We created a 2 audio commercials last year. A user who heard it on an Orlando station pointed out that we should post them on the site. Here are the Youtube versions.

Audio Commercial 2

Audio Commercial 1

One of the things I love about the Jamaican culture is that we are not easily offended (unless you are talking about our mother). We call any Jamaican fat person “fatty” and skinny people “maahga” (meagar) and they don’t get offended (I am maahga so I know). We take serious matters and joke about it. We love to “draw cards” (tease etc). We are not politically correct. Our frankness and openness is one of the things I love about our culture. Sometimes we do take if very far and can be very cruel unintentionally.
I have learned living in the US and being the webmaster for this site that others take serious offense with our “politically incorrectness”. I frequently get emails from users who visit our forum who are offended by our abrasiveness and “upfront” style. Some who visit our forums and will never post because they are afraid of getting “roasted”. It is difficult trying to explain this to people who are not around Jamaicans all the time or are Jamaican. It is a part of our culture that writing an article or trying to explain never works. You have to live it. There are a few that have braved it after frequently visiting the site and living it online.

This website contact us and ask us to add a link to their website. When I go to most of these types of sites normally there is some thumbing dance hall music.  I was suprised when I heard the song that started up on the page. It was a song from Hairspray.  Wow…has Reggae Gone soft…lol

Photo by Scatty

The past few months press releases promoting Jamaican artists or Jamaican music events are a “dime a dozen”. We post many of them on the website however recently we have had to take different route. Do some research. Why?

Photo by Avignon Christine

Yesterday I met a Jamaican who operates a Caribbean art in Gallery in Germany in person. We had communicated via email and I interviewed her for Jamaicans.com 2 years ago.

Yesterday Jamaicans.com participated in a Jamaica Election townhall forum in South Florida. We had questions posted on our forum for the JLP and PNP representatives. Many users were very reluctant to send questions via Youtube. I hear comments like “Mi nuh wah nuhbaddy mark mi face”. The one youtube.com question we received was great. It had both party representatives thinking carefully. I will let you judge the question for yourself.

From time to time I get questions on why I started the website. My interviews with Channeljamaica.com, forum member Smiley and Inspire Jamaica magazine answers these questions.