I am 56 yrs old, and I remember as a child the Chinese all ways owned the supermarket. Downtown on orange street. They have two supermarkets one name John and Wong they always have business like restaurants, uptown they own the movie theaters, they own tastes Pattie’s on Princess they own the shops Where we would go and buy flour chicken back, and do on etc, etc, There was a saying black man start shop but Chinese keep it. We went to school together George’s high most Chinese, they also went to Val’s prep, campion college, Jamaica college, and more they were always there they are the one who start reggae music, Byron Lee and the dragon Aires.calypso They Indians were also there
People just want an issue because I just don't see the issue with his content and I don't think he's being condescending either. He's a Jamaican telling his Jamaican experiences in a comical way. Morewhile we too uptight about everything. Relax likkle man. Jeez.
Its people who are usually American and wanting to hate on non-blacks so falsely accuse him if making fun of black people as if thry cant tell his accent is authentic. They know he is Jamaican they just hate that he is because theyre racist. At the end of the day he isn't condescending Jamaicans because he is Jamaican. He is just making fun of diff types of people
For those who have lived in a country for as long as he has and does not speak the language, unu shouda shame. Why are we upset when others speak the language? He is as Jamaican as the rest of us. Leave di yute alone. Most of the dislike is "badmindness."
Big up yourself yah ghetto Kirk. I don’t have a prob with you being a yardie.. what about Jamaicans who go inna next man country and inna 1 year dem behave like dem come from deh. Do you ya Kirk. Big up yourself.. looking foward to your content
What some Jamaicans fail to understand is that people love our culture and language. We have enough to go around. We should be glad people are interested in our culture. Big up Ghetto Kirk! Thanks for sharing your story. Awesome interview Kareem.
Love your culture . The sane thing happened when Europeans came to Africa and they loved it so much that they robbed it ands then they colonize it and EMSALVED IT. That's what the Chinese communist party is following the European standards . By they white supremacist ideology.⁷
I’m from Dominica and they’re there too, some are rude to customers Damned if he do, damned if he don’t. If he spoke ‘proper English’ some would say so long he’s in Jamaica and he don’t speak a lick of patois. He’s now speaking patois and some are complaining. I follow him on IG and he’s funny! Great interview
Dunce peope do ot know when they are being colonized by a certain people who hate black people. How you as a decendabt ancestors fought for this island and now you are getting colonized by Chinese immigrants who come from China poor and become rich in your country. While you as a black person economically is om the bottom. You are being poor or push out of your own culture. Chines people donot even treat they own well. What makers you think they will treat black people better. China is colonizing all black countries they are not colonizing white countries at all.
@teri_p it doesn't matter where you were born. As long as you grow in that country, you are a Jamaican . It is what it is. You need to travel and educate yourself.
My ppl dem just too sensitive at times. How can you not like this guy. His videos are likeable and so relatable. From you hear his accent you know he's Jamiaican, I hear no chinese accent. Ghetto Kirk please pay attention to the positives. My goodness!!
He just said it he is from China. He was born in China and came to jamaica when he was 3. He has family in China and he goes back to visit his family in China. So he is chinese.
He may not be a ghetto yute, but 100% Jamaican that has made his way up the ladder, that we all should be proud of and enjoy his comedy. Never forget Jamaica 'Out of Many One People'
I am also tired of having to explain that I am Jamaican as I am constantly being told I don’t look like one. The government needs to have schools teach younger Jamaicans about their history as most have no idea of the significance of our motto “Out of Many One People”.
That question about Spanish Town and his business finance you should not ask a question but I like the way you answer it can you give away your secret remember that I The hyenas watching
"If you try to understand mad people you go mad". Well if that isnt the most profound thing Ive heard in years.😂 Now I know why social media made me sick. 😂
I don't think his accent matters to Jamaicans it's Tik Tok American influence that is making Jamaicans act like they care! Also what he saying about Chinese, Indians and even some Jews is true they are absolutely business minded in their culture they are raised like that no matter where they are in the world. I know this for a fact as someone who doesn't live in Jamaica and went to school with all these backgrounds. It's lawyer doctor and Engineer that their parents push relentlessly unless you go into business.
