Today’s our seventh day in
Jamaica. Overall I feel like today went very well. We met up with the Yallahs
students and we continued to work our documentaries. My group is mainly
focusing on language, and how American slang is similar to Patois. We
interviewed one another, and asked interesting questions about our languages.
As we were getting our questions together one of the Yallahs students asked us,
what the background of our slang language is. Nobody knew, I found that really
shocking. I felt like any Jamaican that I have come into contact with knew
their culture without a doubt. But the minute we were asked no one really knew.
Today everybody seems to be caught up and they don’t see the big picture of
things. Our generation doesn’t realize that majority, if not all, the things
that we do originate from somewhere in addition they also have some sort of
background. I believe it’s becoming a cycle for our communities and our people
to forget the past and they forget how many of our traditions came about. I
hope that with this documentary, not only will those of us who came will learn
something, be affected by it, and pass it on. We need to tell what we learned
to others and broaden their thoughts on our culture as a people.
-Briana
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