embraced as a positive influence and wat should not?....will more an more cross the social divide that is JcaN an emulate the things that the outside world seems to champion...e.g. uptown now into music like neva before an i mean in the singing not juss di tiefing of di coins dat di 'man in di street' Jcan earned from mekking di music?

if Chris was able to use Millie to launch his label and then used the label to launch U2 to the world, how come he was never able to replicate a SUSTAINED success wid reggae?

[evanovitch]

Re: the irony of Jcan cultural references

does anyone know if wearing locs still on the Jcan books as an act of sedition? wonder if anybody has looked to see if it has been purged from the books?

even as we embrace locs as being intrinsically part of Brand Jamaica, has the attitude of di 'dutty locsman' been eradicated not to mention, erased as a negative connotation, in Jamaica?

after all, wen some Jcans loc, it is still seen as brave on their part, not to mention, stepping outside dem social 'norm'.....

so wat does that say about the real Ja and the culture we embrace vs the culture we export ..even the current boohahhah wid the music shows up the hypocrisy that is still within our society

[britisha]

Re: the irony of Jcan cultural references

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">does anyone know if wearing locs still on the Jcan books as an act of sedition? wonder if anybody has looked to see if it has been purged from the books?

even as we embrace locs as being intrinsically part of Brand Jamaica, has the attitude of di 'dutty locsman' been eradicated not to mention, erased as a negative connotation, in Jamaica?

after all, wen some Jcans loc, it is still seen as brave on their part, not to mention, stepping outside dem social 'norm'.....

so wat does that say about the real Ja and the culture we embrace vs the culture we export ..even the current boohahhah wid the music shows up the hypocrisy that is still within our society </div></div>

Mi did think similar thoughts wan time, but smaddie did cum aawn here an said the &quot;first Locks wearer/Rastaman?&quot; cum fram Africa when Africans wore their hair matted and long...an dat Jamaica is the first kuntrie in the West to emulate them an duh same thing...

big up to all di Rasta man [an women years later] who could challenge the bald head shystem and wear dem hair like dat.

[LiteBlonde]

Re: the irony of Jcan cultural references

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">does anyone know if wearing locs still on the Jcan books as an act of sedition? wonder if anybody has looked to see if it has been purged from the books?

even as we embrace locs as being intrinsically part of Brand Jamaica, has the attitude of di 'dutty locsman' been eradicated not to mention, erased as a negative connotation, in Jamaica?

after all, wen some Jcans loc, it is still seen as brave on their part, not to mention, stepping outside dem social 'norm'.....

so wat does that say about the real Ja and the culture we embrace vs the culture we export ..even the current boohahhah wid the music shows up the hypocrisy that is still within our society </div></div>

Mi did think similar thoughts wan time, but smaddie did cum aawn here an said the &quot;first Locks wearer/Rastaman?&quot; cum fram Africa when Africans wore their hair matted and long...an dat Jamaica is the first kuntrie in the West to emulate them an duh same thing...

big up to all di Rasta man [an women years later] who could challenge the bald head shystem and wear dem hair like dat. </div></div>

Speaking of that, reading this remind me of how lost some people are when it comes to our history.

Me have a cousin in JA who has been on a rebellious mission from her teenage years. The family always thought she would grow it out, until when she became a &quot;dancer&quot; in Ochi.

Well, she told me sister a few years ago that she is growing locs because a it catch white man in Jamaica.

<span style="font-weight: bold">Where there is no knowledge, the people do perish</span>.