Is Jamaica still a plantation?

[Knowledge]

They do that in all those poor tourist countries. I went to Egypt 2 years ago and they were tryna sell $5 keffiyehs for $15+

Man Egypt is the absolute worst. I went about a decade ago and me being young and naive thought it was gonna be on some peaceful shyt Nope, those people worked my damn nerves from telling them to get back the whole trip. I mean I get it cause they broke but damn it annoying how everyone just see you as a walking atm

 

[MoveForward]

This, nikkas will SWARM you asking you to buy shyt, demanding money for them singing to you unannounced, etc

Lingering around until you tip them to essentially go away. I gave a chick $50 and she followed me around for our entire stay.

 

[Knowledge]

Lingering around until you tip them to essentially go away. I gave a chick $50 and she followed me around for our entire stay.

Was she at least good looking?

 

[jj23]

The government had been taxing the ppl out of enjoyable spaces for decades. I think in the 70s there was an act passed where the beaches were supposed to be free access to all citizens but the hotel owners put an end to that and bought up the beach area and made them private property.

That was allowed. In Barbados beach access must be provided by the land owners. Failure to do so and your shyt is getting torn down.

Somebody lined someone's hands to look the other way in Jamaica. A citizen's access to their beach should be sacroscant

 

[tuckgod]

Acting like they giving you a gift or just being friendly then try and charge you $20 for a yarn bracelet.

That’s not just Jamaica

The Senegalese in Paris do that with them dumb ass Eiffel Tower statues, the South Africans do it in the airport parking garage with your bags and at every market and stop light, and every nikka front the Texaco used to do it with their mixtapes

One nikka in one of the South African markets was so down bad he told me with a tear in his eye this story about his dead father making this hand beaded giraffe with his bare hands like them exact damn giraffes wasn’t at every single table in the swap meet

 

[Caca-faat]

That’s not just Jamaica

The Senegalese in Paris do that with them dumb ass Eiffel Tower statues, the South Africans do it in the airport parking garage with your bags and at every market and stop light, and every nikka front the Texaco used to do it with their mixtapes

One nikka in one of the South African markets was so down bad he told me this story about his dead father making these hand beaded giraffes with his bare hands like them exact damn giraffes wasn’t at every single table in the swap meet

This also happened to me in Rome where the street Hawkers were relentless!!

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

The Jamaican gov pretty much gave the coastlines to the hotels which in turn makes it apart of the hotel property…

I know some hotels tried that shyt in St Lucia and Barbados and both governments told the hotels they have no justification to dictate who can come on what beach… the beach belongs to the citizens..

 

[tuckgod]

This also happened to me in Rome where the street Hawkers were relentless!!

They gotta be

Them Arabs in the gold souks in the UAE be ready to fight you if you don’t buy something

 

[tuckgod]

The Jamaican gov pretty much gave the coastlines to the hotels which in turn makes it apart of the hotel property…

I know some hotels tried that shyt in St Lucia and Barbados and both governments told the hotels they have no justification to dictate who can come on what beach… the beach belongs to the citizens..

Who owns the hotels?

That’s who owns the country

 

[NoirDynosaur]

Why Can’t Jamaicans Access Their Own Beaches?

According to one advocacy group’s calculations, less than 1% of Jamaica’s coastline is accessible to the public. Increasingly, everyday Jamaicans are being b...

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The Beach Control Act

The Beach Control Act of Jamaica is the legal document that regulates the beach and sea around Jamaica. The document was written when Jamaica was a colony of England in 1956, which was before Jamaica became “free and independent” in 1962. The Beach Control Act of Jamaica was updated in 2004 without significant modifications to protect the beach heritage and environment of Jamaica.

As described in the Beach Control Act of Jamaica, Jamaicans have no inherent rights to the beach. Section. 3 (4) of the Beach Control Act.

As cited

“(4) No person shall be deemed to have any rights in or over the foreshore of this Island or the floor of the sea save such as are derived from or acquired or preserved under or by virtue of this Act.”

If you go to bathe or swim, meditate, seek inspiration, baptism or just chill out, you have no guaranteed rights under current law or constitution to the sea.

Beachfront Land Owners

The beachfront property has all the rights of access and use of the beach. This is a reminder of the colonial era land laws designed to protect powerful property owners (further underscoring the segregationists policies that are still in practice).

Beach Access Rights | Jabbem

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Jamaica still under neo-colonialism by the British. It's a pity because Jamaica has some of the most beautiful beaches in the outskirts of the country.

 

[tuckgod]

The Beach Control Act

Beach Access Rights | Jabbem

www.jabbem.org

Jamaica still under neo-colonialism by the British. It's a pity because Jamaica has some of the most beautiful beaches in the outskirts of the country.

Well it’s time to blow that shyt up and get rid of it

Sick of nikkas getting played for fools

They need to take care of them buffer negroes

 

[GoPinheiro]

Why Can’t Jamaicans Access Their Own Beaches?

According to one advocacy group’s calculations, less than 1% of Jamaica’s coastline is accessible to the public. Increasingly, everyday Jamaicans are being b...

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Lmao, the stats make no sense at all. Jamaicans are beach bums by nature...Their density map and distribution is overwhelmingly concentrated around their coastal areas.

Look:

This is one thing about going on carribean vacations. You chilling on the beach and random locals coming up to you selling everything or straight up asking for money. Someone gotta sit with the clothes while everyone else in the water.

Yeah, it is more like this. Most beaches there are public and you can access it anytime. However, resort beaches are usually private because they know that their income comes mostly from non-citizens, so they want to avoid at all costs this interaction between citizens selling/begging and tourists sunbathing in their premises.

 

[DA_LURKA]

Their density map and distribution is overwhelmingly concentrated around their coastal areas.

That's because a mountain runs through the middle of the island (horizontally)

 

[GoPinheiro]

That's because a mountain runs through the middle of the island (horizontally)

Yh I know, but my point is more about the stats presented in the video saying that "less than 1% of Jamaica's coastline is accessible to the public". It makes no sense when most live near the coastal areas.

 

[desjardins]

I was at Secrets St.James/Wild Orchard in Montego Bay a couple years ago and I noticed it was a couple of native Jamaicans staying as guests. They said they get some kind of discount so it's affordable for them
Maybe that was cap but that seems like a good compromise. Resorts need to allot some # of units for local to get at heavy discounts so they can vacation in their own country