Hello everyone, I want to address some inaccuracies in our recent video about the influential families in Jamaica. First, we mistakenly stated that Richard Stewart and Gordon "Butch" Stewart are related and co-founded businesses together. This information is incorrect. Gordon "Butch" Stewart was the founder of Sandals Resorts International and the ATL Group, while Stewart's Automotive Group, led by Jacqueline Stewart, is not connected to Gordon "Butch" Stewart or his family. Additionally, we incorrectly reported that the Orane family leads GraceKennedy and has a net worth of approximately $500 million. This was a mistake. While Douglas Orane has been a prominent figure in GraceKennedy, the Orane family is not the largest stakeholder in the company. Moreover, the list of influential families we presented in the video is different from the original 21 families list many might have known in the past. This updated list reflects the current economic landscape and influential figures in Jamaica. We apologize for these errors and any confusion they may have caused. Ensuring accuracy in our content is our top priority, and we are taking steps to verify all information thoroughly in the future. Thank you for your understanding and continued support. Sincerely,YMI
Respectfully you need to take this video down and post a more accurate one that does reflect the legacy of our colonial past over resources today. The first two you mentioned do not reflect that at all! At that point I stopped watching.
Your video neglected to mention that families of African descent are among prominent families. So I wonder if there isn't a little anti-Black bias. Yet, you failed to also mention that a few of these families are the descendants of slave owners, that those who featured prominent in the tourist industry promoted policies that made Jamaica's beachfront in accessible to ordinary Jamaicans or that colonial policies favored, welcomed, and incentivized immigrants from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Perhaps it is best that this inaccurate and decontextualized video be removed.
Too much information that is simply wrong. For example: Wray & Nephew is owned by Campari Group, not Lacelles DeMercado. If "ensuring accuracy in our content is our top priority", then you need to remove this video, make the corrections and upload a new video.
Very informative and even Shocking video. To really see who / what Groups Owe the Island's economy and secretly shapes the country's Politics. It is time for Reparations for centuries of Afro Jamaican slavery and another century of Colonialist Economic Exclusion. The families represented here look more like Mafia Clans and Im sure they have Extracted more out the economy than "invested". I wonder how they will will use their wealth and influence in "Rebuilding" after Hurricane Beryl.
As a Haitian, I like to warn Jamaicans that if you plan on building competition on the island it will get very ugly. Haitians realized the power of families like these and tried to push back against them. They would buy out politicians to monopolize on certain industries. Once the people revolted, sudddenly people are kidnapped and journalists assassinated. The theory is that some of these families in Haiti operate like the mafia. So they pay street gangs to go against anyone who tries to make the system more fair for everyone. Lastly, imperial powers loves families like these. They use government contracts to sell out to western countries . It is a never ending war once it starts. Cuba realized this game a lot earlier than most of the caribbean and because they wanted the people to benefit more from the industries, they have been dealing with harsh blockades and sanctions. Zimbabwe tried as well. All in all, it is not going to be easy, people will die, and there will be many refugees as a result. If you wondering why there is always political instability in Haiti, the answer is right there. The power struggle is on going. I hope Jamaicans and the rest of the Caribbean finally wakes up. The same conciousness is building in Africa as well. We got this! One Love. Update: I see a lot of hopeless comments from Jamaicans and I'm here to encourage you. If you want to fight corruption, you have to set your mind to thinking that the struggle will be a long one. It's not going to be resulted in your lifetime. But as long as you keep fighting that is all that matters. Before the Haitian Revolution, there was so many attempts to break free from slavery. A lot of it ended in mass murder of the rebellious enslaved Africans. But my ancestors never lost hope. Once the opportunity came, we fought harder than ever before. That is how you should see it. Like a long battle until the perfect opportunity comes for victory. The tide is changing globally so be ready for what is to come. Protests are happening all over Africa, people in Latin America are slowly waking up, the elites are getting scared. God is on the side of the righteous. Read Psalms 9. Our time will soon come. Keep fighting and keep spreading truth to power. One Love!
You're absolutely correct however it's been said it's the same mafia behaviour taking place in JA ! SAD whilst Jamaicans live like rats in their own country
After watching this video, I only see one black family, the Christian family, which is out of 21 families running Jamaica, a black people country!! This is sickening!
Jamaicans are mostly mixed. Average black people don’t have wealth to pass on to their children. Too much baby mother and baby daddy. If you want to build wealth you must build family structure.
Jamaicans are mostly mixed. Average black people don’t have wealth to pass on to their children. Too much baby mother and baby daddy. If you want to build wealth you must build family structure.
Dem fool yuh too "he who has economic power has real political power". JLP win or PNP win.is just cosmetics those with real political power remain the same.Your PM cannot change a thing they just chat and continue to fool up the people. Change of government is a facade and illusion Passing for political power. From slavery till now what the difference only pretty clothes while "MORE MAN HAVE CAR MORE MAN HAVE GYAL".That's niether a symbol of wealth or political power a symbol of enslavement and nasty mouthed parasitism.. What is S u Mada that's wherevour Minds have degenerated into the Gutter of poverty and depravity.
Blame slavery for that? The only chance the black man got is when the drugs trade in the 80's were good? All that money the black man made in the drugs trade spent on go go clubs, bars and parties and buying expensive cars, while other groups spent their money on building supermarkets, manufacturing plants, bakery, hotels etc 😢 it's so sad 😢 (Stop blaming the government )
These families have generational wealth. Most had a bountiful headstart because of Black enslavement. The narrarator of the video conveniently exempted that bare fact. However, successful Black men are NOTORIOUS for passing over their wealth to non Black people and erasing themselves from their own family tree. Kobe left his non Black wife EVERYTHING. His Black parents and siblings received NOTHING. A BM's success is normally useless to Black people, but extremely advantageous to non Black people.
No No. No out of many one people. Not 21 families BS who do u people think u are by saying u control Jamaica go the hell where u came from ,I saw one black family ,
This is why I tell people to stay in Jamaica or go back and reinvest in your country. Jamaicans do well all over the world except for in Jamaica… I wonder why.
Mental slavery have jamaica under full bondage, these white people plant thier roots from in slavery days and stay behind the scene and use puppets pnp and jpl to trick the people to believe orginal black people are running jamaica. Why you think they all keep a low profile and the puppets show up themselves to create a smoke screen to hide these continuous slave masters.
@@malcomalexander6927 i guess you lost to the reality of jamaica, its the same reason Chinese do well in jamaica and not in thier country china. Ask government why and look at the mentality of majority a jamaicans, the jamaicans that do well outside jamaica have a positive mindset and realize thier environment was holding them back.
We can't forget these families received preference due to their ancestry starting during slavery. While African / Black Jamaicans had their wealth stolen during slavery & still do not receive equal treatment. Our condition as African / Black people around the world is identical. We are the most impoverished, imprisoned, & hated people under the sun. Never having done anything to warrant it. 💔💔💔
How can you be the majority of the people and you're the ones enslaved. This only happens in 90%.Black countries no other country wonder why. Black americans are only thirteen percent of the country and have done more for black people around the world than in a ninety percent black Country. It's totally embarrassing and then they will bring their slave mentalities out of their countries into america to take us back into slavery
Because we are the indigenous peoples of the planet. When these people came out of those caves 6000yrs ago they were thirsty for power and wanted what WE had,and the took it by any means.
These people are in control of the island in every aspect. This is not just a Jamaican story but it is the same in all the other Caribbean island also in a lot of African countries. Particularly west Africa. Part of the problem why they succeeded against the majority black population is these countries is the rampant anti-African nature of the colonial government toward black people in these countries. For example, the British government would rather give or sell cheap land to Indians/Chinese people than to black Africans post slavery. Africans thus had no collateral to secure loans for investments or to start businesses. A lot of the Jews families came to the island during slavery where they were involved in building or repairing the slaves ship and helping run the plantations. When the newer more recent ones later came, they help them by investing with them since they were considered to be the same. The ideas that these people worked harder than the black population, or that black people don’t want to invest are not totally accurate. The problem is and continue to be is that blacks have to leave the island in order to source the capital to do any type of investment.
@@cd5516 We need to take responsibility for our actions. The affluent people are busy working while we are busy fighting against each other. Prosperity can’t happen in division
Learned a lot. Recognize most of the names but did not know many others. Building generational wealth is what it is all about. Hopefully, I will be reincarnated and come back with knowledge at a younger age to live life differently than I have.
You don't have to wait to recreate, buy into insurance leave generation wealth to your grand kids.The cycle will continue. Most black people leave bills for their kids instead of wills.We have to change our mindset one family at a time.
I find this article very disgusting ,black people don't help each other we need to b more united. Maybe one day we will be able to Stan up and b counted.
As a 59 year old Jamaican-American, I was pleasantly surprised to see at least 1 black family on this list. I previously thought there were none at all! Very informative video.
They should ALL be Afrakan not European its Jamaican people that should run their country.. comeon. Would you want someone to come into your house and start telling you how your home should be run.. yet this is what euros have done from outset.. stop the lies the wickedness and treat jamaicans with respect... treat others how you want to be treated. It's the slave owners who for compensated after slavery thus able to rule over the 'former' slaves... this game needs to be fair and as the Haiti sister says to wake up
Token... image is a powerful thing... it should be 1 euro or no euro family and all Afracan families..kmt.. come see how many Afracan families run and influence in Germany or Italy.. kmt wake up please and stop sucking up to these tyrants
Now go think about what you can do to build your own generational wealth. None of these ppl work on their empire alone- they are a family unit. Unite your family and do the same.
Very interesting. This is enlightening to learn about my country that is predominantly black but the families who owns the island does not look anything like me.
It's impossible for the rich to enter heaven. the slaves, poor, humble, pure in heart enters. end for the wicked is imminent, righteous exit soon. repent! Transatlantic slave trade, part of the global slave trade that took 10-12 million enslaved Israelites to the Americas from the 16th throu 19th century. Sources, 16th - 18th centuries European books shared on this channel, Dante Forston. 25 and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on earth. 26 Your carcasses will be food for all the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away. 30 You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. (b)You will build a house, but you will not live in it. (c)You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit. 41 You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity. 32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation; 33 A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, (b) and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days. 36 The Lord will drive you and the king you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your ancestors. (b) There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone. 37 You will become a thing of horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you. 43 The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, (b) but you will sink lower and lower. 44 They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. (b) They will be the head, but you will be the tail. 45 All these curses will come on you. 46 They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever. 46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47. Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity, 48 therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. 49 The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand, 50 a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young. 58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name-the Lord your God- 59 the Lord will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, 62 You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left but few in number, because you did not obey the Lord your God. 63 Just as it pleased the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. 64 Then the Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods-gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known. 65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. 66 You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life. Deuteronomy 28 do you believe in dna science? 23&me results of some African Americans is direct descendants of Pharaoh Ramses 111 and the Israel second temple, Lachish massacres.
