*singing* Can you hear my neighbours playing their music?
*singing* Zim Zimma -
Can you hear that?
the gyaldem suga!
My white neighbours
Sooo... Adele
Hunnyyy
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but
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Sooo... Adele
Hunnyyy
f you can’t already tell from my accent. I was born and raised in London, England.
A lot of the viewers on my channel are actually from the States.
And that is 49.4% to be exact
When I did my first how to cornrow tutorial, I called them canerows and people in the comments section were confused as to why.
Because of this whenever I did a "How to Cornrow" tutorial after that
I always mention the fact that I may call them “canerows” in the video
But I didn't really fully understand why that was
I just knew that I grew up calling them canerows
I later realised that it was because of the major majorrr
influence the Jamaicans on the culture in London
and that even includes the way that we speak
Loads of words such as canerow, yard, crep, tune, butters, my man, shook
So many of these words came from the Jamaican diaspora
In a youtube video by Khaleel Muhammad, he claims that 80% UK slang is actually from Jamaica
Though the terms may be English in it's origin
The way that we use it the same way that it is was used in Jamaica
Ask any African living in the UK over the age of 25
If they, or anyone they knew, ever wanted to be Jamaican growing up
I'm sure you'll find a few of them
I grew up listening to music from the Caribbean. It wasn't until maybe 17 and onwards
I started to be introduced to music from different African countries
You really have to understand how deep rooted Jamaican culture is over here
In London especially, and probably throughout the UK
I was born and raised in Tottenham
Which is a part of Haringey
Which is a part of North London
A place that is currently only 22.3% white British.
Meaning that 77.7% of people living in Tottenham, most likely do not class themselves as from this land
Many schools in Haringey were majority Black.
I went to an all girls secondary/high school and I could tell you that I can probably count how many white British girls there were in my year group, on my hands
Probably even less than 10
The students were mainly from African, Caribbean and Asian descent
I had white friends who knew how to canerow their own hair,  and how to canerow black girls hair
Like I mentioned in my blackfishing video
It is because they grew up amongst us all
Amongst the culture
It wasn't like they were trying to copy, or emulate or appropriate
But they were just doing what we were all doing
Adele also grew up in the culture
She was born in Tottenham like me. Then moved outside of London for a few years
Came back to London, and this time she lived in the South Side
Brixton to be exact
Also known as London’s Little Jamaica
Brixton has the largest population of Jamaicans within London
When the passengers of the cruise ship, Empire Windrush docked in 1948
Many of them ended up living in Brixton.
Adele then moved from Brixton, to nearby West Norwood
Both Brixton and West Norwood are a part of this place called Lambeth
Which is a segment of South London
Which currently has a population of 44% Black and Ethnic Minorities (BAME)
That means that almost half of the people that live in Lambeth are not white
and even more that that probably don't class themselves as English
Adele grew up in council estates, which for my American viewers is very similar to the projects
She then attended a really well known performing arts school, called The BRIT School in Croydon
Which is part of South London
Croydon has 50.7% population Black and Ethinic Minorities (BAME)
Are you seeing where I am going with this?
Now fast foward to 2020
This year... has been a madness
And it is actually the first time that the annual Notting hill Carnival has been cancelled
Since it first took place on the streets of Notting Hill in 1966
The original idea for the carnival, which was actually called the Caribbean Carnival in 1959
Was a result of race riots that happened a year before
The first Caribbean Carnival was held indoors in St Pancras Town Hall
Carnival quickly became a place were people from all cultures came to enjoy the music, the food, the vibes and the beautiful costumes
Every year people would book time off work, just so that they could go down to Notting Hill Carnival
Which is held over a bank holiday/public holiday weekend in August, on Sunday and Monday
Today would have been the second day of carnival
The Monday's are known to be the adult days
The days were everything goes mad!
Adele posted a photo of her with a Jamaican flag bikini top, carnival style feathers and bantu knots
And people, mainly African-Americans are vex
I get it
You see a white girl with a black hairstyle and you're immediately
annoyed
You're used to our culture being appropriated over
and over
and over again
But this time round you kinda have to understand the culture
You have to understand were Adele grew up
You have to understand the occasion that it is
You have to understand that many of us grew up calling bantu knots, ‘chiney bumps’ because were so influenced by Jamaican culture
She didn’t do modern day black face, nor was she blackfishing
She doesn’t rock bantu knots on a day to day basis
I understand that you may still have an issue, and it that is fine
But this is the backstory
This is why many of us in London don’t have an issue
This is why many Jamaicans don’t have an issue
Unfortunately cultural appropriation isn’t that straight forward
Unfortunately there are going to be exceptions
Unfortunately issues surrounding race change depending on location and time
I say all of this to say that, we as a people are emotionally drained
2020 has made us mourn
From start to...
Just over midway through
This year has drained us
Adele wearing chiney bumps, and a Jamaican flag during carnival weekend, isn’t something that I believe pour your energy into
Protect your spirit!
Play some soca and dance!
It's carnival weekend
Peace... Love...& Life!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
