Jamaican chinese riots? - Page 2 - Historum

tonywalt · April 24th, 2012, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by dave6

thank you so much for this link i am glad to see someone has taken the time to document these events when this documentary i shared with lectures at the university of the west indies and many Caribbean studies teachers in the usa they ignore it or call it skewed and a pack of lies.

I think most Caribbean people are aware of the 65 riots, it really started the exodus of Chinese Jamaicans (sped up greatly in 72 forward) from Jamaica. There is a slim presence of chinese on Barry and the old spanish town roads now, as opposed to the 50's. Few Syrians to be honest as well, at least on the retail merchant side of things.

dave6 · April 24th, 2012, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by tonywalt

I think most Caribbean people are aware of the 65 riots, it really started the exodus of Chinese Jamaicans (sped up greatly in 72 forward) from Jamaica. There is a slim presence of chinese on Barry and the old spanish town roads now, as opposed to the 50's. Few Syrians to be honest as well, at least on the retail merchant side of things.

some of the syrian families are running their business in the cross roads district as well as Chinese. others are around hope road.
new kingston and uptown as well but you can find a chinese shop in almost any area of Jamaica

shivfan · April 25th, 2012, 03:34 AM

And lest we forget, former prime minister Edward Seaga is a 'Syrian'....

A lesson to European countries, maybe? There are countries in the Americas who have had prime ministers who are members of ethnic minorities.

dave6 · April 25th, 2012, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by shivfan

And lest we forget, former prime minister Edward Seaga is a 'Syrian'....

A lesson to European countries, maybe? There are countries in the Americas who have had prime ministers who are members of ethnic minorities.

this documentary mentions the Seaga. forgotten faces of Jamaica Introduction - YouTube

i think the Syrian/middle eastern communities have earned much respect in the caribbean world.