I worked for Lee Issa when I was in Jamaica. Nicest employer, anyone can work for. He treats his employees with respect and kindness. Hope he hasn't changed.😊
Actually after seeing this video I too felt very sad. I left Jamaica over 50 years ago because I was told by a family member, at my wedding reception, that it would be best for my husband and I to move to another country for our safety. This person told us that they had inside information that there was big trouble ahead for the Island. Now I look at this video and wonder if we were too young to understand the truth and if we did the right thing. I wish my Dad was alive so that I also could ask him if this is accurate. I too felt very sad after the realization of this information hit home - Is this the power of money? To destroy a country with fear and make people have to run away to seek safety away from their beautiful homeland? I wish I had known this 50 years ago. I have absolutely no idea why this video popped up on my screen today but I can only assume that God wanted me to understand a lot of things that I have had questions for. Probably too late to find out the answers, but who knows. Thank you for the work involved in putting this information together.
It is indeed very sad and disturbing that the white man still rules in a Black people country. The system holds Black people down. A Black man walks into a bank to get a loan for a sound business venture, his chances of getting that loan is pitiful. A white man walks in with a shaky business venture - his chance if getting a loan - guaranteed. These wealthy people could do so much for their workers: low interest staff loans for housing etc. People are homeless: starving dogs and animals roam. Why can't one of them sponsor the underfunded, ignored animal shelter? Recently, a home for the helpless was closed after 25 years due to lack of funds. Not ONE of these wealthy rich families came forward. Look, they work for their wealth: ordinary people support their ventures. They can help more Such donations won't make a dent in their wealth. It's sad.
My mom's boyfriend was so upset after Jamacia won their independence from British in 1962 that once he became an adult and made some money he left for good. He felt that the country was headed into communism. I'm not sure but I think that he left around the mid 1980s. The country never did become communist but he still believes that British rules was best. I think that the wealthy control all the countries both rich and poor and it's part of a game to convince everyone to leave their homelands and come be working slaves in Western countries while they pillage and get wealthy in the place where they convince you that there is no opportunity.
@@TheMariemarie16 you are so correct my parents left the country and brought me over at a young age. Now that I’m older I want to go back and invest in my country. My family thinks it’s strange and that Jamaica isn’t safe and I shouldn’t, and I notice that’s the mindset of their generation. Once you come to America it’s like a lot of culture is stripped away. But I always think about all the land and property that was left behind, culture, access to good food and more. My parents generation was sold a dream and all my life I’ve just seen my parents work so hard, never happy and living in nyc never being able to truly enjoy the things that they’ve worked for it’s basically modern day slavery. And then seeing some old friends try to kill themselves to come here because they feel like there’s nothing in Jamaica they don’t understand. The quality of life here is different and you don’t understand it until you are in it. So funny that these days Americans are finding ways to get “off the grid” because they realized what’s happening in this country. When I explain to them how bad Jamaican‘s want to come to America and experience it they are confused because they understand the resources and opportunities places like Jamaica has to live a better quality and healthier life. Comparison is the thief of joy and people in Power will push their own agenda to stay in power and keep it within their bloodline. That’s how the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor.
As a foreigner, I completely agree. It makes me sick to see how much tourists pay for hotel rooms and to know how little the hard working people receive.
@@fluffytail6355I worked in Wyndham hotel an American owned company I worked all day for the price of a loaf of bread if we didn’t grow food and have livestock we couldn’t have survived it’s crazy what local workforce get paid
@fluffytail6355 so true, the black people work the hardest to make the rich people them look good, gets the less pay, not even health insurance them give them workers to go to the doctor when they are sick, Jamaican them say slavery abolish, but that a lie. Sometimes our same poor Jamaican ppl is to be blame because them treat them same people with no respect right in front of their employer, so what we think, the rich ppl them a go treat we better, come on man, we is to be blame because we cause everything on ourselves
Meanwhile the typical black Jamaican man is thinking about how many single mothers he can create. Big up all the black Jamaican men who knows that family is power. Don’t envy these people, they marry and start businesses. That’s how life should be. You don’t overthrow by war, overthrow by not abandoning your family and building in love. Casual sex could never
If black families continue to teach their children to get a good education then get a good job then the status quo will forever continue, they need to be taught about becoming business owners and developing generational wealth
So lovely to see a black family on here💕NUFF RESPECT to the Cari-Med & Kirk Distribution groups. Spotted our current business mentors here 🙏🏾Chairman MLC of NCB & Sir H of National Bakery‼️Thank you for investing your minds & time into Rêve 🎊 #GREATESTMENTORS 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
@@waynemcfarlane1233 You should focus on providing a service that can be used by all races. You think a chinese man build a business to serve only chineses? with that mindset you will not become a muti millionaire or billionaire.
That's not true I am Jamaican I live in Jamaica some persons are just lazy and refuses to try if others can come to Jamaica and gain wealth why can't we
You don't bother to read your own history or look at the conditions of your own people .look at the massive slum dwellers in Kingston alone come on blk people get consciousness
It is mostly black but the people in control is white and Chinese Jewish It's all of the English carribbean Island....it was set up that way by the British...the crown all of them. Who really runs Africa? Not Africans all those politicians are bought and payed for... My father couldn't read and yet he got a big job with the oil company...the color of his skin was the factor.... Trinidad.
the Chinese formed unions organized themselves, and came up with a family-centered mission statement and agenda. they purchased as a union and traded with each other, to make sure each family had what they needed to prosper. then they sold to you. An organized team will always beat the individual, even if the members of the team are not very competent. they educated their children in business and law, to gain technical and professional expertise to protect and promote their interests. Last but not least, many families were given heavy investments by the former slaveholding oligarchy of Jamaica, that needed someplace to invest their money. the former slave-holding oligarchy in Jamaica sees the African Jamaicans as a threat, so they invest heavily in keeping the African majority divided and somewhat marginalized. look inside your own family, what mechanisms can you put in place, to resolve conflict and promote the interest of your family and community?
Where are the black families?? 21 families were featured in this video and i think i only saw 1!!, WOW. The Jews and Chinese have a stronghold on the island. I need to speak with my parents and ask them if this accurate. After watching this I felt sad.
The blacks people refuse to work together for some reason. Crabs in a bucket mentality permeates the island, likely still from slavery. If Jamaicans would unite and quit selling off their resources for a song, Jamaica would be a force worth reckoning!!😊
There are some inaccuracies in this video . Stewart automotive isn’t butch’s brother .. two separate families with the same last name .. Atl automotive is Butch/Adam with brands like Honda , bmw Audi , Kia Porsche VW and BYD ) .. Stewart’s automotive has brands such as jaguar , Mitsubishi, Suzuki
Lee-Chin made his fortune in Canada which he used to purchase NCB. Also, when we talk about the "21 Families", Lee-Chin is no in that bunch. The "21 Family" came from "old money".
*Nasty Mouthism and Public Transport* The Government and state machinery in this case is demonstrably oppressive, insensitive,dictatorial, authoritarian and brutish. A police that hardly knows the actionable translation of "to serve,protect and reassure" Is this what Jamaica wants to oppressively entrench and deepen in a Republic of Jamaica?? If so, wouldn't it be safer to opt for colonialism or all of us becoming "Jamaica British" as I am certain very little insensitivity occurred under British Colonialism. Murderers were hung not preserved and made into national celebrities. Are we aware that the year 1962 when Jamaica got Independence there were 63 murders. Sixty (60) years later in 2022 we celebrated with teardrops1498 murdered Jamaicans. Jamaica had a transportation system under colonialism in the capital Kingston and elsewhere. It was reliable,timed, country bus safe and decent with rail services by the Jamaica Railway Corporation to back it up. No robots with crude stab up type slacky tidy operators backed by the new ideology of "Nasty Mouthism" to contend with. Recall the Jamaica Omnibus Service (JOS)?. What we have today is a government,private and public sector orchestrated robot inherited man made disaster. Tell me is this what Independence has become. A country allegedly overrun by thieves, vagabonds, corruption high and low backed by insensitive incompetents and scoundrels.
Although the matter of race is not specifically mentioned in the feature,it is implicit. With this being said, the real elephant in the room is that black Jamaicans allowed these other races/ethnicities to become wealthy by providing the pool of skilled and competent employees for their enterprises and in turn later purchasing their very goods and services. Black Jamaicans also broadly chose to enter mainly the fields of academia, the other professsions, such as law, medicine,sciemce and technology, aspects of the financial industry, media, the skilled trades ,agriculture and some other industrie, transportation, etc, etc and etc.The other groups largely chose commerce and industryi. All sectors work to ensure the country's development and is therefore not controlled by any one group of select persons
It's the roots that feed the tree, but leaves and branches are all they see. Just wish i was born in high society. So the light of the sun would shine on me!
They need to help the poor more because it's poor people that contributes to their succesful life, being as it may! The poor is an asset to the economy!
Thanks for sharing this very powerful video on the 21 families that influence Jamaica. This is not about race but pioneers who used the opportunities that they had to set up generational wealth. For example I am aware of someone who worked side by side with Mr. Butch Stewart but did not setup anything significant for his family. I am astonished at how many generations some of these families have been in the country. It is my desire to add my family to this list. Amen 🙏
Most blacks on the island come from slavery, so I would not expect them to be running most of the businesses. The culture they were raised in is one of dependency. It will take generations for many black families to reach and keep wealth. We started from behind, so why is everyone so surprised? Plus, as a black man, I could never hate these people even though they have clearly intermarried solely with their own kind because they pretty much make Jamaica a better place by building the infrastructure that the island has. Additionally, the products from the companies owned by many of these families made my childhood an excellent one. Who does not love Bigga and Bess Dressed Chicken? To add, Jamaica has a lot to offer and is not as backwards as the media wants us to believe. It’s just that most blacks come from a poor or meager background and will mostly fail to see what Jamaica has. This is due to us fighting to survive versus fighting to thrive. But can you blame a man for focusing on survival when he does not know where is next meal is coming from? Ultimately, I hope these families keep building Jamaica and actually help the island more in term of human development because less poverty will help them in terms of less crime and violence which directly impacts their bottom line.
