Stereotypes of Jamaicans

Jamaica is an island in the Caribbean Sea, located 90 miles south of Cuba, and 100 miles southwest of Haiti. Several common stereotypes about Jamaican people exist.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

A Rastafari man in a rasta cap at a port of Jamaica's Black River

Marijuana

Further information: Cannabis in Jamaica

Marijuana is a preparation of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a recreational drug and as medicine. Cannabis is locally known as weed, and internationally Jamaica, its reggae music, and cannabis consumption play a prominent role in Jamaica's public image.[9][10]

See also

• Jamaican people
• Jamaican culture

References

1. Batson-Savage, Tanya (1 July 2010). "Through the Eyes of Hollywood: Reading Representations of Jamaicans in American Cinema". Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism. 14 (2 (32)): 42–55. doi:10.1215/07990537-2010-004. Retrieved 8 April 2019 – via read.dukeupress.edu.
2. "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
3. "German media riffs on 'Jamaica coalition' – but not everyone is laughing". South China Morning Post. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
4. Richardson, Hannah (21 October 2011). "Black pupils 'failing on purpose'". BBC News. Retrieved 8 April 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
5. "'Death' Marked By Stereotypes". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
6. Lopez, Qiuana; Hinrichs, Lars (1 June 2017). ""C'mon, Get Happy": The Commodification of Linguistic Stereotypes in a Volkswagen Super Bowl Commercial". Journal of English Linguistics. 45 (2): 130–156. doi:10.1177/0075424217702106.
7. Richardson, Bonham C. (16 January 1992). The Caribbean in the Wider World, 1492-1992: A Regional Geography. Cambridge University Press. p. 132. ISBN 9780521359771. Retrieved 9 April 2019 – via Internet Archive. Stereotypes of jamaicans.
8. Romain, Gemma (7 September 2017). Race, Sexuality and Identity in Britain and Jamaica: The Biography of Patrick Nelson, 1916-1963. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472588654. Retrieved 9 April 2019 – via Google Books.
9. Michael Veal (15 August 2013). Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-0-8195-7442-8.
10. "'Dope n dreads' stereotypes as Germany mulls 'Jamaica' coalition". France 24. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

Further reading

• Batson-Savage, Tanya (June 2010). "Through the Eyes of Hollywood: Reading Representations of Jamaicans in American Cinema" (PDF). Small Axe. 14 (2): 42–55. doi:10.1215/07990537-2010-004.
• Cuthbert, Marlene (April–July 1979). "News Selection and News Values: Jamaica in the Foreign Press". Caribbean Studies. 19 (1/2): 93–109. JSTOR 25612861.
• Layng, Anthony (April 1975). "Stereotypes and Ethnic Relationships in the Caribbean". Caribbean Studies. 15 (1): 130–134. JSTOR 25612680.