When the Chinese and the Indians leave and migrate to other countries they take it seriously they are looking to be financial stable and create generation wealth. They come with money from their original country to start the business they aren't borrowing money as an immigrant in Jamaica and in his case his father gave him the money to start his business and he had to pay it back! They don't play. The ones you see showing wealth are late in life second generation (the kids) or its the 3rd generation (the grandkids), it almost never the first generation they will live simple and cheap until the day they die. To them if they lived in a one or two bedroom until there kids are grown why waste money and buy a big house or fancy car when your old? They leave that for the kids.
my question is why blame the Chinese for taking over the business space downtown, when the Government who regulate business ownership have never been Chinese? Ja folks ur anger is misguided
You’re are funny 😂 if you own a business Downtown you Earn your Rights; to the Name .me as a black yard girl not going down Town .to Work. We Jamaican . Need to Chill😅.
Kirk speaks Patois and is a problem ... but we ketch American accent from the Visa line .. live in Farrin 2 years and we forget Patois altogether . We all need to take a seat
It's so sad to see my Jamaicans start acting like those black Americans, where EVERYTHING offends them. Since when Jamaicans have a problem with Asian Jamaicans speaking patois??? Don't tell me Jamaican turning "woke" now smh
It's the new generation. A young lady made an entire video saying black Jamaicans are racists against Indo Jamaicans because we call them Coolie. I told her my mother is Indo Jamaican and my father Afro Jamaican. I say my mother is coolie and it's never meant as a pejorative. She insisted that I am racist so I just left it alone.
@@rqubedrqubed1634 Lol, omg. I'm not surprised easily but this sure did. One of the things I took pride in as a Jamaican living in North America is our logical no nonsense, non "woke" nature, where we aren't like the black Americans or black Canadians where we were raised with hatred for other races (especially white). This was something about us that I thought would never change. Smh, so much for that. Jamaican youth becoming "liberal" lol, wow. As Bill Maher said "how are you going to be more offended than the people that are supposed to be offended?"
@@warpath7985 At this point I'm just waiting for God to come for His world. My family I'd Afro Jamaican and Indo Jamaican and we always call each other coolie and love and have fun. Both sides celebrate Diwali but apparently I am racist for calling my own mother coolie. This girl told me because she is Indo Jamaican we look at her as not being Jamaican. She must come from a different Jamaica than me because all of us grew up and race was never an issue whether you were black, chines, white or Indian. We all vibed and shared together.
@@warpath7985 Jamaica doesn't exist anymore. Ask people about dancing with their hips and they call it twerking. I grew up knowing it as wining. We have AmeriJams now. Americans first and Jamaicans second.
Kareem, you nuh hear seh di man name ghetto kirk, him have somebody weh "deal wid dat" if a man step to him 😆 Mi just love him he's so sweet don't see how people find him condescending or disrespectful. People too touches these days.
It’s just like being in America at one years old and know nothing about Jamaica… Americans says I’m American …not Jamaican…same with Kirk he’s Jamaican…
Maybe if, as he says, we tried being entrepreneurs instead of being consumers of brand names etc then the chinese, indians, et al wouldn't be "taking over".
Jamaicans people remember out of many one people, don't we live in other people country and adopted their culture. Please stop complaining about foolishness and enjoy different human being that loves us.
Blessed is the man that plants the tree and never reaps from it - Craig butler. His father planted a tree, he will plant a tree and the other generations will reap from that tree.
I find his content hilarious...he is Jamaican so he ia gonna do Jamaican experience...the video he did on the illiterate woman - he was just saying if you can't read don't come with attitude. Kareem, the Chinese have always been in Jamaica, not just now. They were the ones who used to run downtown. You know they have always been in Jamaica by the fact that there is a Chinese Cemetery and their Benovolent Society.
He was born in China. His birth place is China not Jamaica. He came to Jamaica at 3 years old. He has family in China where his birth place is. He just spoke in his native language dialect which is from China. His birth certificate, naval string cut in China not Jamaica.
@@monember2722 I'm badmind off of a fact that he is plain as day. You sound ridiculous smfh. What am I badmind about? Plz explain because you make absolutely no sense.