The Above ⬆️ Information ℹ️ is very Interesting, one 1️⃣ must admit. However We do have A few Very Educated Women and Men in Jamaica 🇯🇲, Yes! But the Government of the Day Must Provide/ Promote/ Activate A Systematic Approach to Increase the Population in A Better Understanding Future For All Jamaicans irrespective of gender and Colour. The Time is Now to Do away with Skin Colour Discrimination/ Education. We have to Learn how to Respect each others regardless of our Status. The ones unable to Read and Write, still have Work to Do , just Like the Ones Educated period.
the negro has to grow in strength before these issues can be addressed and that's where the focus should remain. the fact is, we are already on this path. one cannot address such issues from a position of weakness) When you grow into strength, you can demand that these people sell off these businesses or that the government buy out half or more of them--and the same goes for South Africa where whites control the economy) all of these will soon change because the negro is the next leader on this planet and none of these issues are going to remain unchallenged--rest assured about this
Exactly, Jamaica and other Caribbean islands were slave colonies not vacation spots. So, yes white people will be in these positions in society 🤷🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
Yes, this video is very interesting and informative 👍 Some black people and family only know how to fight against themselves, engaging in self hate, particularly the Maroons. But not all Maroons. This is how family united for greater good. Some of us behave like walking dead 💀 blame other people for their own deception!!😢😢😮😮Only the wise and smart black people will survive 😢😢
So true Black or white people need to stop flight against them one another and work together that is the only way to build a wealth empire that is the secret to wealth. Selfishness can't build wealth most black people is a one Man band that style can't bring well it's all about working together with your family ect that is a big problem Black people have by working with there family and working together. Jamaicans can do more by just working together and the larger world. Selfishness, hate, bad mind cause people not to be successful. Obey God simple ways the most of all is love unity and peace
NO. JAMAICA IS NOT BENJAMIN. AND IF YOU ARE JUDAH WHERE ARE YOUR LEADERS.😂 PLEASE. ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE JUDAH AND LEVI ARE IN EVERY TRIBE. THE MAJORITY OF THE BLACK HEBREWS IN JAMAICA R JUDAHITES.. YOU ARE THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN 😂. YOU ALL JUST WANT TO BE JUDAH.. YET REGGAE MUSIC IS THE ONLY MUSIC THAT ACTUALLY SAVES SOULS. THE MUSIC OF THE MOST HIGH IS REGGAE😂. WHERE IS YOUR BOB MARLEY, PETER TOSH, JACOB MILLER, GARNET SILK, SIZZLA AND DAMIAN MARLEY AND T'JEAN. THEIR MUSIC IS SPIRITUAL ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL. 😂 THE STRONGHOLD OF JUDAH IS IN JAMAICA.
Are we African dark skin people not ambitious do we fight each other so much that so difficult imagine our ancestors slave and now we have the land and not even one of us can even have a $500,000 US only Michael leecn is half black this is a disgrace that's how I see it I'm not proud but this is something I knew before watching this video I am actually at a couples resort and one of the people that's on this list owns this place well I think I am going to be on this list and I'm giving myself five more years to get there I prophesy my weight as a billionaire
has the curse been lifted on the black world? the answer is no--all of this is going to change, we were promised great substance and rewards after this- I don't have to like or agree what negroes have been put through, knowing all these other races come to leech off of us but it is what it is--its for season and a reason. this is coming to its close
We suffer from brain drain and good companies are black owned they are just not as big yet but trust me they are there just one generation, afterwards the generational wealth will show 🙏🏾
It's is sad that due to the legacy of slavery, the Jamaican majority hasn't really benefitted from ownership and management of the island's resources. The defacto colonialism continues even to this day in its subtle and overt forms.
One of the reasons Jamaica has not developed is the families controlling the economy don't really care about Jamaica or Jamaicans. They care only building generational wealth. And work together strategically to keep black Jamaican down and out of the sphere of real power. The get us intoxicated and make some of us feel like we are running things in the country while they get rich off of us. Only love for our kind and unity is going to save us.
@@gibson2675not a good idea. What I would encourage us to do when we migrate invest in our own country. There are tons of real estate being sold here, hotels etc use these as a basis for investment.
no where did you mention the need for intelligence - love and unity means nothing if your not strategic , homeland Jamaicans stay will foolishness and fancy words instead of reality
I sure hope & pray that they will help the "now homeless," distressed people in Jamaica & Grenada, with the rebuild of the Islands due to Hurricane Beryl! My heart goes out...
Jamaican people have no money never had money...And they don't want to work hard they want to seat under the tree all day and play domino's....you got to work hard and use your brain....nothing comes from the sky
@@robertwill1694he forgot a loan, he had from the Ponzi scheme bank century national, and still did not repay any of it, this was insignificant in the grand scheme of his treachery, I will leave it at that!
This was a very informative, even though sad to realise the influence of the colonisers in the continued growth of the island. I must say, I'm sure if you investigated other islands you may very well find the same pattern. Could you investigate and report on the contributions made to and impact on charity groups, village projects etc. It would be nice to know.
It's amazing how our Jamaican motto is "Out of Many One People" and is only one set a ppl broke 😂😭😭 black is still struggling while the rest is thriving 🥲
So many in the comments resenting and hating these people for what they accomplished. Instead of looking in the mirror and blaming yourselves for your failures, and try to figure out how to make your lives better, you sit from a place of envy and resentment and wonder why your lives are not better. What these people have are discipline and knowing instant gratification is not the answer, wanting and craving material things, making 5 cents but spending 10. Living way above your means, to show off and one up each other. Having baby daddies instead of husbands and fathers. Coveting what your neighbor has, so you will kill to get it. Until the black communities across the world, fix themselves, and stop blaming others for their problems, we will never be better. Forever ant the bottom of the pole, by every metric imaginable.
Clearly you do not know the history of Jamaica. The racism and segregation that happened in the US and many other countries happened also in Jamaica. I wonder how many upper management people are black Jamaicans and how many sits on the company board. Not a lot can get ahead of them creating a system that makes it almost impossible to do so.
@@staceya419some countries went trough the same history you mentioned and now they are a first world country Singapore also India is coming up, there could be a common denominator, that's the mindset instead.
Jamaica must pray to God to send a leader like Ibriham Troare of Burkina Faso.... full of insight, foresight, farsighted, bold and most importantly, he is God-fearing!
The narrator mentioned that the history around the arrival of each family would be given. I didn't hear any history. Also what sources was used to get the wealth estimates?
This is a generational thing.. Back then black Jamaican had nothing.. They came, set up business and now enjoying the benefits and profits. There's nothing wrong with that. Jamaicans of African descendants didn't have the business sense, the money nor help..
Who are they to take the country back from the Jamaicans because those families are as much Jamaican as Black Jamaicans are, besides there are tons more, Black Jamaican-owned business ppl who should have made this not-so-accurate list.
Well starting business in jamaica was not that easy and through thr amount troubles we had its a surprise many of them held on that long. Why you here when they make it but not care for the struggles???
Brother from New York. This saddens me about this list. JA people come to the U.S. and brag about how hard they work. Why are the wealthiest families in a black paradise majority white? That should not be the case.
A very interesting video!!! Great achievements by these 21 families but obviously Jamaica is not a balances place for economic growth for black people. Father God please help us🙏🙏🙏
Its like this in Guyana, Martinique, saint lucia and Guadeloupe . If u do find a black family maybe 3 at most cause the banks don't give loans and black families did not own much land to use as Collateral. This is why island people alway fighting over land. And why most island people are squatters. Most have to go overseas to get capital to buy land. Keep in mind those 21 families had loads of land as europeans and Chinese knew the bigest wars was fought over land so when they moved to the Caribbean they moved with this mind set and capitalised on this concept. so those families had at least 4 generation head start and dual nationality to go in and out of America and Europe to create business deals.
Jamaicans didn't need dual nationality. They had British passports which entitled them to travel to many places with only a ticket. PJ Patterson is an example of that. He travelled on a British passport and resided in a top London neighborhood right across from Harrods! Now he tells Jamaicans CCJ and Africa going to save them.
@@Matthewweather14 dual nationality meaning they could go back to Europe see their family or the banks and capitalise on the system. Black Caribbean did not have that when they went to England, we can’t even go to Africa, get some land and use it as collateral to invest in the Caribbean.
Vert informative video. I am Haitian. IT is the same situation for Haiti. I have visited Jamaica in 2016. Such a lovely place! I have worked with the Levy family for 10 years. They had a subdivision of Jamaica Broilers in Haïti, Haïti Broiler SA. They are also in the United States with HiPro. By the way there is another black Man in the finance business, he owns a bank in Jamaica. I don't remember his name he uses helicopter to go to his office. He should be in the list too!
Imagine the collective political influence to occur from these families to not change the laws. Or make the laws to benefit themselves so crime persists..... Then again it does not affect them.. .😢
The hights by great men reach and kept were not attained by sudden flights. We need to love each other, build each other not tearing them down when they have a little business etc. Think of what you can do for your country and not what your country can do for you. (Quited) If you should sit and talk with all these people you would be surprise about what they tell ...how they happen to be where they are today. Lets push each other up the lather and stop pulling each other down. One love yardies
As someone in my 40s i know Jamaica has changed a lot. The colourism around employment has improved and more black people occupy so called white collar spaces. There are black people who started owing successful businesses during my youth. However the great wealth is generational. These wealthy families protect their class and family line. They are established and have the head start plus connections. Perhaps rich black people need to partner with other islands if they don't want to marry poor people.
Jamaicans should always eat what they grow. We have done this before and can do it again. We bought from the local farmers. We bought from the local butchers and fishermen. We made our own sugar, coconut oil, chocolate, soaps, alcohol, furniture, clothes, herbs etc. We can put a racket in many of these businesses but people refuse to think and support their own.
These families appear to be the economic bedrock of Jamaica. Like it or not , we , blacks , can only build on the legacy that these people established. We have the “ future”, let’s use it .
Yeah most of this info is nonsense. The AI didn’t even get some of the pronunciation of the names correct. Just spread i false info. The list left of the wealthiest black woman in JA
These people are Jamaicans as well. They are just not "black" Jamaicans. Jamaica has multiple ethnicities. Some of these wealthy white Jamaicans are descendants of slave masters family in Jamaica. So, Naturally, they have the resources to do something. Plus, there is no excuse for Black people not doing the same nowadays. As Black people, we get pride wasting money on liabilities rather than using our money on assest-driven things. The phrase is this: money makes money. In other words, use money to make more money.
