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The Jamaican Language Debate Resurfaces

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.   
  1. Undeveloped Conscience and Real Sin
  2. Argue Logically for Patois
  3. Patois is the Best Route to English
  4. Teaching Patois Undermines Poor
  5. Teach English as Foreign Language
  6. How Would the Patois Policy Work?
  7. UNESCO Guidelines and Jamaican Patois
  8. Fait a Yaad, Daans Abraad
  9. Defending Patois
  10. A Waste of Time to Teach Patois - Seaga
  11. Teaching Patois Adds to Problem
  12. Online Feedback
  13. Policy Makers Must Be Informed About Patois
  14. The Discrimination Debate
  15. Harding Warns Against Discrimination Based on Language, Sexual Orientation 
  16. Charter of Rights - A Recipe  for Discrimination 
  17. What About Freedom from Language Discrimination
  18. Guarantee Freedom from Language Discrimination
  19. The Right to Discriminate
  20. Nicholson Doubts Ja Will Resume Capital Punishment 
  21. Charter of Rights (and Wrongs)
  22. 'God' to Cooper: Tap Di Fuulinish
  23. Blinded by Self-Importance 
  24. Carolyn's Sins of Commission
  25. Is Jamaican Patois Inherently Vulgar and Base
  26. Abbot, Patois Bible and Language Discrimination 
  27. The Patois Industry, Rastamouse and Sandals Brand
  28. Don't Knock Rastamouse
  29. Teaching Patois in Schools Is Not Wrong
  30. Encourage English, Not Patois
  31. Cherish J'can Dialect, but Please No Patois Bible 
  32. Creole Advocates Sign Language Charter 
  33. Nationalise Caribbean Creole - Regional Officials
By: Bertram


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