Dalton Harris Viral Picture Brings Light to Homophobia in Jamaican Culture, Miss Kitty Argues It Is Homo-Hypocrisy

Dalton Harris viral picture of him sitting on his male friend lap from UK X Factor turned social media into a frenzy!

The Jamaican Digicel Rising Stars winner went from being respected and highly ranked in Jamaica to frowned upon and seen as an embarrassment in less than 24 hours last week Wednesday night.

The photo of Dalton Harris did not sit well with a lot of Jamaicans, including artist like Bounty Killer, considering how homosexuality or it’s behavior is not tolerated by a lot of Jamaicans. Some have called off support for Dalton based on the photo.

“If I didn't know myself I would have been broken today by all the ignorance. I would have actually believed what you thought of me. Good thing I know exactly who I am, and I am far from broken. I mean it when I say you have your life to fix, so stop wasting time trying to break someone else's. You cannot touch me mentally or in any other way. So, believe me when I say I am not fazed,” Dalton stated from Instagram.

Miss Kitty, Jamaican Media Personality, is rather not like the majority in terms of intolerance of homosexuality. In the fluffy diva recent Instagram video, she seemed pretty displeased with the reaction of the people in Jamaica and of the diaspora, based on Dalton Harris viral picture.

“If he is what he is being accused of or what is being levied against him, what does that have to do with his talent?,” expressed Miss Kitty. “Homo-Hypocrisy in our country is prevalent. Once it is that somebody is of a particular persuasion and they are beneficiaries of that person activities nothing nuh wrong with it!”

The viral photo of Dalton Harris has highlighted the homophobia within the Jamaican culture and among the diaspora. This has been seen throughout the years by several dancehall and reggae songs.

In 1933, popular reggae artist, Buju Banton made an infamous hit song “Boom Bye Bye”.
On the record, Buju describes how he feels about homosexuals within society. “Boom bye bye/ Inna batty bwoy head/Rude bwoy no promote no nasty man/Dem haffi dead.” In order words, he does not condone the homosexual lifestyle and believes they should be dead.

Dancehall group, T.O.K., produced another homophobic hit song in 2001 named “Chi-Chi Man”. The group also speaks about their intolerance for homosexuals. “From dem a par inna chi chi man car/Blaze di fire mek we bun dem!!!! (Bun dem!!!!).” The lyrics are similar to Buju in dismissing the homosexual lifestyle in their Jamaican culture.

Both Banton and T.O.K. songs demonstrate the homophobia within Jamaica, which has also influenced many to adopt the same mentality, locally and abroad.

Personally, I believe Dalton Harris is still a star and talented regardless of his sexuality, which is alleged. That is what brought him far on the UK X Factor competition, in which the singer continues to represent Jamaica well every time he performs so gracefully. I do not believe that persons should confuse Dalton talent or sexuality, based on an innocent picture and should continue to support him. The singer platform on the X Factor can open doors tremendously for other Jamaican talented acts.