The stunt in parliament by Nekeisha Burchell on Wednesday was yet another example of the educated class trying to gain cheap ‘street cred’ at the expense of our native dialect.

I am a huge advocate for Jamaican culture, and particularly for the dialect, but, let’s be clear, some of those rushing out to defend the use of Patois are the same people who will look down on, or refuse to hire, someone into their organisation if they cannot speak proper English.

Many of the ‘educated class’ are jumping to Miss Burchell’s defence in nothing less than the Queen's English. What hypocrisy! It was particularly striking that the well-educated individuals who spoke to TV news defending Miss Burchell spoke in flawless English. Why didn’t they “chat patois” in the interviews?