Jamaican Till I Die!

I remember after 9/11 I saw American unity on display for the world to see. It did not matter what race or religion they were, at that time none of that mattered because they were all Americans. It reminded me of that famous quote by Isoroku Yamamoto after the Pearl Harbor attack. “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve”. I am not sure if that quote was real or something made up to sell a movie, but the 9/11 attacks reminded me of that moment. It was also at that time that I heard defiant Americans with flags waving declaring that “These colors don't run”. That unity was beautiful and wonderful to watch. However, all that American unity lasted about a week or two tops, before it was back to American disunity. No Symbolic Unity For these people. NEW YORK - A statue based on the famous photograph of the flag-raising at the World Trade Center site is being criticized because the three white firefighters in the picture have been trans...

I cannot help but wonder why there is a lack of organized public activism and protest in Jamaica. I am having a hard time remembering when last Jamaicans organized a massive, peaceful, progressive, socially cohesive movement against anything.  I am not talking about the politically organized partisan, divide and mash up, out of control, tire burning gas riots of the past or the protest in defense of Dons, Warlords and Gang members but a more productive outcry. A socially conscious Nation Building movement against poverty, social injustice, mismanagement, child abuse, crime and corruption within the Jamaican society. The lack of organized public outcry in Jamaica either means that we are all content, yard nice, everything sweet, session a run, henny a flow and everything is right in our world or that we are such a fragmented society that it is almost impossible for us to come together as a people to confront the problems we face as Jamaicans outside of the party politics. ...