@thesweetstoryteller this why Jamaicans so docile and don't have a voice cause of mindset like that, you are proving it. These people don't live in jamaica... and Jamaicans need to start being creators and not loud speakers
At least something decent was said about the families. Now the question is why aren’t there more black families? The Chinese started out with nothing. Why were they able to dominate grocery stores and bakeries????? There has to be a reason. I have never heard that question analyzed or answered. Please let me know if you have honest and intelligent theories or factual knowledge.
the Chinese formed unions organized themselves, and came up with a family-centered mission statement and agenda. they purchased as a union and traded with each other, to make sure each family had what they needed to prosper. then they sold to you. An organized team will always beat the individual, even if the members of the team are not very competent. they educated their children in business and law, to gain technical and professional expertise to protect and promote their interests. Last but not least, many families were given heavy investments by the former slaveholding oligarchy of Jamaica, that needed someplace to invest their money. the former slave-holding oligarchy in Jamaica sees the African Jamaicans as a threat, so they invest heavily in keeping the African majority divided and somewhat marginalized. look inside your own family, what mechanisms can you put in place, to resolve conflict and promote the interest of your family and community?
They didn't have the trauma of hundreds of years of slavery. Black people have great difficulty to trust each other because of slavery, where lighter skinned blacks were treated differently, a black man would be an overseer whipping you, a black man would be a breeder rapi!ng your wife and daughter to create more slaves, etc etc etc. We as a people should recognize these psychological damages and while we work on overcoming them, we should not compare ourselves with those who did not have these hurdles to overcome.
Why? It was English soldiers sent by Oliver Cromwell who captured the island from the genocidal Spaniards b*****ds who captured it and damn near killed off all the natives ... yes, I know, it was the British that killed off the rest.
Why? That sick ideology is racist. If you feel only black people should have businesses you can go try that ina 100 percent black country. However, even there others own the big businesses.
So the Chinese and Indian people who came here and help build Jamaica shouldn’t benefit.The small mind of black people and their laziness is why there is only one black family there. Some of you want to get rich quick and love something for nothing 😢
You have opened my eyes to a lot of things. One of these is : The who fought against Michael Manley's policies and the reason why a JLP government must be kept in power.
I believe Manley even though he is from high class wanted black people to improve. My spirit don't like Seaga and wonder how he just outlive everybody.
We're still a country of colonizers. If Jamaica was as diverse as most would like to say it is, you would have a mixture of powerful families. We do not. It's owned and managed by anything but African. And it's no coincidence that these other families have stayed on the lighter side. Do you really believe Afro-Jamaicans don't have money or knowledge to run business on this level??
yes, jamacians culture doesnt promote business and promotes nonesense has corruption and as a result jamacians are a group of broke people who spend their money to other groups who own business in jamacia. Thats reality, no lies , gaslighting will change the fact real jamacians are not standing on business or not focusing on real jobs/ professions / businesses. Not one or two doing the right thing, it has to be sizeable amount of the population which is just not happening in 2024.
Interesting that you did not mention that many of these families have given back to Jamaica in many ways. Creating foundations, non profit organizations, scholarships, medical assistance programs etc that benefit the underprivileged in the island. Many of these families came from extremely humble beginnings, but did work that many people turned their noses up at, and with their solid work ethic, built generational wealth over many many years. Many people want to reap the fruits of success without having to do what's needed to achieve it. Please show the entire story and not a biased view.
I love Jamaica, family from Jamaica and everyone is patriotic, but their patriotism is the overt loyalty to colonial owners. Can you imagine how much influence they have politically and keep Jamaicans begging? Indeed, this time is wake up!
They don't keep Jamaicans begging. If these people were to pack and leave Jamaica would be Haiti2 overnight, island mash-up and people burning people in the roads. Same almost everywhere else. Do you conduct most of your shopping within a black community like how the Chinese patronize their communities? Blacks don't build thir communities they instead fight to go live in other communities.
@@Matthewweather14 you a fool a yard them generate dem wealth ,they cannot flourish a farin in a that business competition and nobody status outside of Jamaica. Is the beating down and robbing of the Haitians why the country only produces millionaires and couple billionaires with the suffering exploited population. And I might add you sound very racist against the Black Jamaicans and the Haitians.
I think the Manleys have their money in Canada now. What about the Marleys? I think they'd be amongst the group except they probably have their wealth mostly in the U.S.
The Manley were more political than business. They weren't rich like these. It the Clarke's ( which Bustamante real last nameand Manley relatives that more money and Shearers)
Hello everyone,
I want to address some inaccuracies in our recent video about the influential families in Jamaica.
First, we mistakenly stated that Richard Stewart and Gordon "Butch" Stewart are related and co-founded businesses together. This information is incorrect. Gordon "Butch" Stewart was the founder of Sandals Resorts International and the ATL Group, while Stewart's Automotive Group, led by Jacqueline Stewart, is not connected to Gordon "Butch" Stewart or his family.
Additionally, we incorrectly reported that the Orane family leads GraceKennedy and has a net worth of approximately $500 million. This was a mistake. While Douglas Orane has been a prominent figure in GraceKennedy, the Orane family is not the largest stakeholder in the company.
Moreover, the list of influential families we presented in the video is different from the original 21 families list many might have known in the past. This updated list reflects the current economic landscape and influential figures in Jamaica.
We apologize for these errors and any confusion they may have caused. Ensuring accuracy in our content is our top priority, and we are taking steps to verify all information thoroughly in the future. Thank you for your understanding and continued support.
Sincerely,YMI
Respectfully you need to take this video down and post a more accurate one that does reflect the legacy of our colonial past over resources today. The first two you mentioned do not reflect that at all! At that point I stopped watching.
Your video neglected to mention that families of African descent are among prominent families. So I wonder if there isn't a little anti-Black bias. Yet, you failed to also mention that a few of these families are the descendants of slave owners, that those who featured prominent in the tourist industry promoted policies that made Jamaica's beachfront in accessible to ordinary Jamaicans or that colonial policies favored, welcomed, and incentivized immigrants from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Perhaps it is best that this inaccurate and decontextualized video be removed.
Too much information that is simply wrong. For example: Wray & Nephew is owned by Campari Group, not Lacelles DeMercado. If "ensuring accuracy in our content is our top priority", then you need to remove this video, make the corrections and upload a new video.
Very informative and even Shocking video. To really see who / what Groups Owe the Island's economy and secretly shapes the country's Politics. It is time for Reparations for centuries of Afro Jamaican slavery and another century of Colonialist Economic Exclusion. The families represented here look more like Mafia Clans and Im sure they have Extracted more out the economy than "invested". I wonder how they will will use their wealth and influence in "Rebuilding" after Hurricane Beryl.
@@stephenskgunterrecent purchase…perhaps video done long before that acquisition. Great background info thou, wouldn’t you agree?
As a Haitian, I like to warn Jamaicans that if you plan on building competition on the island it will get very ugly. Haitians realized the power of families like these and tried to push back against them. They would buy out politicians to monopolize on certain industries. Once the people revolted, sudddenly people are kidnapped and journalists assassinated. The theory is that some of these families in Haiti operate like the mafia. So they pay street gangs to go against anyone who tries to make the system more fair for everyone. Lastly, imperial powers loves families like these. They use government contracts to sell out to western countries . It is a never ending war once it starts. Cuba realized this game a lot earlier than most of the caribbean and because they wanted the people to benefit more from the industries, they have been dealing with harsh blockades and sanctions. Zimbabwe tried as well. All in all, it is not going to be easy, people will die, and there will be many refugees as a result. If you wondering why there is always political instability in Haiti, the answer is right there. The power struggle is on going. I hope Jamaicans and the rest of the Caribbean finally wakes up. The same conciousness is building in Africa as well. We got this! One Love.
Update: I see a lot of hopeless comments from Jamaicans and I'm here to encourage you. If you want to fight corruption, you have to set your mind to thinking that the struggle will be a long one. It's not going to be resulted in your lifetime. But as long as you keep fighting that is all that matters. Before the Haitian Revolution, there was so many attempts to break free from slavery. A lot of it ended in mass murder of the rebellious enslaved Africans. But my ancestors never lost hope. Once the opportunity came, we fought harder than ever before. That is how you should see it. Like a long battle until the perfect opportunity comes for victory. The tide is changing globally so be ready for what is to come. Protests are happening all over Africa, people in Latin America are slowly waking up, the elites are getting scared. God is on the side of the righteous. Read Psalms 9. Our time will soon come. Keep fighting and keep spreading truth to power. One Love!
Jamaica is a game of monopoly run by the elites
you aint wrong
YOU SPEAKING FACTS!!!
Gratitude
You're absolutely correct however it's been said it's the same mafia behaviour taking place in JA ! SAD whilst Jamaicans live like rats in their own country
Jamaica is still colonised, period
No truer statement has ever been said.
period?
So is Africa
@@junebrowse1010 NOT just Colonised but White Supremacy/Racism still rule. Out of many ONE RULES.
@@TabsT-vy5jy That went straight over your head.
After watching this video, I only see one black family, the Christian family, which is out of 21 families running Jamaica, a black people country!! This is sickening!
The first family was mixed race Black and Chinese.
Jamaicans are mostly mixed. Average black people don’t have wealth to pass on to their children. Too much baby mother and baby daddy. If you want to build wealth you must build family structure.
Jamaicans are mostly mixed. Average black people don’t have wealth to pass on to their children. Too much baby mother and baby daddy. If you want to build wealth you must build family structure.
The same thing is happening in most African countries.
@@princeD1100 There’s way more than just one black family here- of course mixed, but dem still black.
Hate to be that guy……. But I noticed that most if not all of those families do not mix and mingle with other races.
That's how they keep their money and influence
Very good observation
That is throughout the West Indies, from the Bahamas to Trinidad.
Commonsense, something here for African Jamaicans to learn?
And when we gain wealth some of our own mix with them. Stop wash out our neuromelanted bloodline. That’s how they’re also able to amass wealth.
The purity of those bloodlines on a predominantly black island is disturbing to say the least.
Want to know whats also disturbing? black people dragging down each other. We have such a damn far way to go as a people.
@@user-qq5lf3lg2o👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
LOTS of incest
Sickening!!
@@BitterCarGuy Why is it disturbing? because a black men don't know how to keep their bloodline pure when they have money ?
It would be good if all of these 21 billioner families each donate 2 ambulances to each hospital across Jamaica 🇯🇲
Don't hold your breath. They get their medical treatment from overseas.
THE CREATOR BLESS
and shoes for the children
@@thecreatoristhetruth5623 exactly you realize all the money in US
Nope they will never do that. Their job is to help keep Jamaica the way it is.
Why they pay their taxes for that to the government bout donate ambulance love too much handouts allway begging for something
“Out of many, one people” is a motto for poor people so they feel included.
Totally. It’s a psy-op trick and most Jamaicans have fallen for it.