Kareemmm ummm after 4 years Chinese usually sells their business or change the name to "evade" taxes so him "selling" the business was neccessary, wasn't a choice he's just being wise. The government gives them 4 years tax free still 🤷🏾♀️
This interview kinda feel like he's trying to act like kirk had a silver spoon. Rather than tell the jamaican Jamaicans to inspire the next generation to have some ambitions and purpose about life. Life's hard the world over don't be a spectator in your existence
Really?? You came from a country that is predominantly Chinese, to a country that is predominantly Black, and you didn't think that was shocking??! Okay👀
Jamaica Demographics “Jamaicans of African descent represent 76.3% of the population, followed by 15.1% Afro-European, 3.4% East Indian and Afro-East Indian, 3.2% Caucasian, 1.2% Chinese and 0.8% other.” Big up ghetto kirk 👆🏼
Damn that's a lot of mixtures! Significant percentages...in the US, blacks only account for 13% of the population, in a country of over 300 million. So imagine in a small country like Jamaica(2.8-3.2 million pop) 15% and 3% is very visible! We are truly "Out Of Many One"!🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🔥🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤❤❤🙏🏾
Chinese come to Jamaica and are given special treatment along with the Indians and Jews. Thats how they are able to monopolizes the businesses in all the major cities and towns across Jamaica.
Naw they really do sell everything back home and come with their money to start a business their culture is business minded for Real! There version of being poor in their country is by far way worse than being poor in Jamaica. And they work together families stick together and help one another.
@@85amil So Jamaicans don't stick together? Those people I mentioned get opportunities that Jamaicans don't get. It's not about them having money, because Jamaicans have money too.
how do people hate this guy ??? he's literally the sweetest!
Ghetto Kirk is one of us he's Jamaican and should be respected
People just look for a reason to be upset sometimes. He is a Jamaican speaking about his experience.
BTW Kirk, we want the vlogs.
Agreed 🙌🏽
I am 56 yrs old, and I remember as a child the Chinese all ways owned the supermarket. Downtown on orange street. They have two supermarkets one name John and Wong they always have business like restaurants, uptown they own the movie theaters, they own tastes Pattie’s on Princess they own the shops
Where we would go and buy flour chicken back, and do on etc, etc,
There was a saying black man start shop but Chinese keep it.
We went to school together
George’s high most Chinese, they also went to Val’s prep, campion college, Jamaica college, and more they were always there they are the one who start reggae music, Byron Lee and the dragon Aires.calypso
They Indians were also there
People just want an issue because I just don't see the issue with his content and I don't think he's being condescending either. He's a Jamaican telling his Jamaican experiences in a comical way. Morewhile we too uptight about everything. Relax likkle man. Jeez.
Its people who are usually American and wanting to hate on non-blacks so falsely accuse him if making fun of black people as if thry cant tell his accent is authentic. They know he is Jamaican they just hate that he is because theyre racist. At the end of the day he isn't condescending Jamaicans because he is Jamaican. He is just making fun of diff types of people
Gwaan through ghetto Kirk!!
Don’t pay attention to the negative comments
For those who have lived in a country for as long as he has and does not speak the language, unu shouda shame. Why are we upset when others speak the language? He is as Jamaican as the rest of us. Leave di yute alone. Most of the dislike is "badmindness."
Big up all chinese Jamaican.. one love . one Jamaican people .
The jamaican should learn the Mandarin from the chinese jamaican, but you already know most yard man a fool..
@@Deco_2k 😂😂😂
Big up yourself yah ghetto Kirk. I don’t have a prob with you being a yardie.. what about Jamaicans who go inna next man country and inna 1 year dem behave like dem come from deh. Do you ya Kirk. Big up yourself.. looking foward to your content
What some Jamaicans fail to understand is that people love our culture and language. We have enough to go around. We should be glad people are interested in our culture. Big up Ghetto Kirk! Thanks for sharing your story. Awesome interview Kareem.
Love your culture . The sane thing happened when Europeans came to Africa and they loved it so much that they robbed it ands then they colonize it and EMSALVED IT. That's what the Chinese communist party is following the European standards . By they white supremacist ideology.⁷
Why??
Its not usually the Jamaicans. Its the Americans.
