Jamaican Chinese

Tami Chyn & Tessanne Chin

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Chinese
• Jamaica
• reggae

[CatMingDu]

I'm of Caribbean-Chinese heritage and carry a hakka surname aswell, but mines is far less common than Chin or even Lee. I'm pretty sure if you're from the islands it is easy to guess wha it is! :)

[Jamaicandiaspora]

@CatMingDu I don't know Chan, Chung, Lee Chin? Michael Lee Chin is Jamaican Black Chinese and a billionaire! Our people always make a mark in the world.

[sheltv100]

Can they speak Mandarin?

[Jamaicandiaspora]

@sheltv100 I don't know

[PrncssSph]

who's jamaican chinese?

[Jamaicandiaspora]

Both videos have Jamaican Chinese singers. Tami Chyn and Tessanne Chin are Jamaicans of Chinese decent; we are not all Blacks of African decent.

[freshboychad]

the chins is part black and black and africa guh hand and hand dat sentence neva mek sence. its betta u say not every jamaican is of african decent.

[Inufanfan4]

huh? why do they have different last names...aren't they sisters? I'm quite sure they are so they should both be "Chin" or should have been cuz Tesanne is married now i think....don't know if she took on her hubby's last name tho :S

[yellowstar234]

Chinese Jamaicans are just beautiful ! its surprising how most people think there was just black people there well maybe cuz im jamaican i aint surprised.

[dmvgogo]

hay I love my hakka heritage!

[tunkey9]

big big tune

[jamsng]

@Jamaicandiaspora they are mixed wit chinese and cherokee indian and white as well not only chinese ok

[firestormthehedgehog]

I always thought these were black women. My dad always use toplay these and I always thought that. Wow.. They are good

[pawoon]

@sheltv100 Hakka Chinese or Kejia in Mandarin. Different dialect

[18shantal]

@PrncssSph Tami chynn father is chinese Jamaica and mother is half black and half white

[xplosivelilly]

@sheltv100 i'm sure langauge is an issue also. just because of a religion they wudnt socialize with the larger community? Here in trinidad they get tonnes of help from the local Chinese-Trinidadians..they get homes, jobs etc from them.

[sheltv100]

@xplosivelilly The Chinese immigrants that recently arrived in Jamaica (or Trinidad) usually stick by themselves not just because of language barriers, but because of the philosophy of Confucianism. The 5th generation Chinese in the Caribbean are mostly Christianized and assimilated into the culture. They have long ago abandoned Confucianism.