that was my exact thought, im second gen but I have no accent, but if someone said they were id just believe them. Its not a foreign concept some people like living different places
Because non-white people are always quick to assume that people are just copying it to be like them. They are so culturally selfish that they jump to conclusions right away.
Bruh ...jamaica is filled with so many types of people indian, white , jamaicans , and asian ...i know asians that speak better patois then jamericans lol...hes from where hes from ...big up me bredgen bless up
"Jamaica is filled with so many types of people Indian, white, Jamaicans, and Asians". The fact you list Jamaicans in a list of different types of people who live in Jamaica is hilarious. Doesn't matter your ancestry if you're born and bred somewhere that's what you are that's your country and those "types" of people are your people too.
Definitely Jamaican. His family hired me to DJ spring break in Jamaica back in the day, so I knew him a bit when he was a kid there. So cool to see him grown up and killing it on YT.
@@AoNLobby connections in this world make a big difference , helping to understand one’s background, helps to better understand the person. Also this guy claims to know his family yet his last name is not online anywhere. I’m allowed to ask questions, as are you
@@CaptainTodger69no it can be Strong or Subtle it dont matter all Jamaicans can speak english or Easily catch the American accent and slangs if theyve been there long enough
The problem is that a lot of non Jamaican people are desperately trying to dictate to Jamaicans who and what Jamaicans are, and sometimes the obsession is just creepy. Even the American born and raised Jamaicans who are more American in their experience and way thinking try to dictate to Jamaicans who we are or should be. They experience racism in America so they also become racist and jump at every opportunity to make non black or mixed race Jamaican feel not accepted, because that how they are treat in the country they were born and raised in. So are not even Jamaican a lot of the time, just African American. I've even seen Africans all over the Internet trying to bully black Jamaicans into saying we're African. How can you get that upset about a Jamaicans saying we're Jamaican. We are aware that most of us are of African ancestry but we're Jamaicans. And all Jamaicans aren't black just like Americans, Canadians, Brazilians aren't white.
You summed up today’s society in a nutshell. All this crap about cultural appropriation for example. Since when can’t someone enjoy cheese or wear dreads for example? Just because they weren’t apparently born between X and Y location. Or when they figure “you’re white so u cannot he Jamaican” or whatnot.
It shows how the American education system has failed them. Americans are the loudest and most ignorant people in this world and they can't differentiate between race and nationality. I am an indigenous African and I was watching a video about how a certain South African of Indian origin was talking about the patriarchal attitudes there and the black Americans were trolling her and abusing her for speaking about South Africa because she is 'Indian'. This is a woman who's great grandfather was brought to SA as an indentured servant, who doesnt speak hindu/any other indian languages and has no ties to India, yet, in an American's eyes, she isn't African and knows nothing about an African experience because she is ethnically Asian. American ignorance is really baffling. I wonder what they will do when they realise that there's a population of Africans who are ethnically Chinese who have been on the continent since the Ming dynasty 😂
@@robel113 this guy just doesn’t look like the typical Jamaican, but Jamaica got Asians, Indians n Whites down there, n it’s normal. It’s just weird for Americans because the only they see n know is Bob Marley, Usain Bolt n Cool Runnings Movie
@@robel113 Ethnicity isn't a race and ppl can be more than one ethnicities. If you share a common language, cuisine, belief system, and cultural practices you're the same ethnicity no matter your outward appearance. There can also be different ethnicities within a country. For example Nigerians come from different ethnic tribes and it doesn't make any more Nigerian than the other. People are simply ignorant, and some know better but they're racist.
@@robel113 I didn't say Jamaicans are Africans I said some Africans want to force us to say we're African mainly for a cultural grab. They sometimes do it to African Americans too so they can claim everything we accomplish came from them.
The best Jamaican nickname i ever saw online was "Flashlight". I guess the brother was using them skin lighteners but only on his face. So his face was waaaaaay lighter than the rest of his body... I DIED🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
translation: Nosey lazy ignorant people who cant keep to themselves cause they have nothing going on in their life so they bother other people on the streets insted of going to work,
Yes Jamaicans can be very pushy and intrusive. Aggressive. Not all, but a significant part of the population, seem to be permanently waiting around for an opportunity to sell something or provide a service that is unwanted- especially in the tourist areas.
@@nofurtherwest3474 There are lot (a few percent) and a lot of Jamaicans are part Chinese although that might not be apparent if you go by skin color first. I think Jamaica welcomed immigrants at a time when many people were leaving China. Naomi Campbell and Sean Paul are part Chinese-Jamaican. When I was a little kid, I knew so many that I assumed people of Chinese descent had Jamaican accents. I later learned that was unusual, but then one of my classmates in college was Chinese-Jamaican.
My husband's yardie nickname growing up in Ja was Blacka because he's dark-skinned... Jamaicans will literally find the one thing you're insecure about and bully you to your face with a nickname 💀
I saw one time he said he’s Palestinian, but like 5th generation Jamaican…so Arabic pirate, right?! He said there’s more Arabic Jamaicans than White, which I never would’ve guessed
I had no idea he was a straight Jamaican dude, I thought he was like an American doing a really good Jamaican accent, but immediately from hearing him speak normally, you can tell he’s authentic. His accent is awesome 🔥
I have realised that maybe it's because of their system of education but most Americans are ignorant of how diverse the world is. People have been venturing to and settling in so many different places that they are culturally and linguistically immersed. Before slavery, there were Chinese people who settled in East Africa as an example. European exploration/conquests led to interactions of different cultures, Arab and European slave trade displaced millions all over into different territories, colonialism led to the settlement of Europeans and the forced resettlement of Indians all over. The world isn't homogenous. Ethnic identity or race doesn't equate nationality and culture is dynamic.
False . Indians all over africa do not adhere to african cultural norms they are a secluded group that do not participate in cultural affairs . Just like whites in africa they rarely speak the language of natives and rarely occupy the same spaces . Just because we come from the same country or just because you stole land in some country doesnt mean you share cultural similarities .like white south africans are basically in a whole different country culture wise so stop this fake unity nonsense we are not united and many places are very much homogenous
As an Australian it was shocking to me when I visited in 2016, I was 23-24 years old and going to bars was hilarious because girls would believe absolutely anything you said about Australia.