We are out of many black people! West African DNA is diverse and we have it in our words and foods and mannerisms!
As one person put it, "Out Of Many, one people alone a suffa"
The motto is ...l..it
Do you know what the motto was before that?
Suh a bare white People a run Jamaica? We need to wise up
As a white person, I agree. Makes me sick that Jamaica sells its riches to foreign investors.
Will never happen because the blackman is unable to organize.
Blacks hate each other won't happen
@@MrNanah38nobody is stopping b lc men from marrying a black woman and building a family.
No we are superior.
Thanks to the Jamaican poltical system for helping to keep the blackman family down.
Dem fool yuh too "he who has economic power has real political power".
JLP win or PNP win.is just cosmetics those with real political power remain the same.Your PM cannot change a thing they just chat and continue to fool up the people.
Change of government is a facade and illusion Passing for political power.
From slavery till now what the difference only pretty clothes while "MORE MAN HAVE CAR MORE MAN HAVE GYAL".That's niether a symbol of wealth or political power a symbol of enslavement and nasty mouthed parasitism..
What is S u Mada that's wherevour Minds have degenerated into the Gutter of poverty and depravity.
All the politicians are bought out...same with Africa
Same with all those Caribbean countries....
We voting for nothing.
Blame slavery for that? The only chance the black man got is when the drugs trade in the 80's were good? All that money the black man made in the drugs trade spent on go go clubs, bars and parties and buying expensive cars, while other groups spent their money on building supermarkets, manufacturing plants, bakery, hotels etc 😢 it's so sad 😢 (Stop blaming the government )
Who owns the drug trade?! Ever heard of the opium wars??
These families have generational wealth. Most had a bountiful headstart because of Black enslavement. The narrarator of the video conveniently exempted that bare fact. However, successful Black men are NOTORIOUS for passing over their wealth to non Black people and erasing themselves from their own family tree. Kobe left his non Black wife EVERYTHING. His Black parents and siblings received NOTHING. A BM's success is normally useless to Black people, but extremely advantageous to non Black people.
Out of many 21 families.
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No No. No out of many one people. Not 21 families BS who do u people think u are by saying u control Jamaica go the hell where u came from ,I saw one black family ,
This is why I tell people to stay in Jamaica or go back and reinvest in your country. Jamaicans do well all over the world except for in Jamaica… I wonder why.
You forget like Haiti and Trinidad, who controls gun running and thus pulls strings for crime in JA?
Mental slavery have jamaica under full bondage, these white people plant thier roots from in slavery days and stay behind the scene and use puppets pnp and jpl to trick the people to believe orginal black people are running jamaica. Why you think they all keep a low profile and the puppets show up themselves to create a smoke screen to hide these continuous slave masters.
It's deeper than that.
@@malcomalexander6927 i guess you lost to the reality of jamaica, its the same reason Chinese do well in jamaica and not in thier country china. Ask government why and look at the mentality of majority a jamaicans, the jamaicans that do well outside jamaica have a positive mindset and realize thier environment was holding them back.
Opportunities in Jamaica are hard to come by. Hence I migrated. Doing better still
We can't forget these families received preference due to their ancestry starting during slavery. While African / Black Jamaicans had their wealth stolen during slavery & still do not receive equal treatment. Our condition as African / Black people around the world is identical. We are the most impoverished, imprisoned, & hated people under the sun. Never having done anything to warrant it. 💔💔💔
Correction; black Hebrews, enslaved.
Det 28:44
They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, but you will be the tail.
How can you be the majority of the people and you're the ones enslaved. This only happens in 90%.Black countries no other country wonder why. Black americans are only thirteen percent of the country and have done more for black people around the world than in a ninety percent black Country. It's totally embarrassing and then they will bring their slave mentalities out of their countries into america to take us back into slavery
Because we are the indigenous peoples of the planet. When these people came out of those caves 6000yrs ago they were thirsty for power and wanted what WE had,and the took it by any means.
Most of them probably earned their initial wealth through slavery.
I know and they always do that and act like the playing field was even (pigmentocracy implemented).
These people are in control of the island in every aspect. This is not just a Jamaican story but it is the same in all the other Caribbean island also in a lot of African countries. Particularly west Africa. Part of the problem why they succeeded against the majority black population is these countries is the rampant anti-African nature of the colonial government toward black people in these countries. For example, the British government would rather give or sell cheap land to Indians/Chinese people than to black Africans post slavery. Africans thus had no collateral to secure loans for investments or to start businesses. A lot of the Jews families came to the island during slavery where they were involved in building or repairing the slaves ship and helping run the plantations. When the newer more recent ones later came, they help them by investing with them since they were considered to be the same. The ideas that these people worked harder than the black population, or that black people don’t want to invest are not totally accurate. The problem is and continue to be is that blacks have to leave the island in order to source the capital to do any type of investment.
My brother you are a breath of fresh knowledge. Blacks on the Island are never taught their history
Yes. You hit the nail on the head.
The same thing happened in America too to black people.
@@cd5516 We need to take responsibility for our actions. The affluent people are busy working while we are busy fighting against each other. Prosperity can’t happen in division
A more indepth look at how this situation evolved. Thanks
Learned a lot. Recognize most of the names but did not know many others. Building generational wealth is what it is all about. Hopefully, I will be reincarnated and come back with knowledge at a younger age to live life differently than I have.
Don't we all! We'll said though. If only 😢
You don't have to wait to recreate, buy into insurance leave generation wealth to your grand kids.The cycle will continue. Most black people leave bills for their kids instead of wills.We have to change our mindset one family at a time.
I find this article very disgusting ,black people don't help each other we need to b more united.
Maybe one day we will be able to Stan up and b counted.
@@marieleverett7120 Embarrassing, isn't it.
As a 59 year old Jamaican-American, I was pleasantly surprised to see at least 1 black family on this list. I previously thought there were none at all! Very informative video.
That’s what I thought too wow!!
@miltonboyd2092
What is a Jamaican-American? And what's pleasantly surprising about this video. Idiot look at the bigger picture
There should be 2 Blk families they conveniently missed 1...look up Blossom O meally and the O Meally family.
They should ALL be Afrakan not European its Jamaican people that should run their country.. comeon. Would you want someone to come into your house and start telling you how your home should be run.. yet this is what euros have done from outset.. stop the lies the wickedness and treat jamaicans with respect... treat others how you want to be treated. It's the slave owners who for compensated after slavery thus able to rule over the 'former' slaves... this game needs to be fair and as the Haiti sister says to wake up
Token... image is a powerful thing... it should be 1 euro or no euro family and all Afracan families..kmt.. come see how many Afracan families run and influence in Germany or Italy.. kmt wake up please and stop sucking up to these tyrants
Now go think about what you can do to build your own generational wealth. None of these ppl work on their empire alone- they are a family unit. Unite your family and do the same.
A powerful remark, but most overlook the importance of family unity and loyalty.
Best comment and advice I've seen on this video!!!
@@hopalmorrgen3206 and lets not forget the headstart most of the rich white west indian families got from their slave plantation holdings.
Spot on💯👍🏾
Agree!!
Very interesting. This is enlightening to learn about my country that is predominantly black but the families who owns the island does not look anything like me.
Facts
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Exactly smh
are they any less Jamaican than you?
@@a-bd1216 yes they are they are not native to the island not copper color oor melanated move
So basically Jamaicans of african decent and most of the Africans who were enslaved by Europeans don't own anything in the Carribbean
That’s not the fault of the wealthy people. Look around we the blacks are busy hating and killing each other. You get out of life what you put into it
Like everywhere else
@@mboston7010has nothing to do with black and black
There's still Caribs but they are hardly heard.
It's impossible for the rich to enter heaven. the slaves, poor, humble, pure in heart enters. end for the wicked is imminent, righteous exit soon. repent!
Transatlantic slave trade, part of the global slave trade that took 10-12 million enslaved Israelites to the Americas from the 16th throu 19th century. Sources, 16th - 18th centuries European books shared on this channel, Dante Forston.
25 and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on earth.
26 Your carcasses will be food for all the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.
30 You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her.
(b)You will build a house, but you will not live in it. (c)You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.
41 You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity.
32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation;
33 A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, (b) and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days.
36 The Lord will drive you and the king you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your ancestors. (b) There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone.
37 You will become a thing of horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.
43 The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, (b) but you will sink lower and lower.
44 They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. (b) They will be the head, but you will be the tail.
45 All these curses will come on you.
46 They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever. 46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
47. Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity,
48 therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you.
49 The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,
50 a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young.
58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name-the Lord your God-
59 the Lord will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants,
62 You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left but few in number, because you did not obey the Lord your God.
63 Just as it pleased the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you.
64 Then the Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods-gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.
65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot.
66 You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life.
Deuteronomy 28
do you believe in dna science? 23&me results of some African Americans is direct descendants of Pharaoh Ramses 111 and the Israel second temple, Lachish massacres.
I worked for Lee Issa when I was in Jamaica. Nicest employer, anyone can work for. He treats his employees with respect and kindness. Hope he hasn't changed.😊
Actually after seeing this video I too felt very sad. I left Jamaica over 50 years ago because I was told by a family member, at my wedding reception, that it would be best for my husband and I to move to another country for our safety. This person told us that they had inside information that there was big trouble ahead for the Island. Now I look at this video and wonder if we were too young to understand the truth and if we did the right thing. I wish my Dad was alive so that I also could ask him if this is accurate. I too felt very sad after the realization of this information hit home - Is this the power of money? To destroy a country with fear and make people have to run away to seek safety away from their beautiful homeland? I wish I had known this 50 years ago. I have absolutely no idea why this video popped up on my screen today but I can only assume that God wanted me to understand a lot of things that I have had questions for. Probably too late to find out the answers, but who knows. Thank you for the work involved in putting this information together.
It is indeed very sad and disturbing that the white man still rules in a Black people country.
The system holds Black people down. A Black man walks into a bank to get a loan for a sound business venture, his chances of getting that loan is pitiful. A white man walks in with a shaky business venture - his chance if getting a loan - guaranteed. These wealthy people could do so much for their workers: low interest staff loans for housing etc. People are homeless: starving dogs and animals roam. Why can't one of them sponsor the underfunded, ignored animal shelter? Recently, a home for the helpless was closed after 25 years due to lack of funds. Not ONE of these wealthy rich families came forward. Look, they work for their wealth: ordinary people support their ventures. They can help more Such donations won't make a dent in their wealth.
It's sad.
