that is rivalling FLOW now- and doing well, but they still have some catching up to do. There is another supplier, RedBKJamaica, an affiliate of Digicel Jamaica Ltd. The University of the West Indies senior lecturer added: "I would also want to find out if it is that Dr West, as a clergyman who is aware of the various challenges that we face in Jamaica, with multiple aspects of the socialisation planks, has also taken to task other critical aspects of our society that have been impacting our young people.As far as I know, they still have the most comprehensive published list of individual and business contacts here. "I would question Dr West on what children are exposed to in Jamaica and also wonder if Dr West is aware of the longevity of dancehall in Jamaica and the similarity in terms of his comment with that of many others." "Dancehall culture is a very important part of Jamaican youth culture, and a dancehall scene on the front of the Yellow Pages, I and others thought it was an appropriate kind of image in a country where dancehall continues to provide response to and information about who we are as a people." Meanwhile, dancehall expert Dr Donna Hope said she did not see anything wrong with the scene. "We still ended up having both (genres of music)."
I'd like to think we kind of took the high road rather," he said. I don't think it's something that we can disregard. We are a society that is fundamentally based on Christian principles. "In our society, the Church is a powerful lobby. Questioned on whether the company was setting a bad precedent by appeasing the church group, Neita said the "power" of the local religious lobby could not be ignored. I don't think we're resiling from a principled position by saying, 'Hey, I'll give you an alternative'." If it were a private magazine that we were putting forward in the public space, I think it would be a little bit different. In a kind of way, they become a co-sponsor. "A church may be listed in the book once they advertise in the book. Neita said that the company admitted that there's a "commercial and principled" aspect to the decision to print an alternative version. In the reggae scene, scantily clad women are shown dancing with men at what appears to be a typical street dance. Ska is on the residential directory, while the scene depicting reggae is displayed on the islandwide copy. The controversial picture is on the cover of the directory for Kingston and St Andrew.
Three directories are printed for Jamaica yearly: one for Kingston and St Andrew, an islandwide publication, and one residential. Anybody who is offended by that depiction, they'll have a choice in having a replacement," he said, adding that the controversial depiction done by Lennox Coke Jackson would remain in circulation. "We have provided an alternative cover for institutions such as churches and schools. We're not accepting that the depiction was offensive because that is a matter of interpretation," Neita told The Gleaner. "In our response to their letter, we apologised for offending them because it was not the intention to offend them. Yesterday, Ian Neita, chief executive officer of Global Directories, said while the company would not apologise for using the scene, it understood the Christian group's concerns. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters.
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