💯 I've heard so many times people saying "USA is a melting pot , USA is the only place you can walk down the street and see 5 different ethnicities". Like how can they think that in the age of the internet 😂😂
I'm South African, and I've time for Sidequestz because he embraces the Jamaican culture and is non-judgemental. He is genuinely humane at heart, I'm certain.
I absolutely love Sidequestz. His personality, his warmth and positive attitude, and his content is f---in fire!! This dude is a YT giant, and I wish nothing but continued success and growth of his channel. Sick guest, I hope he gets more opportunities to speak on podcasts!! much love ❤
Although true you can not be an American to have made this statement . You must not be aware of the history of the U.S . Only those who are have a very clear understanding of why that is .
@@seekingallknowledge 🤣🤣I want you to answer the questions you just asked me..and as for the last part, ive never liked government...do YOU know what Government means? Or why it was created? Lol
@@Banton1010 Almost everyone knows what government means/represents/hides and protects, that's irrelevant to what I asked!. That wasn't the question either! DO YOU KNOW WHAT (OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE) MEAN? Why it was created?
I worked hard my American accent to avoid ppl constantly asking me questions… ppl hear the Jamaican accent and now the whole conversation changes. Or if they acknowledge it, I just keep the conversation moving n don’t give them a chance to ask questions about it.
@@FLiPtHeSWI7CHgets very boring to explain “yes I am Jamaican” and “yes, white people can be from Jamaica” and “yes the accent is real” and any other dumb question you can think of that they probably get asked on the daily. After a while you’d probably just want people to appreciate you for you and understand who you are as a person rather than just being asked mind numbing questions about your accent and how they’ve “never met a white Jamaican before.”
Living in Canada, all my life I get questioned about being mixed when I say I'm of Jamaican heritage, because I'm an Indian and they don't know Indians are also from Jamaica....Out of Many, ONE People
Lol I love being caribbean..he finds it hard to believe that he randomly walks up to people and talk to them..what I love about caribbean people is that we can meet now...drink a drink...chill or party the entire day like old friends.🙌🏾🙌🏾 And the caribbean is full of all kinds of people.
People forget that Whites settled Jamaica. Also Brown people come from White and Black or White and Indian or all three which are 6% of the population. Alot of White Jamaicans are of Portuguese Jewish ancestry, Scottish, Irish and English and few French and the Mulato Jamaicans also have that mixture .
I was born in Kingston. Both parents are Mexican. Only born in Jamaica. But we left after their vacation was done. So I'm a Mexican born in Jamaica. When I turn 26 I return to Jamaica. And I felt in love with everything. Do I believe I'm Jamaica !!! I guess I am only by birth. But I'm Mexican .
Like he said, Jamaicans who are born and grown in Jamaica would believe right off the bat. Even when he is speaking Standard English I could pick up he’s a Jamaican. He’s hilarious though, his videos always be cracking me up 😂
I’m half black, but I have a very fair complication. I’m pretty sure I’ve been asked for my birth certificate, or to prove it more than Obama. It’s extremely frustrating sometimes. When I was younger I would have “concerned citizens” come up to me and ask me “Are you ok/safe, or do you know this man?” As a kid I didn’t understand why? I would be like “Who my dad? Yes, I know him. But I don’t know you and now I’m feeling a bit unsafe.” There are numerous other examples I can throw in involving different forms of racism. Mostly because they think I look like them so I must be like them. So I must also share their same ideology, and then proceed to say some of the most racist things. Over the years I’ve tried to brush it off as ppl can be dumb and they just don’t know better. I feel like I can relate to this. Just don’t worry bout it bro, you know your truth.
I tan quickly and deep so end up looking quite North African (according to some of the abuse i got in my younger years from racist douches) and sometimes after summer i notice a lot of people treating me bad or like they don't want me in the shops, it took me a long time to realise they were thinking along racial lines about me as i thought i was in MY area and my hometowns etc but it was visitors doing that to me it sucks when people judge on visual things
I worked closely with a group of Jamaicans for about 2 years. I learned how to understand them better and even learned a bit of patois. my bros nickname was "shot boss" for short boss and I was tall man we made the best duo.
Years ago when I took over the management of a large construction site, part of my responsibility was to sign off the time sheets. There were about 10 names I couldn’t recognize because I only knew their nicknames. Gold Teet’, Fingah, Cripple, Welder, Blacka, Craney etc…..
this is so real as an immigrant with an accent it's literally always a topic of conversation can be frustrating sometimes and at this point it's such a boring conversation that i've had with so many people i'd rather talk about literally anything else.
I'm listening to this dude spesk English right now and i can hear the jamaican accent at certain points. Its completely authentic. You can't fake that authenticly. No Hollywood actor has succeeded in doing so to date and they're suppoed to be gr professionals
Jamaicans are the most welcoming,down to earth and most dangerous at the same time all you have to do is come with RESPECT or the scene can change from calm to deadly in a second
You also want to avoid certain places as they are not safe which is the case with most countries, but some have more of those places than others and are closer in distance to where you would be.
The question is☝🏿What qualifies for someone to be “Of” the land they were born in…? I am a child of the Diaspora so I classify myself as “Afro-Caribbean”, I know my blood goes back to Africa but my mother was born & raised in Jamaica 🇯🇲 while I was born in England and raised back & forth from Yard. (Side bar, my father is Grenadian 🇬🇩 so I’m duel heritage). I was raised in a strict traditional Jamaican household by my grandparents and lived back home for a year. I would consider myself Yardie coz I am of that blood and raised strictly in that culture despite being 1st generation British 🇬🇧. Iv argued with people before who have tried to say that Black people born in the UK are English 🏴.. I have a problem with this as to be “English” you would have to have blood that derived from Anglo-Saxons & those races of people (those who’s blood is of these lands). People will always give pushback on others claims of origin but if at least 3 generations of blood go back to the labs where you identify then I guess that’s what would qualify you to be of “Those People / Land”. If my Caribbean wife was pregnant & went into labour on a flight that landed in China where my Afro-Caribbean child was born, would people say that child is Chinese or an Afro-Caribbean born in China? 🇨🇳 I know ppl will dispute my comments but “Chaa! Mi nah boddah wid unopened foolishness to RASS” lol Blessings from 🇯🇲&🇬🇩Via🇬🇧🫡🤴🏿
Because he's not even remotely funny, he's a try hard, he invents these lame over the top stories and people like you pretend to enjoy it , " oh my god he said wagwan,so funny"
Americans are like that, i literally had an Appalachian guy tell me he's more irish than me an irish lad from dun laoghaire, i asked him where he was from in gaelige and he looked dumbfounded. I think because its hard to define what is actually american culture etc that Americans from many backgrounds latch onto their ancestry as its atleast something they can identify.
