jamaica patwah racism

[kia027]

Don't it depends pan di level ah patwa whe ah drop? If yuh ah conduct business, how yuh ah goh talk raw patwa an run di risk ah misinterpretation? Both you an I knaw dat som patwa, unless yuh from fi dem area yuh naa goh understand all ah it. All yuh ah go si is wan blank look pan people face if yuh yuh start chap som ah dem street patwah deh.

this could be the same in african countries.. e.g. in Kenya the common languages between tribes is swahili (aka the official language) but then people also know english & their tribe language as well.

[Tropicana]

tropi moas jamaicans ar bilingual cah dem speak boat patwah ann iinglish.

In the school system right here in Toronto, there have been issues when children who have migrated are not bilingual. It really puts them at a disadvantage and I am not talking about isolated cases here. It is a real problem. Hence I stress the need for mastery of English by all citizens.

wan aff de reason fe encourage patwah iss dat moas studee show peeps woo chatt more dan wan language ar smarter.

I support bilingualism...in fact I support multi-lingualism.

tropi yuh shood ear mii wen buss out mii patwah to sum slack yaawd parents woo try fe mekk xxcuse fe dem rude yuths. dem gawn like dem neva learn fe dance at home fore dem went abroad.

de argument mii raisinn iss dat wen jamaica emphasized iinglish at de xxpense aff patwah dem doing jamaicans a dissservice ann defendinn oyinbo superioritee at da xxpense aff blakk equalitee.

I am actually seeing the opposite based on the problems I have seen young people have in adjusting. You are a teacher. Surely you must have seen this too.

until iinglish iss aff no more dan patwah inn jamaica, blakk jamaicans will awlways be cansidared secand class citizens.

Come off it.

da reason y patwah iss natt recognized as language deservinn recognition ann respekk iss bout oyinbo politrixx aff natt respekktinn blakks. diss iss bout oyinbo dissinn patwah, ebonic, creole, etc, dat language enslaved blakks developed as way fe resist oyinbo supremacee

Historically our African ancestors were forced to give up their own languages. Fast forward to today, people who only speak patoix, ebonics, or creole will be at a disadvantage w.r.t career opportunities and advancement, at home and abroad.

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Love and respect Miss Lou.