My mom's boyfriend was so upset after Jamacia won their independence from British in 1962 that once he became an adult and made some money he left for good. He felt that the country was headed into communism. I'm not sure but I think that he left around the mid 1980s. The country never did become communist but he still believes that British rules was best. I think that the wealthy control all the countries both rich and poor and it's part of a game to convince everyone to leave their homelands and come be working slaves in Western countries while they pillage and get wealthy in the place where they convince you that there is no opportunity.
@@TheMariemarie16 you are so correct my parents left the country and brought me over at a young age. Now that I’m older I want to go back and invest in my country. My family thinks it’s strange and that Jamaica isn’t safe and I shouldn’t, and I notice that’s the mindset of their generation. Once you come to America it’s like a lot of culture is stripped away. But I always think about all the land and property that was left behind, culture, access to good food and more. My parents generation was sold a dream and all my life I’ve just seen my parents work so hard, never happy and living in nyc never being able to truly enjoy the things that they’ve worked for it’s basically modern day slavery. And then seeing some old friends try to kill themselves to come here because they feel like there’s nothing in Jamaica they don’t understand. The quality of life here is different and you don’t understand it until you are in it. So funny that these days Americans are finding ways to get “off the grid” because they realized what’s happening in this country. When I explain to them how bad Jamaican‘s want to come to America and experience it they are confused because they understand the resources and opportunities places like Jamaica has to live a better quality and healthier life. Comparison is the thief of joy and people in Power will push their own agenda to stay in power and keep it within their bloodline. That’s how the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor.
Well said
They should be paying their workers more and can afford to.
As a foreigner, I completely agree. It makes me sick to see how much tourists pay for hotel rooms and to know how little the hard working people receive.
Capitalism my friend.
@@fluffytail6355I worked in Wyndham hotel an American owned company I worked all day for the price of a loaf of bread if we didn’t grow food and have livestock we couldn’t have survived it’s crazy what local workforce get paid
I know how this can change; if I get the chance, they will change!
@fluffytail6355 so true, the black people work the hardest to make the rich people them look good, gets the less pay, not even health insurance them give them workers to go to the doctor when they are sick, Jamaican them say slavery abolish, but that a lie. Sometimes our same poor Jamaican ppl is to be blame because them treat them same people with no respect right in front of their employer, so what we think, the rich ppl them a go treat we better, come on man, we is to be blame because we cause everything on ourselves
Meanwhile the typical black Jamaican man is thinking about how many single mothers he can create. Big up all the black Jamaican men who knows that family is power. Don’t envy these people, they marry and start businesses. That’s how life should be. You don’t overthrow by war, overthrow by not abandoning your family and building in love. Casual sex could never
You have a point
Absolutely
If black families continue to teach their children to get a good education then get a good job then the status quo will forever continue, they need to be taught about becoming business owners and developing generational wealth
get a good degree and become business owners. That's correct
So lovely to see a black family on here💕NUFF RESPECT to the Cari-Med & Kirk Distribution groups. Spotted our current business mentors here 🙏🏾Chairman MLC of NCB & Sir H of National Bakery‼️Thank you for investing your minds & time into Rêve 🎊 #GREATESTMENTORS 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
And some of these families cares less about the majority of jamaicans who r of african heritage and thats the living truth
They tolerate!
None of them care look at the dilapidated hospitals on the Island right now
I'M GOING TO START A COMPANY IN JAMAICA AND I'M A BLACK MAN AND I'M GOING TO SEE HOW MANY BLACK PEOPLE SUPPORT ME? 😢
@@waynemcfarlane1233 You should focus on providing a service that can be used by all races. You think a chinese man build a business to serve only chineses? with that mindset you will not become a muti millionaire or billionaire.
@@waynemcfarlane1233they would send to dirt you. They dirt all poor black people who get rich
Sadly, the colour bar is still in place in Jamaica. That's why any1 working & middle class with a lot of ambition & an overseas visa leaves JA asap.
It was set up to prevent the blacks getting rich
We were to be their servants
That's not true I am Jamaican I live in Jamaica some persons are just lazy and refuses to try if others can come to Jamaica and gain wealth why can't we
@@marlondennis9028Are you on that list? Just curious. Many from JA do leave for better opportunities.
Interesting. Would be interesting to see a similar video regarding T&T, Guyana and Barbados.
@@pamelajohnson9260 I am from Trinidad, & its almost the same situation. Bahamas too.
Agreed!!!
I’m interested as well
I always thought Jamaica was a Black country, I was so wrong.
Its a Black country but they own nothing
You don't bother to read your own history or look at the conditions of your own people .look at the massive slum dwellers in Kingston alone come on blk people get consciousness
It is mostly black but the people in control is white and Chinese Jewish
It's all of the English carribbean Island....it was set up that way by the British...the crown all of them.
Who really runs Africa?
Not Africans all those politicians are bought and payed for...
My father couldn't read and yet he got a big job with the oil company...the color of his skin was the factor....
Trinidad.
@@donnabonn1892So is your dad white, or is he Indian?
It is a slave island.
Out of 21, 1 family looks like the people. Sad! Can't wait for the revolution.
Dont hold your beathe!☠️☠️
Not happening !!!
Nonsense, this is old money, what do you expect. They got started first. Think people,
There is no revolution, Jamaicans are built different but as a people in this modern society, we're not that brave.
Everyone sitting around waiting for the "revolution" while this continues on and on... 🤦🏽♂️
the Chinese formed unions organized themselves, and came up with a family-centered mission statement and agenda. they purchased as a union and traded with each other, to make sure each family had what they needed to prosper. then they sold to you.
An organized team will always beat the individual, even if the members of the team are not very competent.
they educated their children in business and law, to gain technical and professional expertise to protect and promote their interests.
Last but not least, many families were given heavy investments by the former slaveholding oligarchy of Jamaica, that needed someplace to invest their money. the former slave-holding oligarchy in Jamaica sees the African Jamaicans as a threat, so they invest heavily in keeping the African majority divided and somewhat marginalized.
look inside your own family, what mechanisms can you put in place, to resolve conflict and promote the interest of your family and community?
Black people invest in religion, life after death and individualism
💯
Our division is our worst enemy
Old oligarchy needn't do anything to hold black people backwards. No one is better at holding black people backwards than black people.
@@rascott2935 The Yellow people are there doing what they have done and are doing BECAUSE WHITE PEOPLE PERMITTED IT.
Where are the black families?? 21 families were featured in this video and i think i only saw 1!!, WOW. The Jews and Chinese have a stronghold on the island. I need to speak with my parents and ask them if this accurate. After watching this I felt sad.
Where are the black families? Answer : Hating and killing each other over a car and other everyday things.
me too
Unnu just a find out that, check out the history of central banking
The blacks people refuse to work together for some reason. Crabs in a bucket mentality permeates the island, likely still from slavery. If Jamaicans would unite and quit selling off their resources for a song, Jamaica would be a force worth reckoning!!😊
The world as a whole.
There are some inaccuracies in this video . Stewart automotive isn’t butch’s brother .. two separate families with the same last name .. Atl automotive is Butch/Adam with brands like Honda , bmw Audi , Kia Porsche VW and BYD ) .. Stewart’s automotive has brands such as jaguar , Mitsubishi, Suzuki
After all these years power never changed hands just changed its disguise
Thank you for taking the time to inform us.
Brave of you to show this story. You know why.
Lee-Chin made his fortune in Canada which he used to purchase NCB. Also, when we talk about the "21 Families", Lee-Chin is no in that bunch. The "21 Family" came from "old money".
Agreed. Him a just come.
Lee chin entity in Canada went near bankrupt and Jamaica government gave him a sweetheart deal to acquire a taxpayer funded bank
*Nasty Mouthism and Public Transport*
The Government and state machinery in this case is demonstrably oppressive, insensitive,dictatorial,
authoritarian and brutish.
A police that hardly knows the actionable translation of
"to serve,protect and reassure"
Is this what
Jamaica wants
to oppressively entrench and deepen in a Republic of Jamaica??
If so, wouldn't it be safer to opt for colonialism or all of us becoming "Jamaica British" as I am certain very little insensitivity occurred under British Colonialism.
Murderers were hung not preserved and made into national celebrities.
Are we aware that the year 1962 when Jamaica got Independence there were 63 murders.
Sixty (60) years later in 2022 we celebrated with teardrops1498 murdered Jamaicans.
Jamaica had a transportation system under colonialism in the capital Kingston and elsewhere.
It was
reliable,timed,
country bus safe and decent with rail services by the Jamaica Railway Corporation to back it up.
No robots with crude stab up type slacky tidy operators backed by the new ideology of "Nasty Mouthism" to contend with.
Recall the Jamaica Omnibus Service (JOS)?.
What we have today is a government,private and public sector orchestrated robot inherited man made disaster.
Tell me is this what Independence has become.
A country allegedly overrun by thieves,
vagabonds,
corruption high and low backed by insensitive incompetents and scoundrels.
Lee Chin is also mixed with black.
The name isn't but he has the bloodline of one of the 21 families similar to stewart their name isn't apart of the 21 families but they are
Although the matter of race is not specifically mentioned in the feature,it is implicit. With this being said, the real elephant in the room is that black Jamaicans allowed these other races/ethnicities to become wealthy by providing the pool of skilled and competent employees for their enterprises and in turn later purchasing their very goods and services. Black Jamaicans also broadly chose to enter mainly the fields of academia, the other professsions, such as law, medicine,sciemce and technology, aspects of the financial industry, media, the skilled trades ,agriculture and some other industrie, transportation, etc, etc and etc.The other groups largely chose commerce and industryi. All sectors work to ensure the country's development and is therefore not controlled by any one group of select persons
It's the roots that feed the tree, but leaves and branches are all they see. Just wish i was born in high society. So the light of the sun would shine on me!
They need to help the poor more because it's poor people that contributes to their succesful life, being as it may! The poor is an asset to the economy!
Very informative and interesting
Thanks for sharing this very powerful video on the 21 families that influence Jamaica. This is not about race but pioneers who used the opportunities that they had to set up generational wealth. For example I am aware of someone who worked side by side with Mr. Butch Stewart but did not setup anything significant for his family. I am astonished at how many generations some of these families have been in the country. It is my desire to add my family to this list. Amen 🙏
Amen
Only one black family company no sah .
There are many others relax.
I was about to say the same thing. That list is very depressing but explains a lot.
That why we need fi do better as a people
WOW that makes a statement without saying a WORD
@diannetgoldingfrankson2105 ah who dem
I had no knowledge of this because I did not grow up in Jamaica. Thank you for this information .
Ancestors dem must bex. Out of many wah.
“SOME PEOPLE” in answer to your question!
Are you guys thinking, it’s old money.
