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White Yardie forced to defend Jamaican heritage as it’s questioned in awkward Channel 4 debate
White Yardie was forced to defend himself after his Jamaican heritage was called into question on Channel 4 debate programme Unapologetic.
The comedian, real name Harry Gregory, appeared on the new series hosted by Zeze Millz and Yinka Bokinni last Thursday.
Unapologetic, which made its proper debut following a successful pilot during Channel 4’s Black To Front day, sees the two presenters address the uncomfortable issues surroundingracism and colourism within the Black community.
In the first episode, White Yardie took part in a discussion about ‘who gets to define Black culture’.
The social media star was born in England but moved to Jamaica with his family when he was just three months old. He then spent the next two decades growing up and living on the Caribbean island, learning to speak Patois while being fully immersed in Jamaican culture.
When Zeze asked if he ‘classes himself as Jamaican’, White Yardie stated: ‘I do class myself as part of the J
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Comedian White Yardie Reveals All!
TORONTO – White Yardie has become famous not just for his humour, but also for his style. As his name suggests, the comedian is white Jamaican, speaking with a thick Jamaican accent and often using Patois. This week Yardie and Brandon headed over to Chubby’s and dug into why people think his accent is “a gimmick”, as well as his comedy heroes, his message for the haters, and more.
“Mi love Canada,” Yardie said, explaining that he has wanted to move to Toronto since he first performed in our city.
“It feels more at home here than when I’m in the U.K., if I’m honest,” Yardie continued, adding that he feels the vibe is better, and the people are nicer.
“What I like is the embrace of cultures here. Not to say in London they don’t do this, not to say in the U.K. they don’t embrace the culture, but there are too many gatekeepers of the cultures,” he explained.
Yardie shared that he feels in the United Kingdom there are “gatekeepers” who decide who is allowed to participate in certain cultures, and who is not.
“People are quick to ca
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White Yardie
British actor, comedian and social media presenter
White Yardie | |
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| Born | Harry Gregory United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | British, Jamaican |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
Harry Gregory, better known by his stage name White Yardie, is a British and Jamaican comedian, actor and social media personality. Born in the United Kingdom, he was raised in Jamaica.
Biography
Life
In a Channel 4 interview Gregory stated that due to his mother's previous miscarriage, when she became pregnant with him and did not feel comfortable with the local hospital, she temporarily relocated from Jamaica to the United Kingdom to receive prenatal and postnatal care. When he was 3 months old, they went back to Jamaica.[1]
He grew up in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. His father, a sound system operator, moved from Jamaica and to the UK back and forth all through Gregory’s childhood, with Gregory sometimes living with friends. "There are people who feel like me nuh know or understand certain things because there is a stigma attached to th
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