Black Americans are gathered in solidarity today on Twitter in taking out their anger against a Jamaican business owner who said she no longer wants to do business with the group. Known as The Barefoot Island Lady (TBIL), the owner of Rustic Mountain Living sparked outrage after saying she will no longer rent out her cottages to Black Americans for short-term stays because, in so many words, Black Americans lack couth.
Twitter user @NikkiThaGodB1 was among the first people to share videos regarding the Barefoot Island Lady’s stances against Black Americans and we did some digging on her TikTok page to discover that she’s held this position for a few days now.
A Jamaican woman says that she will no longer be offering short-term stays at her business because Black Americans give her too many problems.
She claims Black Americans are entitled and go to Jamaica expecting to get things for free. pic.twitter.com/2j7WDOlfAU
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Nikki Tha God (@NikkiThaGodB1) May 22, 2023
In one video, TBIL opens up by sharing that she will no longer offer short-term rentals of her properties and put the blame on the. aforementioned group. The video can be viewed below.
@rusticmountainliving No More Short Term Stay! Long Term Only! #comedy #cali #la #life #happy #Love #BarefootIslandLady #rusticmountainliving #foryou #fypシ #jamaica #uk #america #germany #australia #china #asia
In the following video, TBIL doubles down on her stances and even begins the video by admitting that she doesn’t think all Black Americans are the problem. That said, she continued to blast the group by saying that they were fighting amongst each other on her properties. She also called these particular guests “disrespectful” and “unappreciative” among other choice words.
@rusticmountainliving FULL Explanation of Why There’s No More Shorterm Stay! #comedy #cali #la #life #happy #Love #BarefootIslandLady #rusticmountainliving #foryou #fypシ #jamaica #uk #america #germany #australia #china #asia
If that wasn’t enough, TBIL tripled down and said she isn’t apologizing for vocalizing her disdain for the group despite the negative press and comments that have come her way since the airing of the videos.
@rusticmountainliving Not Apologizing comedy cali la life happy Love BarefootIslandLady rusticmountainliving foryou fypシ jamaica uk america germany australia china asia
On Twitter, Black Americans are naturally taken aback by The Barefoot Lady and her viewpoints. One user even dug up an alleged exchange between TBIL and a white customer with the pair sharing their displeasure of Black people.
As the saying goes, all press is good press but we’re wondering how this will play out for the business going forward.
Check out the reactions below.
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Photo: Instagram
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A white woman was blasting her and calling her a scammer but who does she have her energy for??? https://t.co/KdQYulfcEe
— Jen (@Jen_jen_jen_123) May 22, 2023
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She really let ol girl and her business HAVE IT. https://t.co/U6ub7OdFCw
— Ms. Sn@cks (@HenriettaSnacks) May 22, 2023
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I watched the TikTok clips of their conversation….
The white girl responses are in green & business owners responses are in white. pic.twitter.com/EEcgzbFtlm— C. Mack (@Mack7mle) May 23, 2023
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Went to her comments and the cave devils clapping with her. She’s a white ass kissing mf. It would have been alright if she spoke about the ones who made her uncomfortable but to generalize and then speak the same white supremacy ideologies as YT folks .. https://t.co/30dOXXhquH
— SentfromHeavenabove
(@NoEsAmor89) May 23, 2023
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Black Americans please keep flying south past Jamaica and spend your money where you’re welcomed. Us “small-island people” appreciate tourism and understand how hospitality works https://t.co/I3ltydrHjd pic.twitter.com/AfpGT9EVcC
— merriam
(@awebster1337) May 24, 2023
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The Jamaican beach shack lady makes an entire video about Black Americans…meanwhile she's a scammer. You can't make this up
https://t.co/Gqj4QkowuO
— Shea Peters (@iamsheabutta) May 23, 2023
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Wait, I’ve been following her for a min and she’s American and moved to Jamaica to start her business and black
Americans were the ones who helped build her business to what it is today. Interesting take pic.twitter.com/2T2SKkPsuS— Tamika’s Missing 30k (@KillmongerWidow) May 24, 2023
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Oh, so the Jamaican lady had all that smoke for “spolied” Black Americans, but ain’t said boo about Rasta Pasta Rachel https://t.co/wIRASWRzQG
— Ja’Mon (@Ariesfirebomb) May 23, 2023
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I guarantee you if her clientele was white, she’d have no problem accommodating. What I have noticed in the West Indies, specifically Jamaica, is that they expect Black Americans to spend hella bread and be okay with bare minimum service because we the same color.
— Dwele (@A_major420) May 23, 2023
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That Jamaican lady pandering to that white woman by complaining about Black Americans just for the white woman to blast her business was well deserved. Lmaooo bonding over hating Black Americans is insane when they spend the MOST money over there
— ri
(@goooodgalriri) May 23, 2023
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One day we’re going to talk about how Black people from other countries look at Black Americans with the same gaze as conservative racist yt folks. Like, she really think that the black people getting assistance from the government are the ones traveling to Jamaica. https://t.co/WyaU9QOBmq
— The Fish (@StevieDwayne) May 23, 2023
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That Jamaican lady could’ve literally made the executive and valid decision not to rent to Black Americans without the video announcement. People be starting that discourse on purpose. It’s so difficult being the object of obsession across the diaspora. pic.twitter.com/tSBLKPnRL2
— Kiy ♡ (@PinKIYSensei) May 23, 2023
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oh god no here comes another diaspora war between Black Americans and Jamaicans
— NATALIA (@natboo__) May 23, 2023
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