That’s because “American” is just our nationality. Our ethnicity is much more significant to who we are as people. And that goes for anyone, anywhere. I have Northern and Western European ancestry, and a little bit of Native American ancestry. My ancestors were in those places for thousands of years developing their own culture, language, history, and physical features. It wouldn’t make sense for me to identify as simply American along with other Americans of African or Asian descent. Or even other Americans of Southern or Eastern European descent.
@@user-mf2sj7rd6m but thats not you though, thats your ancestors. parts of my family were came to the uk from ireland way back but i'm not irish myself. ethnicity =/= culture
@@user-mf2sj7rd6m That's very uniquely American, it makes a lot of people elsewhere pretty uncomfortable to focus on race and heritage in that way (I completely understand why it's the case in America specifically, just letting you know). In Ireland, being Irish means growing up in the culture and knowing what it's like to be Irish. So obviously on principle, it can rub people the wrong way hearing an American say they're "Irish", (again, basically just a misunderstanding), but more importantly there's kind of an implication that people who aren't ethnically Irish can't be Irish, which of course is not the case. If you're from Ireland, you're Irish, and if you're from somewhere else, you're not. I think most countries and cultures feel the same way about that, very firmly prioritising culture and lived experience over the concept of ethnic heritage.
listening is a skill, a very polite one. If you are around someone for over thirty years and except for language do not understand them then check out your listening skills, patience, courtesy
I'm from Hawai'i and most people believe because of the way I speak. Hawaiian Pidgin is very much like Jamaican Patois and sometimes have to employ that to prove it. Not necessarily a big deal, but i struggle to figure out why some challenge others from where they come.
Not from Jamaica, but from the Caribbean and if it's one thing we can do, is pick up on accents from different islands. As soon as he start talking I coulda hear it.
When people question if I’m really Jamaican because I’m white it’s easy to shut them up with: “who you think colonized the island???”🧐🥴 And NO, I don’t agree with colonization. If you know your history, you’d KNOW why it’s very logical for there to be white Jamaicans. SHOUTOUT to my great-great grandfather who moved to Jamaica from Scotland in the late 1800’s and was one of the first white men to LEGALLY marry a black Jamaican woman and treated her like his equal. No surprise in my family when a few of us popped out paper white. It was just a confirmation that “this one took up after the Preston’s…”
Seems like Jamaicans have a very similar way as we do in Ireland. No holding back on the insults but they're usually meant in a friendly way 😂 Guy wore a vest out one time 20 years ago, still called Vesty to this day 😂
I relate to Sidequestz. I'm half french and half algerian, I grew up in algeria and look very white, now I'm in France and when I meet people that have algerian heritage (typically their grandparents came from algeria) some of them won't believe me, even when I speak fluent arabic and they don't 😅 Funny thing is I never had this problem in Algeria, people just instantly accept it the moment I start speaking.
Jewish people from Latin America have a similar experience to White Jamaicans encountering skepticism about authentically being Jamaican from both White Americans and Jamaican-Americans, Jamaican-Canadians etc. People born and raised in places like Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Bogota, etc. are usually aware of strong Jewish communities in these places. But non-Latinos in the USA, as well as US-raised Latinos, Mexican-American Chicanos etc. usually can't comprehend that there are Jews from Mexico and Argentina. My ex was Jewish from Mexico, if I told someone she's a Mexican Jew, they'd ask, "So. Mexican father, Jewish mother or the other way around?" or "So she's a Mexican who converted to Judaism?" No, she had Jewish grandparents who immigrated to Mexico from Turkey and Poland before and after WW2. I'll say that, and people say "Oh, not really Mexican then." Well, she has a Mexican passport and speaks Spanish as her first language. The current president elect of Mexico has a similar background, but most Americans also don't seem to get the concept of immigrating TO Mexico. They only understand it as a place people immigrate FROM.
Nobody in Jamaica goes by the government name. I’ve know some ppl for 30 years and never knew their real name. It’s just the culture. My nickname is Black Boy. A common nickname.
I found out my grandmother's real name (and a couple of my uncles real names) when we gathered together she was on her last days in hospital that's so true lol - I felt like they told me I was adopted or something 😂
This video made me even more interested in visiting Jamaica hope i get to one day or at least meet some people actually from there always been the country i was most interested in
Yeah in Jamaica you don't really get that, that's why you don't speak for other people's culture period. It don't even matter if you are Jamaican, if you weren't born and raised there, you have no right to say somebody else isn't. And that goes for literally any subject, people like to do this with all sorts of crap.
When i saw his Jamaican Story Time video i thought he went and researchd all types of lingo and memorized the whole script. lmao now it makes sense why it sounded so natural.
I figured if he wasn't originally from there, he at least spent a significant amount of time there. Not just because of the accent, but you can tell he has a strong understanding of the culture there based on his interactions with people.
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Society: "Where are you from?"
White dude: "Jamaica."
Society: "......Explain it"
It’s simplle as just gaining citizenship. Look how much Africans who are Russian or Ukrainian
Sucks but that happens to every race
nice reference to his videos 😂
Good reference 😂
“Bomboclatttt”
How can anyone doubt he’s Jamaican when even his “American accent” has a Jamaican undertone?!
