The debate re the place of the Jamaican language (Patwa) in Jamaica has resurfaced in our local media, due to the efforts of Jamaican enthusiasts to have the Charter of Rights protect Jamaicans from discrimination on the ground of language. To save you time, I've hyper-linked most, if not all, the newspaper articles that have surfaced as a result of such and endeavour (1-23). (22-32) are articles that have been published on issues relating to language since the beginning of the year.
- Undeveloped Conscience and Real Sin
- Argue Logically for Patois
- Patois is the Best Route to English
- Teaching Patois Undermines Poor
- Teach English as Foreign Language
- How Would the Patois Policy Work?
- UNESCO Guidelines and Jamaican Patois
- Fait a Yaad, Daans Abraad
- Defending Patois
- A Waste of Time to Teach Patois - Seaga
- Teaching Patois Adds to Problem
- Online Feedback
- Policy Makers Must Be Informed About Patois
- The Discrimination Debate
- Harding Warns Against Discrimination Based on Language, Sexual Orientation
- Charter of Rights - A Recipe for Discrimination
- What About Freedom from Language Discrimination
- Guarantee Freedom from Language Discrimination
- The Right to Discriminate
- Nicholson Doubts Ja Will Resume Capital Punishment
- Charter of Rights (and Wrongs)
- 'God' to Cooper: Tap Di Fuulinish
- Blinded by Self-Importance
- Carolyn's Sins of Commission
- Is Jamaican Patois Inherently Vulgar and Base
- Abbot, Patois Bible and Language Discrimination
- The Patois Industry, Rastamouse and Sandals Brand
- Don't Knock Rastamouse
- Teaching Patois in Schools Is Not Wrong
- Encourage English, Not Patois
- Cherish J'can Dialect, but Please No Patois Bible
- Creole Advocates Sign Language Charter
- Nationalise Caribbean Creole - Regional Officials
