Why Jamaicans Refuse to be Bilingual

03/11/2024 30 min

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, I discuss neocolonialism and how this phenomenon leads Creole speakers to deny the value of-or even- the existence of their language. Jamaica is only one example of where this occurs. This was inspired after a student of mine who recently immigrated became upset when her peers said they’d like to learn Patois(Jamaican Creole). He insisted that it was a “not a realLanguage.”Are there fake languages?