Yes- I could hear it too! 😄
that was my exact thought, im second gen but I have no accent, but if someone said they were id just believe them. Its not a foreign concept some people like living different places
Literally!
He sounds like a Jamaican who tries to speak “proper” English
Because non-white people are always quick to assume that people are just copying it to be like them. They are so culturally selfish that they jump to conclusions right away.
I work with a white Jamaican and he told me his nickname in Jamaica was "Big Red" because he got a sunburn one time.
That’s also a reggae/Dancehall artist but he issen’t white 😂
That’s also a reggae/Dancehall artist but he issen’t white 😂
@@inigo9000 It's also a cheerleader from the movie "Bring It On", lol.
Jamaicans of Irish descent are often called "red legs"
@ryanmarc1853 No one really call dem dat anymore bro
Bruh ...jamaica is filled with so many types of people indian, white , jamaicans , and asian ...i know asians that speak better patois then jamericans lol...hes from where hes from ...big up me bredgen bless up
It is filled with different types of people, but we need to still understand that 93% of the population on the island is black.
Black chiney been a big act forever
"Jamaica is filled with so many types of people Indian, white, Jamaicans, and Asians". The fact you list Jamaicans in a list of different types of people who live in Jamaica is hilarious. Doesn't matter your ancestry if you're born and bred somewhere that's what you are that's your country and those "types" of people are your people too.
Speaking doesn’t make you the people!! Take that white thief colonizer mentality somewhere else
Most country has all races not so unique 😊
I knew deep down this guy was Jamiacan. Not just for his accent but vocabulary and swagger, and who the hell visits Hope Zoo to "pet a donkey"
Lol yessss.
Love donkeys bro, they are great animals. Smart strong, and hard workers but with lots of personality@NotaBlackGuynamedRicky
No one cares !
vinny2555332 exactly, look at all these dudes simping for him, pretend he's their best friend, he just makes corny videos
see how the devil wicked...
Definitely Jamaican. His family hired me to DJ spring break in Jamaica back in the day, so I knew him a bit when he was a kid there. So cool to see him grown up and killing it on YT.
Is his family rich?
@@FLiPtHeSWI7CHwhy does that matter to you?
Alot of people that "make it" seem to have parents that are well to do which makes sense. @@AoNLobby
Was kt for his Bar Mitzvah?
@@AoNLobby connections in this world make a big difference , helping to understand one’s background, helps to better understand the person.
Also this guy claims to know his family yet his last name is not online anywhere. I’m allowed to ask questions, as are you
He still has a Jamaican accent even talking regular English.
yup it is subtle yet always there
@@CaptainTodger69no it can be Strong or Subtle it dont matter all Jamaicans can speak english or Easily catch the American accent and slangs if theyve been there long enough
So what? What is with this cringy obsession with ethnicity? Are you planning on marrying him? This is schoolgirl gossipping
@You_ARE_ghey don't self project your insecurities on me you weirdo.
It seems he is more comfortable for sure speaking Patois. And when he is trying to sound American, it is almost like he has to think about it and try.
I'm of Chinese Jamaican and Black Jamaican descent and Jamaica is a very diverse place
Show me your face
@@Boombatz11bruh
@@mannyw_ 😂
Show us the willy
wild combo
The problem is that a lot of non Jamaican people are desperately trying to dictate to Jamaicans who and what Jamaicans are, and sometimes the obsession is just creepy. Even the American born and raised Jamaicans who are more American in their experience and way thinking try to dictate to Jamaicans who we are or should be.
They experience racism in America so they also become racist and jump at every opportunity to make non black or mixed race Jamaican feel not accepted, because that how they are treat in the country they were born and raised in. So are not even Jamaican a lot of the time, just African American. I've even seen Africans all over the Internet trying to bully black Jamaicans into saying we're African.
How can you get that upset about a Jamaicans saying we're Jamaican. We are aware that most of us are of African ancestry but we're Jamaicans. And all Jamaicans aren't black just like Americans, Canadians, Brazilians aren't white.
You summed up today’s society in a nutshell. All this crap about cultural appropriation for example. Since when can’t someone enjoy cheese or wear dreads for example? Just because they weren’t apparently born between X and Y location. Or when they figure “you’re white so u cannot he Jamaican” or whatnot.
It shows how the American education system has failed them. Americans are the loudest and most ignorant people in this world and they can't differentiate between race and nationality. I am an indigenous African and I was watching a video about how a certain South African of Indian origin was talking about the patriarchal attitudes there and the black Americans were trolling her and abusing her for speaking about South Africa because she is 'Indian'. This is a woman who's great grandfather was brought to SA as an indentured servant, who doesnt speak hindu/any other indian languages and has no ties to India, yet, in an American's eyes, she isn't African and knows nothing about an African experience because she is ethnically Asian. American ignorance is really baffling. I wonder what they will do when they realise that there's a population of Africans who are ethnically Chinese who have been on the continent since the Ming dynasty 😂
@@robel113 this guy just doesn’t look like the typical Jamaican, but Jamaica got Asians, Indians n Whites down there, n it’s normal. It’s just weird for Americans because the only they see n know is Bob Marley, Usain Bolt n Cool Runnings Movie
@@robel113 Ethnicity isn't a race and ppl can be more than one ethnicities. If you share a common language, cuisine, belief system, and cultural practices you're the same ethnicity no matter your outward appearance. There can also be different ethnicities within a country. For example Nigerians come from different ethnic tribes and it doesn't make any more Nigerian than the other. People are simply ignorant, and some know better but they're racist.
@@robel113 I didn't say Jamaicans are Africans I said some Africans want to force us to say we're African mainly for a cultural grab. They sometimes do it to African Americans too so they can claim everything we accomplish came from them.
The best Jamaican nickname i ever saw online was "Flashlight". I guess the brother was using them skin lighteners but only on his face. So his face was waaaaaay lighter than the rest of his body... I DIED🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Reverse Trump"
Yo ! 😂😂😂
I saw that too 😂
"Pinado, ya bleachin'!?"
Yup nuff flashlight here mi bredda😂
"It's hard to be shy in Jamaica."
