What's Up Jamaica

We as Jamaicans need to take a stance against Apple and any persons with racist attitudes that they employ. Case in point - iTunes exec tells Jamaican artists to take a hike. I got a forward of the email that Kirk Bonin, Artist/Label Relations Manager at iTunes Music Store sent to someone who was doing email promotions for deejay Buju Banton and it wasn't as simple a thing as a brush off as that article would imply. It was NASTY and showing that racism or at least racist attitudes are alive and well at all levels of the corporate world.

I will post what he said, word for word, later today but racism is clearly very much alive. Yes, there are many homophobic Jamaican reggae artistes, but how can you class them all as such, especially for someone in a position at itunes where he can basically call the shots to some extent on which music/artiste gets to be heard and which one doesn't.

So what if the Ipod is cool ... there are lots of other cool alternatives and until Apple fires this Bonin guy, my vote is for a total Apple and itunes boycott!