Dear Editor,
Your editorial cartoon in Sunday's newspaper (May 4) is deplorable. You really take Jamaicans for fools. One day you are portraying the Most Honourable Prime Minister in a most dishonourable way, displaying your contempt for poor black people and your self-hate. Now you purport to be representing the same category of persons you so callously disregard.
Your cartoon would have us believe that brown and white Jamaicans are beating upon Minister Paulwell because he so heroically wants to bring US 12.88 cents energy to Jamaica. Presumably, they are doing this because they don't like black people. We are tired of that nonsense.
There was a time that the majority of us black people would buy that. Not anymore. Misguided and dangerous policy is so, whether the perpetrator is black, brown or white. There is no shield because you are black. There is no lower standard of conduct and judgement expected.
The simple matter is that we all want lower priced energy. No one profits more from lower priced energy than business people. The reason that they are upset with Mr Paulwell and opposed to his continued stewardship is that they do not believe that EWI is capable of delivering on its promises and they question Mr Paulwell's true motives and his competence to deliver. The evidence is clear that the minister is interfering in the process in a manner that crosses the line, which is not in keeping with proper governance, and that exposes the country to significant risks, losses and delays. That is why people are upset.
What is the cost to Jamaica if, as seems highly possible, this project fails in 12 months? 18 months ? Who is going to pay for that loss to Jamaicans? Please stop trying to use the "colour card" to distort reality. We tried that already and it failed for us. Why didn't your cartoonist include the contractor general, the Jamaican Civil Society Coalition, and other groups who, the last time I checked, were black people? All of us want accountability, good governance and better lives. We will accept wisdom from wherever it comes. We don't give two hoots whether you are black, brown, white, male, female. We just want to get ahead. Those old tricks will no longer work. You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all the time. While you check your behaviour, please also stop representing the prime minister in the manner you do. It is OK to disagree, but it is deplorable to denigrate.
R Murray
Mona
mrachel338@google.com
We don't give two hoots whether you are black, brown, white...
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Your editorial cartoon in Sunday's newspaper (May 4) is deplorable. You really take Jamaicans for fools. One day you are portraying the Most Honourable Prime Minister in a most dishonourable way, displaying your contempt for poor black people and your self-hate. Now you purport to be representing the same category of persons you so callously disregard.
Your cartoon would have us believe that brown and white Jamaicans are beating upon Minister Paulwell because he so heroically wants to bring US 12.88 cents energy to Jamaica. Presumably, they are doing this because they don't like black people. We are tired of that nonsense.
There was a time that the majority of us black people would buy that. Not anymore. Misguided and dangerous policy is so, whether the perpetrator is black, brown or white. There is no shield because you are black. There is no lower standard of conduct and judgement expected.
The simple matter is that we all want lower priced energy. No one profits more from lower priced energy than business people. The reason that they are upset with Mr Paulwell and opposed to his continued stewardship is that they do not believe that EWI is capable of delivering on its promises and they question Mr Paulwell's true motives and his competence to deliver. The evidence is clear that the minister is interfering in the process in a manner that crosses the line, which is not in keeping with proper governance, and that exposes the country to significant risks, losses and delays. That is why people are upset.
What is the cost to Jamaica if, as seems highly possible, this project fails in 12 months? 18 months ? Who is going to pay for that loss to Jamaicans? Please stop trying to use the "colour card" to distort reality. We tried that already and it failed for us. Why didn't your cartoonist include the contractor general, the Jamaican Civil Society Coalition, and other groups who, the last time I checked, were black people? All of us want accountability, good governance and better lives. We will accept wisdom from wherever it comes. We don't give two hoots whether you are black, brown, white, male, female. We just want to get ahead. Those old tricks will no longer work. You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all the time. While you check your behaviour, please also stop representing the prime minister in the manner you do. It is OK to disagree, but it is deplorable to denigrate.
R Murray
Mona
mrachel338@google.com
We don't give two hoots whether you are black, brown, white...
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