Translation: Jamaicans will browbeat and ridicule you for being quiet and keeping to yourself.
translation: Nosey lazy ignorant people who cant keep to themselves cause they have nothing going on in their life so they bother other people on the streets insted of going to work,
To be fair this happens everywhere to some extent
@@kg356No, it doesn't lol
No, they will think you are sad and try to cheer you up.
Yes Jamaicans can be very pushy and intrusive. Aggressive. Not all, but a significant part of the population, seem to be permanently waiting around for an opportunity to sell something or provide a service that is unwanted- especially in the tourist areas.
I’m a Chinese from Jamaica lol, this is too relatable
Omg I feel for ya
i want to hear a Chinese person speaking in Jamaican accent. That would be neat
@@nofurtherwest3474 Tess Anne Chin--She's a singer and there will be lots of footage of her doing just that on TH-cam...
@@nofurtherwest3474 There are lot (a few percent) and a lot of Jamaicans are part Chinese although that might not be apparent if you go by skin color first. I think Jamaica welcomed immigrants at a time when many people were leaving China. Naomi Campbell and Sean Paul are part Chinese-Jamaican. When I was a little kid, I knew so many that I assumed people of Chinese descent had Jamaican accents. I later learned that was unusual, but then one of my classmates in college was Chinese-Jamaican.
@@mrjuanderfuI weh you mean?
It’s so weird to see Gideon being serious for once in his life 😂
My husband's yardie nickname growing up in Ja was Blacka because he's dark-skinned... Jamaicans will literally find the one thing you're insecure about and bully you to your face with a nickname 💀
Mexicans do that too haha. My in-laws all have nicknames like Big Lips, Big Head, Big Bean, Toad, etc lmao
@@ScottJB lol siempre llamabamos a una prima gordiz
Somalis do the exact same thing. Some of your friends might even know you for 40 years and not know your real name
@@ReallyDavid01 Hasta mi suegro le dice "la gorda" a mi suegra. También hay un sobrino que le llaman el apache pq está muy moreno. Se pasan de veras 😂
It's not bullying dummy.
Its called differentiating.
this dude is definitely a descendant of pirates
100% lol he looks like the skinny pirate with the glass eye from Pirates of the Caribbean 😂
HAHAHA!! Ok Gomer...or he is simply of British descent. LOL...a pirate...
I saw one time he said he’s Palestinian, but like 5th generation Jamaican…so Arabic pirate, right?! He said there’s more Arabic Jamaicans than White, which I never would’ve guessed
Yeeaah robbing spanish ships full of gold ahah
@@RudeboyGrootalmost because its not true.. 😂
I have a Jamaican co worker that call me chewy because I'm always chewing gum😂😂😂😂😂 and i answer to it
@@minabee7729 lol
Hahahahahahahahahahaha
Yes yes yes
I love that!!!!!😂
As a white Jamaican I can confirm no one believes me when I say I'm Jamaican 😂
in jamaica?
Same thing here, my family name is GAYNAIR I am related to the late headmaster and his wife, that started Gaynstead High near National Stadium🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
The Jamaican motto "Out of many, one people"
I had no idea he was a straight Jamaican dude, I thought he was like an American doing a really good Jamaican accent, but immediately from hearing him speak normally, you can tell he’s authentic. His accent is awesome 🔥
Lol same
Jamaicans never seem to question it. It's outsiders, mostly Americans talking😅
I have realised that maybe it's because of their system of education but most Americans are ignorant of how diverse the world is. People have been venturing to and settling in so many different places that they are culturally and linguistically immersed. Before slavery, there were Chinese people who settled in East Africa as an example. European exploration/conquests led to interactions of different cultures, Arab and European slave trade displaced millions all over into different territories, colonialism led to the settlement of Europeans and the forced resettlement of Indians all over. The world isn't homogenous. Ethnic identity or race doesn't equate nationality and culture is dynamic.
False . Indians all over africa do not adhere to african cultural norms they are a secluded group that do not participate in cultural affairs . Just like whites in africa they rarely speak the language of natives and rarely occupy the same spaces . Just because we come from the same country or just because you stole land in some country doesnt mean you share cultural similarities .like white south africans are basically in a whole different country culture wise so stop this fake unity nonsense we are not united and many places are very much homogenous
Some American are Moron 😂
As an Australian it was shocking to me when I visited in 2016, I was 23-24 years old and going to bars was hilarious because girls would believe absolutely anything you said about Australia.
@airthrowDBTdamn thats sad, not you just the education
💯 I've heard so many times people saying "USA is a melting pot , USA is the only place you can walk down the street and see 5 different ethnicities". Like how can they think that in the age of the internet 😂😂
It is the intonation of his speech that clearly remains the most giveaway that he is genuinely Jamaican.
His infections are obvious
I'm South African, and I've time for Sidequestz because he embraces the Jamaican culture and is non-judgemental. He is genuinely humane at heart, I'm certain.
Big yourself 🇯🇲👍
I absolutely love Sidequestz. His personality, his warmth and positive attitude, and his content is f---in fire!! This dude is a YT giant, and I wish nothing but continued success and growth of his channel. Sick guest, I hope he gets more opportunities to speak on podcasts!! much love ❤
Love Sidezzz
He switches up the accent like how I switch between regular english and pigeon english (Hawaii) 🎉
Him speaking Patwa to what we perceive as Jamaican is some of the most wholesome and funny content on YT. Long may it continue.
Patois*
Go read a book kid. Tf is wrong with zoomers. Into the most obscure lame shit for no reason
bozo said patwa 🤦♀
Not even remotely funny, all his "comedy" has been done before, zero originality
The heck is patwa 😂😂😂
SIDEQUESTZ is one of the funniest and one of my top fav , i love pranks and i have been watching them for yeeeears, you should do more content breh!
He's not even remotely funny, keep lying to yourself
It’s crazy even when he’s speaking “normally”, I can still hear his native accent
how is that crazy? literally his fucking accent lol
Why is that crazy? It's exactly what is to be expected. Strange comment.
@@J03130It just shows that his Jamaican accent is the natural one, is what he’s saying
For the people who doubt where the guy’s really from
That’s how accents work.
