🌴💚 Caribbean Linkup 💚🌴 - BOOK 1 // COMPLETED

Stereotypes

Aye Caribbeanites!!!

I'ma share with you 7 negative stereotypes foreigners have about Jamaicans.

7. Marijuana is as common as grass 😱😫😭

We're all aware of this stereotype. The notion spawns from the use of the herb in the Rastafarian religion, which originates in Jamaica; thus the island is associated largely with the use of the marijuana plant. By 'largely', I mean entirely --- foreigners seem to believe that the entire population of Jamaica smokes 'ganja' as we call it. They also seem to believe that ganja can be obtained as easily as going outside and plucking a blade of grass. Jamaican migrants can attest that one of the first questions asked once a foreigner becomes aware of their nationality is, "Have you ever smoked weed?"

Dawq mi swear every foreigner mhii meet ask mhii this smh 😓

6. We're all related to Bob Marley. 😐

I personally think this is the dumbest stereotype. Most foreigners seem to think that Bob Marley is uncle to all Jamaicans; and, by extension of being related to uncle Bob, we're all avid listeners of reggae. Knowing that there is a mass of our population who take more to dancehall (like myself), I think we can all agree that this is a false stereotype.

No Becky I'm not Uncle Bob's niece. I wish I was thou 😂✌

5. Jamaican man = cheater 😭

Ahh I can't disagree with this one but not all Jamaican men are cheater. I think just majority of them are. According to hypelifemagazine.com and jamaicans.com,  they have that name in the wider world and they know their way around multiple bedrooms.

Aye mhii nah disagree coz mhii bro a professional cheater 😂

4. Jamaican girls can dance. 💃

This is one of the less outrageous generalization foreigners make of the Jamaican population. Many Jamaican girls can dance but the world seems to think that all Jamaican girls have mastered "whining". Given our pulsing dancehall culture, it is apparently a fact that all Jamaican girls are expert at gyrating --- some of us will admit that this is not necessarily true.

Mhii admit it ain't tru coz mhii cya whine..anymore 😭

3. All Jamaicans are homophobic 😶

In 2006, Jamaica was named 'The Most Homophobic Place On Earth' by Time magazine --- but according to the rest of the world, we are. Given that when Dalton Harris sat in Brendan Murray's lap almost every Jamaicans was bashing him and calling him homosexual. This gives the wider world the belief of Jamaica being a homophobic country true --- however many Jamaicans would still disagree.

Mhii agree. Jamaicans nuh like 'battyman' nuh hear buju song "bum biy biy ina battybwoi head" dwrl 😂😂😂 🏃💨

P.S: yoooooowwwwww Buju deh a road yanow a mad move dawq ✊

2. Jamaicans are always late 😕

While we can't ignore that there are a number of Jamaicans that seem to misunderstand the concept of time, this stereotype is still quite an exaggeration. No Jamaican is gonna miss there visa appointment or flight so they will make it clear that this stereotype is just that, a stereotype.

Mhii agree an disagree coz mhii ever early but mhii sister always late suh..😕

1. Jamaicans are violent.😑

Seeing as we have the sixth highest global murder rate according to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, one may be able to see why this stereotype exists. However, that does not justify the brutal generalization of a people with an innately welcoming heart and a generally friendly and helpful disposition.

First of all, UNODC ⬆ suck yuh self 💣❕ mhii know seh Jamaica have a high murder rate but how d blclt we reach #6 outa suh much rass country pon earth! Move unu blct from ya suh! Excuse mhii French y'all but that just get mhii angry! Look how Jamaicans nice and full a vibes. Cho bubblegum 😒

Alright yardies that's my 7 negative stereotypes. You can add yours if you want.

If y'all want the next chapter to be about stereotypes on your country lemme know.