Summer 2022 by Jamaican American Club

Jamaican American Club Newsletter

Ja ma i c a ’s r e l at i o n s h i p w i t h C h i n a SUMMER 2022

Inside this issue: Jamaica’s relationship with China

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Barrel Kids: Unhealed Scars

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As many Jamaicans celebrate the severing of connections with the British crown, and demand reparations and apologies from England for its colonial past, Jamaicans are happily giving away their sovereignty and national interests to Chinese governmental and economic powers daily. The same people, demanding an apology from the royal family and British people for all transgressions, past and present, seem to be blissfully unaware of the current threat before them. The Jamaican government has been granting contracts and leasing massive amounts of land to Chinese government interests, who are undisputedly proxies of the Chinese government. The Chinese government

Tr iv i a Jamaica’s Kingston Harbor is the seventh-largest natural harbor in the world and is now owned by the Chinese.

continues to throw bones to the Jamaican people, so it can further its economic and political goals by using Jamaica, its resources and people. Many Jamaicans predicate their disgust over the England and the Crown, based on the transgressions of the trans-Atlantic slave Caption describing picture or graphic. trade and the perceived inequality that British rule brought to Jamaica, but how do you think accounts of sexual abuse and the Chinese will treat Jamaicans rape of women have been reas their influence and power ported in the Xinjiang “ regrow in the west? There are education camps” — but we see death camps in China where no protests or demonstrations millions of Chinese ethnic mifrom the Jamaican public. Why norities have been dragged into is that? Does the average Jamaiat gun point. Ethnic Uyghurs are can really want a government in captivity, facing forced sterili- like China creating infrastruczation, torture, forced slave ture on its island? labor and murder. Numerous Continue on page 2

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Here is the real tea

Could it be that Jamaican academia and media are corrupt, along with the Jamaican political class, relaying little to no information to the Jamaican public on these facts?

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Could it be that Jamaican academia and media are corrupt, along with the Jamaican political class, relaying little to no information to the Jamaican public on these facts? Jamaica is losing its natural resources and land — to a nation state that has proven itself hostile and violent to demographics it deems unworthy of human rights, life and liberty. Who are the organizations that promote and plan these demonstrations against England, but conveniently ignore the daily growing presence of Chinese governmental power taking over Jamaica, and controlling the nation more and more? Beautiful natural reserves have been destroyed to accommodate Chinese port facilities, and Chinese investment firms are buying up Jamaican land at a massive rate. Land that should be in the hands of Jamaican nationals. This is not a new problem, as Canadian and US firms have taken over Jamaican resources throughout recent history, but the hypocrisy and apathy we see from the Jamaican public is what is so alarming. People are quick to celebrate the disconnection of all remaining British institutions, but sit by apathetically as the Chinese government makes power grabs across the nation. Jamaicans pose as nationalistic patriots, with this bravado and indignation pointed at England and all of its past and present institutions, and feel a need to disconnect itself with its perceived oppressive European connections. But China buying up real estate, indebting the

nation, and taking over ports so that it can further economically dominate the world, and place its military in strategic points using Jamaica as a proxy? No big deal, right? This should worry Jamaicans. There are intelligent, true Jamaican nationalists worried about this, but far too few, and few willing to speak out. Yes, the Chinese government has built massive infrastructure in Jamaica — roads, telecommunications etc. — but why? Do you think it's because the Chinese government just loves Jamaicans, and thinks “Jamaica nice?" Yeah, that must be it, Xi Jinping just loves Bob Marley and Reggae music, and thinks Jamaica is Ire! Nobody should worry about a government that has perpetrated mass violence and the murder of university students, for demanding free speech and democracy, and destroyed the national sovereignty and rights of the Tibetan people. I would venture to say that numerous Jamaicans have never heard of Tiananmen Square, or know anything of the horrors that the Tibetan people have faced, but maybe that’s why so much of the Jamaican public can be easily distracted with outrage and indignation directed towards Europe, but apathy towards a new regime actively taking over Jamaican society. People can attack this article and me all they like. They can scream racism, bigotry and every unfounded ad hominem all they want, but the truth is this: I am someone who believes Ja-