Most blacks on the island come from slavery, so I would not expect them to be running most of the businesses. The culture they were raised in is one of dependency. It will take generations for many black families to reach and keep wealth. We started from behind, so why is everyone so surprised? Plus, as a black man, I could never hate these people even though they have clearly intermarried solely with their own kind because they pretty much make Jamaica a better place by building the infrastructure that the island has. Additionally, the products from the companies owned by many of these families made my childhood an excellent one. Who does not love Bigga and Bess Dressed Chicken?
To add, Jamaica has a lot to offer and is not as backwards as the media wants us to believe. It’s just that most blacks come from a poor or meager background and will mostly fail to see what Jamaica has. This is due to us fighting to survive versus fighting to thrive. But can you blame a man for focusing on survival when he does not know where is next meal is coming from? Ultimately, I hope these families keep building Jamaica and actually help the island more in term of human development because less poverty will help them in terms of less crime and violence which directly impacts their bottom line.
The Above ⬆️ Information ℹ️ is very Interesting, one 1️⃣ must admit. However We do have A few Very Educated Women and Men in Jamaica 🇯🇲, Yes! But the Government of the Day Must Provide/ Promote/ Activate A Systematic Approach to Increase the Population in A Better Understanding Future For All Jamaicans irrespective of gender and Colour. The Time is Now to Do away with Skin Colour Discrimination/ Education. We have to Learn how to Respect each others regardless of our Status. The ones unable to Read and Write, still have Work to Do , just Like the Ones Educated period.
the negro has to grow in strength before these issues can be addressed and that's where the focus should remain. the fact is, we are already on this path. one cannot address such issues from a position of weakness)
When you grow into strength, you can demand that these people sell off these businesses or that the government buy out half or more of them--and the same goes for South Africa where whites control the economy)
all of these will soon change because the negro is the next leader on this planet and none of these issues are going to remain unchallenged--rest assured about this
Exactly, Jamaica and other Caribbean islands were slave colonies not vacation spots. So, yes white people will be in these positions in society 🤷🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
We don't rich black families because we are not prepared to work together to achieve this
Yes, this video is very interesting and informative 👍 Some black people and family only know how to fight against themselves, engaging in self hate, particularly the Maroons. But not all Maroons. This is how family united for greater good. Some of us behave like walking dead 💀 blame other people for their own deception!!😢😢😮😮Only the wise and smart black people will survive 😢😢
So true Black or white people need to stop flight against them one another and work together that is the only way to build a wealth empire that is the secret to wealth. Selfishness can't build wealth most black people is a one Man band that style can't bring well it's all about working together with your family ect that is a big problem Black people have by working with there family and working together. Jamaicans can do more by just working together and the larger world. Selfishness, hate, bad mind cause people not to be successful. Obey God simple ways the most of all is love unity and peace
The Israelites, Tribe of Benjamin is still slaves in Jamaica 😢😢😢😢
Indeed. More things change, the more they stay the same.
RUBBISH....TRIBE OF BENJAMIN DEH A ISRAEL....KMT...BAGGA NON-SENSE 😑😐🙄
@Descriptions568 AND YOU ARE IN THE LAND OF BONDAGE AS WELL MORTAL BOY
NO.
JAMAICA IS NOT BENJAMIN.
AND IF YOU ARE JUDAH WHERE ARE YOUR LEADERS.😂
PLEASE.
ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE JUDAH AND LEVI ARE IN EVERY TRIBE.
THE MAJORITY OF THE BLACK HEBREWS IN JAMAICA R JUDAHITES..
YOU ARE THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN 😂.
YOU ALL JUST WANT TO BE JUDAH..
YET REGGAE MUSIC IS THE ONLY MUSIC THAT ACTUALLY SAVES SOULS.
THE MUSIC OF THE MOST HIGH IS REGGAE😂.
WHERE IS YOUR BOB MARLEY, PETER TOSH, JACOB MILLER, GARNET SILK, SIZZLA AND DAMIAN MARLEY AND T'JEAN.
THEIR MUSIC IS SPIRITUAL ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
😂
THE STRONGHOLD OF JUDAH IS IN JAMAICA.
@@lengreg1326AND YOU DEVILS ARE ALL IN CAPTIVITY TOO.
WHAT'S YOUR POINT MORTAL MAN?
Remember it takes the many to keep the few rich
Just like Africa nothing to show.
Are we African dark skin people not ambitious do we fight each other so much that so difficult imagine our ancestors slave and now we have the land and not even one of us can even have a $500,000 US only Michael leecn is half black this is a disgrace that's how I see it I'm not proud but this is something I knew before watching this video I am actually at a couples resort and one of the people that's on this list owns this place well I think I am going to be on this list and I'm giving myself five more years to get there I prophesy my weight as a billionaire
has the curse been lifted on the black world? the answer is no--all of this is going to change, we were promised great substance and rewards after this- I don't have to like or agree what negroes have been put through, knowing all these other races come to leech off of us but it is what it is--its for season and a reason. this is coming to its close
Saying we are not ambitious is exactly what the white man taught you to believe
They say negative things about us and we continue to put that same energy out
Frankly, there's nothing stopping black Jamaicans from achieving, except for money. Unfortunately this is what most don't have, so they leave.
We suffer from brain drain and good companies are black owned they are just not as big yet but trust me they are there just one generation, afterwards the generational wealth will show 🙏🏾
It's is sad that due to the legacy of slavery, the Jamaican majority hasn't really benefitted from ownership and management of the island's resources. The defacto colonialism continues even to this day in its subtle and overt forms.
One of the reasons Jamaica has not developed is the families controlling the economy don't really care about Jamaica or Jamaicans. They care only building generational wealth. And work together strategically to keep black Jamaican down and out of the sphere of real power. The get us intoxicated and make some of us feel like we are running things in the country while they get rich off of us. Only love for our kind and unity is going to save us.
Should we nationalise it all and give it to African Jamaicans
@@gibson2675 sounds like communism much.
@@gibson2675not a good idea. What I would encourage us to do when we migrate invest in our own country. There are tons of real estate being sold here, hotels etc use these as a basis for investment.
no where did you mention the need for intelligence - love and unity means nothing if your not strategic , homeland Jamaicans stay will foolishness and fancy words instead of reality
Absolutely fascinating! Thanks for putting this together. Very informative. 😃 👍
I sure hope & pray that they will help the "now homeless," distressed people
in Jamaica & Grenada, with the rebuild of the Islands due to Hurricane Beryl! My heart goes out...
Also St Vincent's and the Grenadines.
Judging from this video and I’m not a Jamaican …You Black Jamaica need to wake up and unite. You are still colonized.
Searga riches come from stealing the Jamaican people’s money
Bull crap
Jamaican people have no money never had money...And they don't want to work hard they want to seat under the tree all day and play domino's....you got to work hard and use your brain....nothing comes from the sky
Rubbish.
@@robertwill1694he forgot a loan, he had from the Ponzi scheme bank century national, and still did not repay any of it, this was insignificant in the grand scheme of his treachery, I will leave it at that!
@@robertwill1694 corrupt apologists
Eye opening information
This was a very informative, even though sad to realise the influence of the colonisers in the continued growth of the island. I must say, I'm sure if you investigated other islands you may very well find the same pattern. Could you investigate and report on the contributions made to and impact on charity groups, village projects etc. It would be nice to know.
It's amazing how our Jamaican motto is "Out of Many One People" and is only one set a ppl broke 😂😭😭 black is still struggling while the rest is thriving 🥲
Its the same with Trinidad
The Syrians (jewish) ran it for a long time
Now the Chinese are there and the east Indians in control also...
So many in the comments resenting and hating these people for what they accomplished. Instead of looking in the mirror and blaming yourselves for your failures, and try to figure out how to make your lives better, you sit from a place of envy and resentment and wonder why your lives are not better. What these people have are discipline and knowing instant gratification is not the answer, wanting and craving material things, making 5 cents but spending 10. Living way above your means, to show off and one up each other. Having baby daddies instead of husbands and fathers. Coveting what your neighbor has, so you will kill to get it. Until the black communities across the world, fix themselves, and stop blaming others for their problems, we will never be better. Forever ant the bottom of the pole, by every metric imaginable.
Clearly you do not know the history of Jamaica. The racism and segregation that happened in the US and many other countries happened also in Jamaica. I wonder how many upper management people are black Jamaicans and how many sits on the company board. Not a lot can get ahead of them creating a system that makes it almost impossible to do so.
@@staceya419 I was born and raised in Jamaica. But keep living in the past, instead of looking forward.
@@bigyardstyle00 Stop blaming women for being baby mamas an start blaming the men for not marrying women and creating a family.
@@staceya419some countries went trough the same history you mentioned and now they are a first world country Singapore also India is coming up, there could be a common denominator, that's the mindset instead.
Women cannot be baby mammas without their consent.
Jamaica must pray to God to send a leader like Ibriham Troare of Burkina Faso.... full of insight, foresight, farsighted, bold and most importantly, he is God-fearing!
The narrator mentioned that the history around the arrival of each family would be given. I didn't hear any history. Also what sources was used to get the wealth estimates?
The Stewarts are not directly related
Disgraceful. Black Jamaicans we need to take back our country
Black people ancestors were slave Chinese ,Jewish ,Syrian weren't so they when to banks get loans and build businesses
This is a generational thing.. Back then black Jamaican had nothing.. They came, set up business and now enjoying the benefits and profits. There's nothing wrong with that.
Jamaicans of African descendants didn't have the business sense, the money nor help..
Who are they to take the country back from the Jamaicans because those families are as much Jamaican as Black Jamaicans are, besides there are tons more, Black Jamaican-owned business ppl who should have made this not-so-accurate list.
Well starting business in jamaica was not that easy and through thr amount troubles we had its a surprise many of them held on that long. Why you here when they make it but not care for the struggles???
@@diannetgoldingfrankson2105black jamaican had to migrate abroad to find success
Brother from New York. This saddens me about this list. JA people come to the U.S. and brag about how hard they work. Why are the wealthiest families in a black paradise majority white? That should not be the case.
A very interesting video!!! Great achievements by these 21 families but obviously Jamaica is not a balances place for economic growth for black people. Father God please help us🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for this informative video. Subscribed.
Note; Lee Chin is from Port Antonio. He made his WEALTH from CANADA not JAMAICA.
he made a portion of his wealth from Canada. Not all of it.
Wrong Jamaica his Canadian business failed .he was given a bank by the Jamaican government Patterson administration
@@simonmanley6257 He BOUGHT the bank from the government who was looking to sell it.