I know a Jewish kid just as Jamaican as this guy in Norwalk, CT and knows every dancehall move 😂
Shout out to norwalk ct!!
There is even a Jew-owned school here.
Dancehall is cringe, just some drunk guys babbling on a super loud microphone
Is his name Sean de Paul ? lol
A Jamaican Jew! That's Rad!
It's only because Americans are OBSESSED with race
Although true you can not be an American to have made this statement . You must not be aware of the history of the U.S . Only those who are have a very clear understanding of why that is .
@@dollfaceddiariesBecause black americans are the biggest victims in the world. Every single nation of people had slaves from every single ethnicity.
Lol there was a Jamaican dude who was shunned because he was born albino. It ain't just the US.
@@dollfaceddiariesAmericans are racists, they see race everywhere they look... no history justify ghettos
Yeah in Jamaica you are Jamaican not black, white, Asian or whatever
"Out of Many, ONE People" 🇯🇲💙💯
"Out of many one people"? Do you even know what that means? Or Why It was created?
Or you just repeating what the government taught?
@@seekingallknowledge 🤣🤣I want you to answer the questions you just asked me..and as for the last part, ive never liked government...do YOU know what Government means? Or why it was created? Lol
@@Banton1010 Almost everyone knows what government means/represents/hides and protects, that's irrelevant to what I asked!. That wasn't the question either!
DO YOU KNOW WHAT (OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE) MEAN?
Why it was created?
Zeeet 🆙🆙🆙
❤❤❤
I worked hard my American accent to avoid ppl constantly asking me questions… ppl hear the Jamaican accent and now the whole conversation changes. Or if they acknowledge it, I just keep the conversation moving n don’t give them a chance to ask questions about it.
Why ? People curious , just talk to em
@@FLiPtHeSWI7CH No
Same it gets tired explaining it
All them love Jamaicans
@@FLiPtHeSWI7CHgets very boring to explain “yes I am Jamaican” and “yes, white people can be from Jamaica” and “yes the accent is real” and any other dumb question you can think of that they probably get asked on the daily. After a while you’d probably just want people to appreciate you for you and understand who you are as a person rather than just being asked mind numbing questions about your accent and how they’ve “never met a white Jamaican before.”
Living in Canada, all my life I get questioned about being mixed when I say I'm of Jamaican heritage, because I'm an Indian and they don't know Indians are also from Jamaica....Out of Many, ONE People
Lol I love being caribbean..he finds it hard to believe that he randomly walks up to people and talk to them..what I love about caribbean people is that we can meet now...drink a drink...chill or party the entire day like old friends.🙌🏾🙌🏾 And the caribbean is full of all kinds of people.
People forget that Whites settled Jamaica. Also Brown people come from White and Black or White and Indian or all three which are 6% of the population.
Alot of White Jamaicans are of Portuguese Jewish ancestry, Scottish, Irish and English and few French and the Mulato Jamaicans also have that mixture .
Brown people don’t come from “white and black”. You gonna tell me the whole Middle East is a mix of those 2?
Most of those mixed race people come from the r*ape of enslaved women by those white men you described
A lot of German Jamaicans in St Elizabeth
@rampagesmackssons508 Actually they are from Welch, Scot and English ancestry. Westmoreland is where the majority of Germans went.
@@dominus6224 Jamaicans have a different definition of brown
Nice to see a podcast with genuinely thoughtful questions
I was born in Kingston. Both parents are Mexican. Only born in Jamaica. But we left after their vacation was done. So I'm a Mexican born in Jamaica. When I turn 26 I return to Jamaica. And I felt in love with everything. Do I believe I'm Jamaica !!! I guess I am only by birth. But I'm Mexican .
You are a Jamaican with Mexican parents.
As a white Bajan that lives in Canada now, I can relate to the experience
Like he said, Jamaicans who are born and grown in Jamaica would believe right off the bat. Even when he is speaking Standard English I could pick up he’s a Jamaican. He’s hilarious though, his videos always be cracking me up 😂
For some reason this video just made me want to start living my best life
I’m half black, but I have a very fair complication. I’m pretty sure I’ve been asked for my birth certificate, or to prove it more than Obama. It’s extremely frustrating sometimes. When I was younger I would have “concerned citizens” come up to me and ask me “Are you ok/safe, or do you know this man?” As a kid I didn’t understand why? I would be like “Who my dad? Yes, I know him. But I don’t know you and now I’m feeling a bit unsafe.” There are numerous other examples I can throw in involving different forms of racism. Mostly because they think I look like them so I must be like them. So I must also share their same ideology, and then proceed to say some of the most racist things. Over the years I’ve tried to brush it off as ppl can be dumb and they just don’t know better. I feel like I can relate to this. Just don’t worry bout it bro, you know your truth.
I tan quickly and deep so end up looking quite North African (according to some of the abuse i got in my younger years from racist douches) and sometimes after summer i notice a lot of people treating me bad or like they don't want me in the shops, it took me a long time to realise they were thinking along racial lines about me as i thought i was in MY area and my hometowns etc but it was visitors doing that to me
it sucks when people judge on visual things
Same with the rapper Logic! Nobody believes he is half black coz his mom's genes won over his dad's.
I feel you, I get the same thing. Sometimes I get annoyed especially when they say you don’t look like a Jamaican.
Work for the fire department in my city my first partner on the medic unit was a white Jamaican man with a strong patois accent lol
I worked closely with a group of Jamaicans for about 2 years. I learned how to understand them better and even learned a bit of patois. my bros nickname was "shot boss" for short boss and I was tall man we made the best duo.
I'm Jamaican (born, raised) and we had a family friend named Bush Crab, and he wouldn't allow us to call him by his real name. So.
Years ago when I took over the management of a large construction site, part of my responsibility was to sign off the time sheets. There were about 10 names I couldn’t recognize because I only knew their nicknames. Gold Teet’, Fingah, Cripple, Welder, Blacka, Craney etc…..
you and White Yardie always getting the push back
this is so real as an immigrant with an accent it's literally always a topic of conversation can be frustrating sometimes and at this point it's such a boring conversation that i've had with so many people i'd rather talk about literally anything else.