Kareem: 'Oh the excitement, like Jacki Chan and them sumtn deh' 💀😂😂😂 #dead 😂😂😂
This One!👆🏼👆🏼😂
Big up mi bredren Kirk!!!! Mek di people Dem learn you story!! Love this interview!!! 👊🏽
Great content, I would like to see more of people that live in Jamaica but of different background : east indians, cubans, other islanders , Europeans
They are there
Gheddo Kirk in the building. This will be an interesting episode! No Sperone so I'll sip water.
Never heard of him! Thanks for sharing this Bwoy a Tings!
I’m from Dominica and they’re there too, some are rude to customers
Damned if he do, damned if he don’t. If he spoke ‘proper English’ some would say so long he’s in Jamaica and he don’t speak a lick of patois. He’s now speaking patois and some are complaining. I follow him on IG and he’s funny! Great interview
What are thry doing in dominca you guys better donot allow your politicians to allow they racist ass to colonized your island.
I like this guy. Very smart. Very sweet personality.
Kareem is Jamaica's twitter ambassador 😂
Kirk you are ministry of Education boss 🤣🤣🤣 You have been to every school in JA🤣🤣🤣
Out of Many, we are one. Dunce people always cause the most problems 🙄 😒...Knowledge is really power.
Dunce peope do ot know when they are being colonized by a certain people who hate black people. How you as a decendabt ancestors fought for this island and now you are getting colonized by Chinese immigrants who come from China poor and become rich in your country. While you as a black person economically is om the bottom. You are being poor or push out of your own culture. Chines people donot even treat they own well. What makers you think they will treat black people better. China is colonizing all black countries they are not colonizing white countries at all.
He was born in China came to Jamaica at 3 years old his birth place is China not Jamaica.
@teri_p it doesn't matter where you were born. As long as you grow in that country, you are a Jamaican . It is what it is. You need to travel and educate yourself.
honestly love ghetto kirk he is real and authentic he handled himself well......ppl everyehere just like to complain big up yo self ghetto kirk
Its hard every where even here in england
Once again I was informed and entertaine. Thank you.
My ppl dem just too sensitive at times. How can you not like this guy. His videos are likeable and so relatable. From you hear his accent you know he's Jamiaican, I hear no chinese accent.
Ghetto Kirk please pay attention to the positives. My goodness!!
He just said it he is from China. He was born in China and came to jamaica when he was 3. He has family in China and he goes back to visit his family in China. So he is chinese.
Awesome!
Knew kirk and his entire family from the 90s.
He may not be a ghetto yute, but 100% Jamaican that has made his way up the ladder, that we all should be proud of and enjoy his comedy.
Never forget Jamaica 'Out of Many One People'
Lets goooooo Kirk!!! Were u ever bullied in school?
Kirk big up your self.
You can teach us some business and investment lessons Ghetto Kirk
A Jacki Chang make you feel that Kareem. 🙂🙂. Big up you Kareem and Ghetto Kirk 👏
I am also tired of having to explain that I am Jamaican as I am constantly being told I don’t look like one. The government needs to have schools teach younger Jamaicans about their history as most have no idea of the significance of our motto “Out of Many One People”.
Especially how they contribute to the music.
That question about Spanish Town and his business finance you should not ask a question but I like the way you answer it can you give away your secret remember that I The hyenas watching
"If you try to understand mad people you go mad".
Well if that isnt the most profound thing Ive heard in years.😂 Now I know why social media made me sick. 😂
"Like Jackie Chan and dem sumn deh" + the look away. . DKM 😂😂😂
I started following him maybe a month ago.
I remember he was my classmate at school he was a good student
I have the same reaction when I go to the supermarket too
I've met him in person many times. COVID killed my business
I don't think his accent matters to Jamaicans it's Tik Tok American influence that is making Jamaicans act like they care!
Also what he saying about Chinese, Indians and even some Jews is true they are absolutely business minded in their culture they are raised like that no matter where they are in the world. I know this for a fact as someone who doesn't live in Jamaica and went to school with all these backgrounds. It's lawyer doctor and Engineer that their parents push relentlessly unless you go into business.
True!