So what Jamaicans fly out fi go mek money, so what’s the problem. Him come baka Jamaica come settle. Him never fly out fi go count cow.
Its like this in Guyana, Martinique, saint lucia and Guadeloupe . If u do find a black family maybe 3 at most cause the banks don't give loans and black families did not own much land to use as Collateral. This is why island people alway fighting over land. And why most island people are squatters. Most have to go overseas to get capital to buy land. Keep in mind those 21 families had loads of land as europeans and Chinese knew the bigest wars was fought over land so when they moved to the Caribbean they moved with this mind set and capitalised on this concept. so those families had at least 4 generation head start and dual nationality to go in and out of America and Europe to create business deals.
They plan generationally. They then inter marry to keep the money and land within those few families.
@@Mmvrvin the entire Caribbean black majority countries.
B.S. Black families tear each other down. We don't work together.
Jamaicans didn't need dual nationality. They had British passports which entitled them to travel to many places with only a ticket. PJ Patterson is an example of that. He travelled on a British passport and resided in a top London neighborhood right across from Harrods! Now he tells Jamaicans CCJ and Africa going to save them.
@@Matthewweather14 dual nationality meaning they could go back to Europe see their family or the banks and capitalise on the system. Black Caribbean did not have that when they went to England, we can’t even go to Africa, get some land and use it as collateral to invest in the Caribbean.
Same thing going on in the bahamas
Vert informative video. I am Haitian. IT is the same situation for Haiti. I have visited Jamaica in 2016. Such a lovely place! I have worked with the Levy family for 10 years. They had a subdivision of Jamaica Broilers in Haïti, Haïti Broiler SA. They are also in the United States with HiPro.
By the way there is another black Man in the finance business, he owns a bank in Jamaica. I don't remember his name he uses helicopter to go to his office. He should be in the list too!
No mention of the Marley family, which is worth hundreds of millions of US$?
The Marleys do not live in Jamaica for decades. They live in the USA.
Marley' family, their in total disarray
??!💀
Imagine the collective political influence to occur from these families to not change the laws. Or make the laws to benefit themselves so crime persists..... Then again it does not affect them.. .😢
Can you please give us the ruling families of Trinidad and Tobago
Syrians would be on top of that list.
I would love to hear about Barbados.
The hights by great men reach and kept were not attained by sudden flights. We need to love each other, build each other not tearing them down when they have a little business etc. Think of what you can do for your country and not what your country can do for you. (Quited)
If you should sit and talk with all these people you would be surprise about what they tell ...how they happen to be where they are today. Lets push each other up the lather and stop pulling each other down. One love yardies
I was about to write the same comment when I saw yours. We are the masters of our own downfall
As someone in my 40s i know Jamaica has changed a lot. The colourism around employment has improved and more black people occupy so called white collar spaces. There are black people who started owing successful businesses during my youth. However the great wealth is generational. These wealthy families protect their class and family line. They are established and have the head start plus connections. Perhaps rich black people need to partner with other islands if they don't want to marry poor people.
Thank you so very much for this information
Culture in homes & education influences outcomes.
Jamaica still goes to the Privy Council to resolve legal matters. Why all this surprise?
Jamaicans should always eat what they grow. We have done this before and can do it again. We bought from the local farmers. We bought from the local butchers and fishermen. We made our own sugar, coconut oil, chocolate, soaps, alcohol, furniture, clothes, herbs etc. We can put a racket in many of these businesses but people refuse to think and support their own.
@@normahamilton2985 I totally agree. They would also be much healthier by not eating some of the foods that are made in factories.
Very Interesting
These families appear to be the economic bedrock of Jamaica. Like it or not , we , blacks , can only build on the legacy that these people established. We have the “ future”, let’s use it .
Had it since 1962 and even before then. Instead of community building murders gone sky high, a dat a build in black communities.
You sound like a simpleton blk
Very true!!
@@Matthewweather14 it will take many generations to build to that level. It is very possible.
The Orane family doesn't own Grace Kennedy. This thing is wildly innacurate
inaccurate is not the word I would use. I would find a stronger word, lol.
@@diannetgoldingfrankson2105 orane was Ceo and chairman for like 20 to 30 years
Yeah most of this info is nonsense. The AI didn’t even get some of the pronunciation of the names correct. Just spread i false info. The list left of the wealthiest black woman in JA
@@baldscott9191 Miss Bailey got rich in America 🇺🇸 not in Jamaica 🇯🇲
Grace is actually own under a canadian holding company, orane only served as chairman and CEO
Sad and Jamaica really owns nothing
These people are Jamaicans as well. They are just not "black" Jamaicans. Jamaica has multiple ethnicities. Some of these wealthy white Jamaicans are descendants of slave masters family in Jamaica. So, Naturally, they have the resources to do something. Plus, there is no excuse for Black people not doing the same nowadays. As Black people, we get pride wasting money on liabilities rather than using our money on assest-driven things. The phrase is this: money makes money. In other words, use money to make more money.
@thesweetstoryteller this why Jamaicans so docile and don't have a voice cause of mindset like that, you are proving it. These people don't live in jamaica... and Jamaicans need to start being creators and not loud speakers
What about the Lechers (Jackie Lecher before she became a Stewart) as well as the Roberts?
Flesh it out for them. Thats how the elites hide themselves their marriages are business partnership.
Where does the Seaton family listed?
Like Dr. Claude Anderson said, we're at the bottom of EVERY statistical metric...smh
At least something decent was said about the families. Now the question is why aren’t there more black families? The Chinese started out with nothing. Why were they able to dominate grocery stores and bakeries????? There has to be a reason. I have never heard that question analyzed or answered. Please let me know if you have honest and intelligent theories or factual knowledge.
Chinese started with gambling and were getting pay form when blacks were slave
Different culture and values. We let the pied pier musicians lead us astray.
@@leonrobinson8180 I thought 💭 it was politicians 1980 murder rate never drop back
the Chinese formed unions organized themselves, and came up with a family-centered mission statement and agenda. they purchased as a union and traded with each other, to make sure each family had what they needed to prosper. then they sold to you.
An organized team will always beat the individual, even if the members of the team are not very competent.
they educated their children in business and law, to gain technical and professional expertise to protect and promote their interests.
Last but not least, many families were given heavy investments by the former slaveholding oligarchy of Jamaica, that needed someplace to invest their money. the former slave-holding oligarchy in Jamaica sees the African Jamaicans as a threat, so they invest heavily in keeping the African majority divided and somewhat marginalized.
look inside your own family, what mechanisms can you put in place, to resolve conflict and promote the interest of your family and community?
They didn't have the trauma of hundreds of years of slavery. Black people have great difficulty to trust each other because of slavery, where lighter skinned blacks were treated differently, a black man would be an overseer whipping you, a black man would be a breeder rapi!ng your wife and daughter to create more slaves, etc etc etc. We as a people should recognize these psychological damages and while we work on overcoming them, we should not compare ourselves with those who did not have these hurdles to overcome.
The only families that should control Jamaica should be black Jamaicans.
Why? It was English soldiers sent by Oliver Cromwell who captured the island from the genocidal Spaniards b*****ds who captured it and damn near killed off all the natives ... yes, I know, it was the British that killed off the rest.
@@rhatidSo, there are no native Jamaicans?
@@RobbinFlowers Only in the imaginations.
Why? That sick ideology is racist. If you feel only black people should have businesses you can go try that ina 100 percent black country. However, even there others own the big businesses.
So the Chinese and Indian people who came here and help build Jamaica shouldn’t benefit.The small mind of black people and their laziness is why there is only one black family there. Some of you want to get rich quick and love something for nothing 😢
Very interesting information.
You have opened my eyes to a lot of things. One of these is : The who fought against Michael Manley's policies and the reason why a JLP government must be kept in power.
I believe Manley even though he is from high class wanted black people to improve. My spirit don't like Seaga and wonder how he just outlive everybody.
We're still a country of colonizers. If Jamaica was as diverse as most would like to say it is, you would have a mixture of powerful families. We do not. It's owned and managed by anything but African. And it's no coincidence that these other families have stayed on the lighter side. Do you really believe Afro-Jamaicans don't have money or knowledge to run business on this level??
yes, jamacians culture doesnt promote business and promotes nonesense has corruption and as a result jamacians are a group of broke people who spend their money to other groups who own business in jamacia. Thats reality, no lies , gaslighting will change the fact real jamacians are not standing on business or not focusing on real jobs/ professions / businesses. Not one or two doing the right thing, it has to be sizeable amount of the population which is just not happening in 2024.
Interesting that you did not mention that many of these families have given back to Jamaica in many ways. Creating foundations, non profit organizations, scholarships, medical assistance programs etc that benefit the underprivileged in the island. Many of these families came from extremely humble beginnings, but did work that many people turned their noses up at, and with their solid work ethic, built generational wealth over many many years. Many people want to reap the fruits of success without having to do what's needed to achieve it. Please show the entire story and not a biased view.
So true. I asked a similar question. It would be nice to know. There was only one family that they made reference to this..The Tru juice family
'...many of these families engage in philanthropic activities...' a quote from the video. You didn't watch all of the video at all Donna.
I love Jamaica, family from Jamaica and everyone is patriotic, but their patriotism is the overt loyalty to colonial owners.
Can you imagine how much influence they have politically and keep Jamaicans begging?
Indeed, this time is wake up!
They don't keep Jamaicans begging. If these people were to pack and leave Jamaica would be Haiti2 overnight, island mash-up and people burning people in the roads. Same almost everywhere else. Do you conduct most of your shopping within a black community like how the Chinese patronize their communities? Blacks don't build thir communities they instead fight to go live in other communities.
Yes mi Queen a hold down and tek whe dis poor blk people
@@Matthewweather14 you a fool a yard them generate dem wealth ,they cannot flourish a farin in a that business competition and nobody status outside of Jamaica.
Is the beating down and robbing of the Haitians why the country only produces millionaires and couple billionaires with the suffering exploited population. And I might add you sound very racist against the Black Jamaicans and the Haitians.
Good to know thanks for the info
I find this very interesting. THANKS
Was surprised not to see the Manley's on this list
I think the Manleys have their money in Canada now. What about the Marleys? I think they'd be amongst the group except they probably have their wealth mostly in the U.S.
MARLEYS DO NOT CONTROL JAMAICAN WEALTH LIKE THAT
The Manley were more political than business. They weren't rich like these. It the Clarke's ( which Bustamante real last nameand Manley relatives that more money and Shearers)
Michael was a decent man who genuinely loved Jamaican black people. He was not a thief
@@melissamurray1328 Bustamante or Shearer was not rich
I feel sick after seeing this video the rigging is real smdh