I'm listening to this dude spesk English right now and i can hear the jamaican accent at certain points. Its completely authentic. You can't fake that authenticly. No Hollywood actor has succeeded in doing so to date and they're suppoed to be gr professionals
Jamaicans are the most welcoming,down to earth and most dangerous at the same time all you have to do is come with RESPECT or the scene can change from calm to deadly in a second
So true, we can either fuck you up or fuck you haha
Nonsense, come to Brixton England and tell me again how
" wonderful" they are
You act as if they are superior,they are definitely not, they invented nothing, not even reggae ,
That pretty much sums up a good majority of cultures… lol
You also want to avoid certain places as they are not safe which is the case with most countries, but some have more of those places than others and are closer in distance to where you would be.
The question is☝🏿What qualifies for someone to be “Of” the land they were born in…? I am a child of the Diaspora so I classify myself as “Afro-Caribbean”, I know my blood goes back to Africa but my mother was born & raised in Jamaica 🇯🇲 while I was born in England and raised back & forth from Yard. (Side bar, my father is Grenadian 🇬🇩 so I’m duel heritage).
I was raised in a strict traditional Jamaican household by my grandparents and lived back home for a year.
I would consider myself Yardie coz I am of that blood and raised strictly in that culture despite being 1st generation British 🇬🇧.
Iv argued with people before who have tried to say that Black people born in the UK are English 🏴.. I have a problem with this as to be “English” you would have to have blood that derived from Anglo-Saxons & those races of people (those who’s blood is of these lands).
People will always give pushback on others claims of origin but if at least 3 generations of blood go back to the labs where you identify then I guess that’s what would qualify you to be of “Those People / Land”.
If my Caribbean wife was pregnant & went into labour on a flight that landed in China where my Afro-Caribbean child was born, would people say that child is Chinese or an Afro-Caribbean born in China? 🇨🇳
I know ppl will dispute my comments but “Chaa! Mi nah boddah wid unopened foolishness to RASS” lol
Blessings from 🇯🇲&🇬🇩Via🇬🇧🫡🤴🏿
As a Jamaican who is mixed with Scottish Asian and African . I don’t think people can comprehend the diversity in Jamaican culture ..
I didn't think anyone is remotely interested boombaclat
@@83dude your name is what you are .. fish 🐠
sidequestz is a treasure. protect him at all costs
Mind blown I never knew this mans was actually Jamaican in the IG videos. Thats pretty dope.
Jamaica and Costa Rica have been my absolute favorite countries I’ve visited outside the US
Nobody asked, are you going to tell us your top 5 pizzas next? Favourite comedies?
@@83dude yes I like Luigi’s, Frank’s, Pizza Hut, dominos, and pepperoni’s
how tf can you hate a dude who just makes everyone laugh and smile
Because he's not even remotely funny, he's a try hard, he invents these lame over the top stories and people like you pretend to enjoy it , " oh my god he said wagwan,so funny"
@@83dude "people like you pretend to enjoy it" damn some people are fucking weird. you're delusional
Americans are like that, i literally had an Appalachian guy tell me he's more irish than me an irish lad from dun laoghaire, i asked him where he was from in gaelige and he looked dumbfounded. I think because its hard to define what is actually american culture etc that Americans from many backgrounds latch onto their ancestry as its atleast something they can identify.
That’s because “American” is just our nationality. Our ethnicity is much more significant to who we are as people. And that goes for anyone, anywhere. I have Northern and Western European ancestry, and a little bit of Native American ancestry. My ancestors were in those places for thousands of years developing their own culture, language, history, and physical features. It wouldn’t make sense for me to identify as simply American along with other Americans of African or Asian descent. Or even other Americans of Southern or Eastern European descent.
Appalachian guy was an imbecile though
@@user-mf2sj7rd6m whatever helps you sleep at night dude.
@@user-mf2sj7rd6m but thats not you though, thats your ancestors. parts of my family were came to the uk from ireland way back but i'm not irish myself. ethnicity =/= culture
@@user-mf2sj7rd6m That's very uniquely American, it makes a lot of people elsewhere pretty uncomfortable to focus on race and heritage in that way (I completely understand why it's the case in America specifically, just letting you know).
In Ireland, being Irish means growing up in the culture and knowing what it's like to be Irish. So obviously on principle, it can rub people the wrong way hearing an American say they're "Irish", (again, basically just a misunderstanding), but more importantly there's kind of an implication that people who aren't ethnically Irish can't be Irish, which of course is not the case. If you're from Ireland, you're Irish, and if you're from somewhere else, you're not. I think most countries and cultures feel the same way about that, very firmly prioritising culture and lived experience over the concept of ethnic heritage.
When I saw this man’s videos I immediately knew he was born/raised in Jamaica. Real Jamaicans know lol😂
I got a friend from Jamaica that’s lives herein the sates for 30+ years now. I still can’t comprehend most of what he says.
listening is a skill, a very polite one. If you are around someone for over thirty years and except for language do not understand them then check out your listening skills, patience, courtesy
Very well said@@donaldedwards4874
We love you brother 🫡❤️🇯🇲
this guy is such a gem
I'm from Hawai'i and most people believe because of the way I speak. Hawaiian Pidgin is very much like Jamaican Patois and sometimes have to employ that to prove it. Not necessarily a big deal, but i struggle to figure out why some challenge others from where they come.
Not from Jamaica, but from the Caribbean and if it's one thing we can do, is pick up on accents from different islands. As soon as he start talking I coulda hear it.
He's actually from JA mi know him. Seriously. Stop gwaan like u nuh have top class ppl who situated in the country. Not everybody ghetto
Haha...as a white guy born and raised in Hawaii this is so relatable.
lol
Whatever bro, get off their damn island.
@@brandonmoncada7610na it’s ours now
When people question if I’m really Jamaican because I’m white it’s easy to shut them up with: “who you think colonized the island???”🧐🥴
And NO, I don’t agree with colonization. If you know your history, you’d KNOW why it’s very logical for there to be white Jamaicans.