Jamaica ruff but America ruff too it haarrrrd
When the Chinese and the Indians leave and migrate to other countries they take it seriously they are looking to be financial stable and create generation wealth.
They come with money from their original country to start the business they aren't borrowing money as an immigrant in Jamaica and in his case his father gave him the money to start his business and he had to pay it back! They don't play.
The ones you see showing wealth are late in life second generation (the kids) or its the 3rd generation (the grandkids), it almost never the first generation they will live simple and cheap until the day they die. To them if they lived in a one or two bedroom until there kids are grown why waste money and buy a big house or fancy car when your old? They leave that for the kids.
my question is why blame the Chinese for taking over the business space downtown, when the Government who regulate business ownership have never been Chinese? Ja folks ur anger is misguided
Misguided and a lot of the Chinese group together to help each other…can’t say the same for black Jamaicans.
Where is part 2?
This season come back different man 🔥
Jamaican are very Sensitive . Especially if they are dark Skins ,because we were treated so differently .
Weh dem a wait pon fi gi di man him award.... Another great episode
What happen to the sound in certain segments?
You’re are funny 😂 if you own a business Downtown you Earn your Rights; to the Name .me as a black yard girl not going down Town .to Work. We Jamaican . Need to Chill😅.
some a di audio mess up fyah
Big up yoself missa Zang, you are a yaadi through an through 👍🏾
Kirk speaks Patois and is a problem ... but we ketch American accent from the Visa line .. live in Farrin 2 years and we forget Patois altogether . We all need to take a seat
I'm first. Mi a first prize winner 🏆
At three years of age this man. wouldn’t even know what culture shock is. Live your life man you’re Jamaican who cares.
due to how its mostly persons who arent jamaican who has issues with his content
It's so sad to see my Jamaicans start acting like those black Americans, where EVERYTHING offends them. Since when Jamaicans have a problem with Asian Jamaicans speaking patois??? Don't tell me Jamaican turning "woke" now smh
It's the new generation. A young lady made an entire video saying black Jamaicans are racists against Indo Jamaicans because we call them Coolie. I told her my mother is Indo Jamaican and my father Afro Jamaican. I say my mother is coolie and it's never meant as a pejorative. She insisted that I am racist so I just left it alone.
@@rqubedrqubed1634 Lol, omg. I'm not surprised easily but this sure did. One of the things I took pride in as a Jamaican living in North America is our logical no nonsense, non "woke" nature, where we aren't like the black Americans or black Canadians where we were raised with hatred for other races (especially white). This was something about us that I thought would never change. Smh, so much for that. Jamaican youth becoming "liberal" lol, wow. As Bill Maher said "how are you going to be more offended than the people that are supposed to be offended?"
@@warpath7985 At this point I'm just waiting for God to come for His world. My family I'd Afro Jamaican and Indo Jamaican and we always call each other coolie and love and have fun. Both sides celebrate Diwali but apparently I am racist for calling my own mother coolie. This girl told me because she is Indo Jamaican we look at her as not being Jamaican. She must come from a different Jamaica than me because all of us grew up and race was never an issue whether you were black, chines, white or Indian. We all vibed and shared together.
@@warpath7985 Jamaica doesn't exist anymore. Ask people about dancing with their hips and they call it twerking. I grew up knowing it as wining. We have AmeriJams now. Americans first and Jamaicans second.
@@rqubedrqubed1634 I said the same thing years ago. "Twerk"? All I knew was wining and bubbling.
So right. Don't try to understand mad people. Leave them alone
🤣🤣
Kareem, you nuh hear seh di man name ghetto kirk, him have somebody weh "deal wid dat" if a man step to him 😆 Mi just love him he's so sweet don't see how people find him condescending or disrespectful. People too touches these days.
I know 95% of Jamaicans dnt know our motto or even if they k ow it they dnt understand it.
If 5'6" is too short, who flies the planes in China? 🤔
That was rude,what Bwoyatings mean by "Jamaican Jamaican".
It’s just like being in America at one years old and know nothing about Jamaica… Americans says I’m American …not Jamaican…same with Kirk he’s Jamaican…
Maybe if, as he says, we tried being entrepreneurs instead of being consumers of brand names etc then the chinese, indians, et al wouldn't be "taking over".
