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article last night (mi did ah lime) when I stopped by to talk ball and other things. Unnuh tek a read an give mi some feedback:
PUBLISHERS VIBE
Let me share something about myself with you that only my family and friends know.
I love America and I have every respect for the constitution and the high ideas espoused by the founding fathers.
America is undoubtedly the land of opportunity. In the context of my own Jamaican nationality/American citizenship, I see Jamaicans and other Caribbean nationals doing exceptionally better than they were doing back home. Nevertheless they berate, curse and disrespect the very system that has given them a second or third chance at succeeding in life.
NO! I am not naive, I am not brainwashed. Rather I can think for myself, therefore I have come to the following conclusions:
(a) If you left your country 10, 20, or 30 years ago and you are doing significantly better than you’d have done at home, shut up and stop complaining.
(b) If you are not doing well and you think that the system stinks - simply pack you bags and go back home.
(c) If you are not doing as well as you’d like, but you understand America for what it is, “the land of opportunity,” then, seek advice and support from one who is succeeding.
Jamaicans and other Caribbean nationals have traditionally marginalized themselves by refusing to participate fully in the political, social and economic system in a meaningful way.
Instead they continue to feed the notion that one day soon they will return to their island paradise to enjoy the fruits of their labor. However, things change, and the two or three jobs are no longer adequate to fuel the dream of “Island Paradise Retirement.”
The mood and tempo of the islands are also changing, so by the time some of the more fortunate ones get there, they’ll find that things are simply not what they used to be. Many are broken and disillusioned when they realize that their dreams of “what used to be” have materialized as their own worst nightmare.
Those of us, who ventured to the United States, did so for a number of reasons. Some of those reasons are as follows:
(1) To re-unite with family or relatives who emigrated a long time ago
(2) To pursue higher education and broaden our personal and professional development.
(3) To find jobs and careers that were unavailable in our own countries.
(4) To transfer and relocate as teachers, nurses doctors consular corps, athletes or scholars.
Whatever your reasons for coming to America, as long as you resist assimilation, you limit yourself socially, politically and economically.
Why is it that almost anyone who is seeking opportunity, rich, poor, young or old, or educated or uneducated, ends up in America? It’s no coincidence. This is the only place where you can freely speak your mind politically with out reprisal. The only place, where, despite who you are African, Jewish, Polish or Russian, you can start a business on a shoestring and succeed.
The saddest irony to me is the images of immigrants in protest marches and demonstrations waving their native flags in America (on American soil), while saying the vilest things about America.
Immigrants from everywhere else have never shown any respect for their Black American community who constitute the very foundations of the United States. Just so you know, pre-modern and modern America as we know it, was made possible through the superhuman sacrifices of Black Americans who had a hand in every meaningful development and advancement in this country.
If Black Americans had not fought racism and discrimination at every turn and achieved some modicum of respect and dignity: how in God’s name could the rest of us from everywhere else make America our home?
In Jamaica we have a saying that evolved form the middleclass fear of the Rastaman, “you fe stop spread propaganda pon the dread.” Jamaicans and Caribbean Nationals must stop this stupid class warfare with American blacks.
Black Americans deserve our thanks, our admiration and our loyalty for the sacrifices they have made. It is they, who opened the door for us to be here.
Why don’t we honor America and our Black brothers and sisters by assimilating? This action alone will create a social, political and economic base that will make a difference in America today and tomorrow.
“Cause that’s whereitzat.”
Clive
For questions or comments on this article send your email to editors@whereitzatmag.com
Mi did tell him mi ah go drap it pon di site.
PUBLISHERS VIBE
Let me share something about myself with you that only my family and friends know.
I love America and I have every respect for the constitution and the high ideas espoused by the founding fathers.
America is undoubtedly the land of opportunity. In the context of my own Jamaican nationality/American citizenship, I see Jamaicans and other Caribbean nationals doing exceptionally better than they were doing back home. Nevertheless they berate, curse and disrespect the very system that has given them a second or third chance at succeeding in life.
NO! I am not naive, I am not brainwashed. Rather I can think for myself, therefore I have come to the following conclusions:
(a) If you left your country 10, 20, or 30 years ago and you are doing significantly better than you’d have done at home, shut up and stop complaining.
(b) If you are not doing well and you think that the system stinks - simply pack you bags and go back home.
(c) If you are not doing as well as you’d like, but you understand America for what it is, “the land of opportunity,” then, seek advice and support from one who is succeeding.
Jamaicans and other Caribbean nationals have traditionally marginalized themselves by refusing to participate fully in the political, social and economic system in a meaningful way.
Instead they continue to feed the notion that one day soon they will return to their island paradise to enjoy the fruits of their labor. However, things change, and the two or three jobs are no longer adequate to fuel the dream of “Island Paradise Retirement.”
The mood and tempo of the islands are also changing, so by the time some of the more fortunate ones get there, they’ll find that things are simply not what they used to be. Many are broken and disillusioned when they realize that their dreams of “what used to be” have materialized as their own worst nightmare.
Those of us, who ventured to the United States, did so for a number of reasons. Some of those reasons are as follows:
(1) To re-unite with family or relatives who emigrated a long time ago
(2) To pursue higher education and broaden our personal and professional development.
(3) To find jobs and careers that were unavailable in our own countries.
(4) To transfer and relocate as teachers, nurses doctors consular corps, athletes or scholars.
Whatever your reasons for coming to America, as long as you resist assimilation, you limit yourself socially, politically and economically.
Why is it that almost anyone who is seeking opportunity, rich, poor, young or old, or educated or uneducated, ends up in America? It’s no coincidence. This is the only place where you can freely speak your mind politically with out reprisal. The only place, where, despite who you are African, Jewish, Polish or Russian, you can start a business on a shoestring and succeed.
The saddest irony to me is the images of immigrants in protest marches and demonstrations waving their native flags in America (on American soil), while saying the vilest things about America.
Immigrants from everywhere else have never shown any respect for their Black American community who constitute the very foundations of the United States. Just so you know, pre-modern and modern America as we know it, was made possible through the superhuman sacrifices of Black Americans who had a hand in every meaningful development and advancement in this country.
If Black Americans had not fought racism and discrimination at every turn and achieved some modicum of respect and dignity: how in God’s name could the rest of us from everywhere else make America our home?
In Jamaica we have a saying that evolved form the middleclass fear of the Rastaman, “you fe stop spread propaganda pon the dread.” Jamaicans and Caribbean Nationals must stop this stupid class warfare with American blacks.
Black Americans deserve our thanks, our admiration and our loyalty for the sacrifices they have made. It is they, who opened the door for us to be here.
Why don’t we honor America and our Black brothers and sisters by assimilating? This action alone will create a social, political and economic base that will make a difference in America today and tomorrow.
“Cause that’s whereitzat.”
Clive
For questions or comments on this article send your email to editors@whereitzatmag.com
Mi did tell him mi ah go drap it pon di site.
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