SHOUTOUT to my great-great grandfather who moved to Jamaica from Scotland in the late 1800’s and was one of the first white men to LEGALLY marry a black Jamaican woman and treated her like his equal. No surprise in my family when a few of us popped out paper white. It was just a confirmation that “this one took up after the Preston’s…”
Haaaa
You're the next biggest podcaster. Instantly felt you were the realest. Thanks for standing up and being seen. Your friend - G
Seems like Jamaicans have a very similar way as we do in Ireland. No holding back on the insults but they're usually meant in a friendly way 😂
Guy wore a vest out one time 20 years ago, still called Vesty to this day 😂
I relate to Sidequestz. I'm half french and half algerian, I grew up in algeria and look very white, now I'm in France and when I meet people that have algerian heritage (typically their grandparents came from algeria) some of them won't believe me, even when I speak fluent arabic and they don't 😅 Funny thing is I never had this problem in Algeria, people just instantly accept it the moment I start speaking.
The goat sidequestz lol
The goat of what exactly? He's corny
Jewish people from Latin America have a similar experience to White Jamaicans encountering skepticism about authentically being Jamaican from both White Americans and Jamaican-Americans, Jamaican-Canadians etc.
People born and raised in places like Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Bogota, etc. are usually aware of strong Jewish communities in these places. But non-Latinos in the USA, as well as US-raised Latinos, Mexican-American Chicanos etc. usually can't comprehend that there are Jews from Mexico and Argentina. My ex was Jewish from Mexico, if I told someone she's a Mexican Jew, they'd ask, "So. Mexican father, Jewish mother or the other way around?" or "So she's a Mexican who converted to Judaism?" No, she had Jewish grandparents who immigrated to Mexico from Turkey and Poland before and after WW2. I'll say that, and people say "Oh, not really Mexican then." Well, she has a Mexican passport and speaks Spanish as her first language.
The current president elect of Mexico has a similar background, but most Americans also don't seem to get the concept of immigrating TO Mexico. They only understand it as a place people immigrate FROM.
I thought he was Dominican, his cosplay side quests have me rolling
“I have a boyfriend” 😂
“Jamaican me crazy” -My high school art teacher (to my friend when he wore a Rasta looking hat).
Nobody in Jamaica goes by the government name. I’ve know some ppl for 30 years and never knew their real name. It’s just the culture. My nickname is Black Boy. A common nickname.
I found out my grandmother's real name (and a couple of my uncles real names) when we gathered together she was on her last days in hospital that's so true lol - I felt like they told me I was adopted or something 😂
And then you have to be like "Which Black Boy"? "De wan from ........wideh........" 😂😂
@@femdivinemind7777 😂😂
@@Carolina-Cromwell-I 😂💯
This video made me even more interested in visiting Jamaica hope i get to one day or at least meet some people actually from there always been the country i was most interested in
I need to see him and Chet hanks have a convo 😂
Every time I see his videos, I miss Jamaica & keep asking myself why I’m not back there.
if you've spent any time in Jamaica, you can hear the Patois in him even in his English.
Definitely one a dem uptown Jamaican deh weh have no problems flying to di U.S. n back
Rich yute
Yeah in Jamaica you don't really get that, that's why you don't speak for other people's culture period. It don't even matter if you are Jamaican, if you weren't born and raised there, you have no right to say somebody else isn't. And that goes for literally any subject, people like to do this with all sorts of crap.
Bro is the most humblest guy i respect the ting my dawg🙌🏽
Jamaican is not a race, it is a culture..
I'd ask the guy to prove it. Not because I don't believe, but because I want to hear the way Jamaican people speak, for I love it.
I am going to Jamaica just to find out what I am.
When i saw his Jamaican Story Time video i thought he went and researchd all types of lingo and memorized the whole script. lmao now it makes sense why it sounded so natural.
THIS DUDE IS GUT-BUSTIN FUNNY. AND CREATIVE TOO. MORE JAMAICAN SKITS Questz😊
I face this every day I was raise in Jamaica from 1 year old I have a perfect English accent as well as a full Jamaican accent
Cant believe no one knows the back story and that his Dad actually moved to Jamaica to coach theie first Olympic Bobsled team...
Oh shit really?
For real?
Cool runnings is one of my favourite films lol
Cap
@@cxvii6812 look it up
Killer interview man. Appreciate the pace of questions and time you give the interviewee. It's straight up calming haha.
He is so handsome!
It’s amazing how many people get upset and will argue with me about my own country just because I don’t fit their world view.
lol we have those rude nicknames in Somalia too. If you're missing a leg, they will call you Hassan disabled (in somali) for example lol
Love sidequestz! Recently found him and subscribed.
Never knew Jamaicans were so diverse but one thing I learned was never compare Jamaicans with Haitians. They get absolutely pissed.
Nobody likes being compared to Haitians. HAHAH! Call a Dominican one, they will go off.
Haitians speak a French Creole though, and their accents are very different. Not sure how people confuse the two.
I figured if he wasn't originally from there, he at least spent a significant amount of time there. Not just because of the accent, but you can tell he has a strong understanding of the culture there based on his interactions with people.
Notice how He says “They” When He refers to Jamaicans and not “We”. I’d feel like I don’t belong if I said “They” instead of “We”
That’s probably because he lives in the US and is talking about back home.
Same me too "0h no You look Spanish", my grandma is part Spanish from Jamaica and my Granddad is Jewish descent !! Big him up!🇩🇿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Big irish community in Jamaica
nah its small, but they there tho
Bob Marley dad was of Irish heritage
@@JCS1964-i7wnah he wasn’t, his dad from Sussex in England. No proof whatsoever that his dad had Irish heritage.
Im American living in Jamaica for 11 years. Americans cant learn Jamaican potois. You have to be born there to speak like him.
Out of MANY, One People. I’m just gonna lef dis right yahso!
This dude is special you can tell in the funniest clips he makes that he’s going to be big.
Leave it to the Americans to tell someone they weren’t actually born and raised somewhere.
Leave it to someone from the UK to point out the American aspect of anything.
😂😂
@@enterthenormie3999if that’s what it takes