Dear Editor,
I watched the million man march anniversary event and the first thing that came to my mind was the ignorance of our people. Yes, I said it, the ignorance of our people.
Here were thousands of Jamaicans gathered the hear a man tell them how much the white man has wronged them. I heard the shouts when he referred to the prime minister as "Sister P", and how much he lauded her for trying to make Jamaica a republic to finally get us away from the wicked queen. I heard him spout names and went back into the history of how the white man did us wrong. And, while he did this, the crowd cheered.
But he forgot to mention one thing. That it was a black P J Patterson, and it is a black Portia Simpson Miller who have had Jamaica and Jamaicans under bondage and suffering like never before.
Tell many of the same people sitting in that audience to get up and demand justice from the politicians of Jamaica and I can guarantee you, there would not see half that crowd. Tell them to hold these same politicians accountable and you would not see half that crowd. Like sheep, they follow blindly.
I watched Farrakhan as he preached in his dark glasses, and I thought, why the need to hide his eyes? And the answer came that to me was that 'the eyes are the windows of the soul', and if your soul is dark, that darkness will show itself.
Do any of these people read, or even consider seeking truth for themselves, or do we continue it blame the white man, the Jew, and everybody else, when history has shown that our own people also helped to sell us out? Do we continue to allow the dark history of slavery to continue to dictate that we are still bound by it mentally, or do we rise up from the ashes and take our place in society?
I am sure that the murders, robbery, injustice being melted out to Jamaicans every day is being done by fellow black Jamaicans. I am sure it is a black prime minister that we have running things, so why are Jamaicans suffering? Is it the white man destroying our hospitals, raping and murdering our children, treating the elderly like garbage, abusing our women?
We do not need to wait for a black man to get on a pulpit to preach that to us -- amid the undercurrents of hatred for others because they did us wrong and they need to pay -- for us to have love of self and pride.
Michelle Bradshaw
michelleannmariebradshaw@gmail.com
What has Farrakhan taught J'cans?
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I watched the million man march anniversary event and the first thing that came to my mind was the ignorance of our people. Yes, I said it, the ignorance of our people.
Here were thousands of Jamaicans gathered the hear a man tell them how much the white man has wronged them. I heard the shouts when he referred to the prime minister as "Sister P", and how much he lauded her for trying to make Jamaica a republic to finally get us away from the wicked queen. I heard him spout names and went back into the history of how the white man did us wrong. And, while he did this, the crowd cheered.
But he forgot to mention one thing. That it was a black P J Patterson, and it is a black Portia Simpson Miller who have had Jamaica and Jamaicans under bondage and suffering like never before.
Tell many of the same people sitting in that audience to get up and demand justice from the politicians of Jamaica and I can guarantee you, there would not see half that crowd. Tell them to hold these same politicians accountable and you would not see half that crowd. Like sheep, they follow blindly.
I watched Farrakhan as he preached in his dark glasses, and I thought, why the need to hide his eyes? And the answer came that to me was that 'the eyes are the windows of the soul', and if your soul is dark, that darkness will show itself.
Do any of these people read, or even consider seeking truth for themselves, or do we continue it blame the white man, the Jew, and everybody else, when history has shown that our own people also helped to sell us out? Do we continue to allow the dark history of slavery to continue to dictate that we are still bound by it mentally, or do we rise up from the ashes and take our place in society?
I am sure that the murders, robbery, injustice being melted out to Jamaicans every day is being done by fellow black Jamaicans. I am sure it is a black prime minister that we have running things, so why are Jamaicans suffering? Is it the white man destroying our hospitals, raping and murdering our children, treating the elderly like garbage, abusing our women?
We do not need to wait for a black man to get on a pulpit to preach that to us -- amid the undercurrents of hatred for others because they did us wrong and they need to pay -- for us to have love of self and pride.
Michelle Bradshaw
michelleannmariebradshaw@gmail.com
What has Farrakhan taught J'cans?
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