Kirk is a funny guy 😂
Like it or not Jamaica is a classist country. There is good and bad in being classist.
Jamaicans people remember out of many one people, don't we live in other people country and adopted their culture. Please stop complaining about foolishness and enjoy different human being that loves us.
Ghetto Kirk, neither Jamaica nor nun a wi nuh lose nutten if yuh be "Ghetto Kirk" or speak patois. So continue wid yuh ting!
Present
Ppl dunxe yf. No matter we motto out of many one ppl dem wah come say the man a no Jamaican
Everyone in jamaica are called names no matter the colour or who you are .that's just the norm with no hard feelings it's just a way of life
Blessed is the man that plants the tree and never reaps from it - Craig butler.
His father planted a tree, he will plant a tree and the other generations will reap from that tree.
Anyone who thinks he is attacking Jamaicans is racist against all non black Jamaicas.
Every where rough right now
Just that he's privilege in Jamaica simple
I find his content hilarious...he is Jamaican so he ia gonna do Jamaican experience...the video he did on the illiterate woman - he was just saying if you can't read don't come with attitude. Kareem, the Chinese have always been in Jamaica, not just now. They were the ones who used to run downtown. You know they have always been in Jamaica by the fact that there is a Chinese Cemetery and their Benovolent Society.
He was born in China. His birth place is China not Jamaica. He came to Jamaica at 3 years old. He has family in China where his birth place is. He just spoke in his native language dialect which is from China. His birth certificate, naval string cut in China not Jamaica.
@@teri_pin a country from 3 years old till now and you want call him Chinese? Badminded.
@@monember2722 I'm badmind off of a fact that he is plain as day. You sound ridiculous smfh. What am I badmind about? Plz explain because you make absolutely no sense.
Kareemmm ummm after 4 years Chinese usually sells their business or change the name to "evade" taxes so him "selling" the business was neccessary, wasn't a choice he's just being wise. The government gives them 4 years tax free still 🤷🏾♀️
This interview kinda feel like he's trying to act like kirk had a silver spoon. Rather than tell the jamaican Jamaicans to inspire the next generation to have some ambitions and purpose about life. Life's hard the world over don't be a spectator in your existence
We in complain age
Lifestyle
So I love Ghetto kirk but my yute it was hard to watch you interview him... and normally you do well but this was not a good interview.
Which school he attended? Him have a Jamaican gf?
Meadowbrook high
Really?? You came from a country that is predominantly Chinese, to a country that is predominantly Black, and you didn't think that was shocking??! Okay👀
Jamaica Demographics
“Jamaicans of African descent represent 76.3% of the population, followed by 15.1% Afro-European, 3.4% East Indian and Afro-East Indian, 3.2% Caucasian, 1.2% Chinese and 0.8% other.”
Big up ghetto kirk 👆🏼
What is afro European?
@@heavensent197I literally was about to ask the same question...even though it's a year ago.
Damn that's a lot of mixtures! Significant percentages...in the US, blacks only account for 13% of the population, in a country of over 300 million. So imagine in a small country like Jamaica(2.8-3.2 million pop) 15% and 3% is very visible! We are truly "Out Of Many One"!🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🔥🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤❤❤🙏🏾
@@heavensent197Biracial(white and black).
He is Chinese, he is not Jamaican. He is just a Chinese person that speaks Patois, and there is nothing wrong with that.
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You a Yardi .
Chinese come to Jamaica and are given special treatment along with the Indians and Jews. Thats how they are able to monopolizes the businesses in all the major cities and towns across Jamaica.
Naw they really do sell everything back home and come with their money to start a business their culture is business minded for Real! There version of being poor in their country is by far way worse than being poor in Jamaica. And they work together families stick together and help one another.
@@85amil So Jamaicans don't stick together? Those people I mentioned get opportunities that Jamaicans don't get. It's not about them having money, because Jamaicans have money too.
@@ruthwalker1128 Jamaicans have the money and connections that the Chinese have? Where you come from with this ?
@@patrickfindlator9802 Jamaicans have the money, but not the connections like the Chinese.
stop using special treatment as an excuse no body not stop you being successful the blame game is tasteless.