maica should be ruled by Jamaican people, and Jamaica should serve Jamaican interests first and foremost. I believe that should be the case with all nations all over the world . England should serve the interests of British people, Ireland should serve the interests of Irish people, China should be ruled by Chinese people, and so on and so fourth, but not at the expense of others or through mass murder, or corruption. All nations should be held to this standard ideally, but the Chinese government answers to nobody. They hold the upper hand, and they have more power than ever. Jamaicans should worry. Either way, it's boring and predictable to see the constant poppy show of false indignation directed towards England and European heritage. Britain has been gone since 1963, and with it the majority of its people. Much of the beautiful colonial architecture lay in decay, vandalized in many cases, and Jamaican institutions are being ruled by Jamaicans, as they should be. There is no reason the infrastructure being built by the Chinese could not have been built by Jamaicans, if modern Jamaican society was focused and prioritizing its economy and resources appropriately. But hey, if protesting England, colonialism, European heritage or the crown makes you happy, then fill your boots. Continue on page 3

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Continued from page 2 Honestly, this song and dance is old, played out, and obviously a contrived distraction engineered by oligarchs, who are playing you like a fiddle. I have had Jamaican academics tell me that all white people are guilty of slavery, and reparations should be rendered to all people of African decent, because all white people have benefited from the trans-Atlantic slave trade. I pose this question to every one of those academics and afro-centric/ Marxist ideologues, who make such statements: Will you render reparations to the victims of Chinese communist oppression? The numerous Christian communities that have suffered at the hands of communist Chinese regimes? The Falun gong adherents who are being abused and killed? The Buddhists? The families of the students of Tiananmen Square? The ethnic Uyghurs and their families that have been brutalized by the

Chinese People’s Republic government? If reparations ever come to Jamaica, and the Jamaican people wish to have moral high ground, then please send all of the money you gain to the victims of the communist oppression that Jamaica is now aiding and abetting.

The entire world should, as we are all living off the production of China's horrific slave labor. If you are not willing to turn over your reparations to those suffering under Chinese communist oppression, then you are not on a moral crusade, you are simply a hustler playing on English white guilt... period. This article is not a statement against Chinese people or Chinese Jamaicans; it is an objective observation that should concern everyone. Frustrations should not be taken out on Jamaican Chinese people or Chinese immigrants. The facts are staring us all in the face. This article is not in support of the Queen or the current royal

family as an institution or a whole but redundant demonstration directed towards an institution that has been well removed from the country for ages is not impressive or brave. Written by David Ritter Website www.germantownjamaica.com facebook page - https:// www.facebook.com/DavidRitterfilmmaker-photographerwriter-436438457195726

There is no reason the infrastructure being built by the Chinese could not have been built by Jamaicans, if modern Jamaican society was focused and prioritizing its economy and resources appropriately.

Bar rel Kids: Unhealed Scar s Many people know Jamaica either from being born there, through an acquaintance, or the many stories told; Stories of Bob Marley and The Wailers, or stories of the perfect lined shores, warm temperatures, or the food that many refer to as ‘flavorful’. There is another side to Jamaica not often explored. This is one of the many

things that thread its similarities not just to other Caribbean countries, but to countries in general. Jamaica’s population varies, including Caucasians, Indians, Africans, even Chinese. There is another population that is often ignored: The Barrel Kids. While this unique population is

diverse, the similarity is the definition of the population: children abandoned or left alone by parents who have migrated seeking a better life. These children are often times left with families, friends, and at times, even strangers. As the name implies, parents migrating to other countries in hopes of finding a better life, sends barrels of products such as clothing and food, in exchange for their absence. Continue on page 4 PAGE 3

Continued from page 3 Too often, these parents are oblivious of the impact of their absence. In addition, these parents are sometimes delusional of the fact that sending barrels each year will never equate to the absence of their love. These children are left to fend for themselves, raise themselves, and find replacement love. The outcome is usually resentment, of which these parents term, ungratefulness. Relationships are strained. Families are torn apart, and the future for these children becomes ‘a hit or miss.’ Even when some Barrel Kids are rescued, relationships sometimes are never healed. As in the case of Karlene Robinson, the author of From Gutter to Glory, who found her mother had moved on with another family. This is often the case. Barrel Kids walk into the realization of feelings of being replaced. Issues go unresolved for years. Resentments linger for decades. Everyone involved assumes a role, and scars not healed, everyone pretending nothing ever happened except the Barrel Kids. By Dr. Karlene Richardson www.DrKarleneRichardson.com

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