“It
takes a village to raise a child” – African Proverb
I sit around this computer pondering how to
start this blog and I’m in yet another state of depression regarding my
country.
A 14 year old girl student of Anchovy High
school was fatally stabbed allegedly by one of her classmates.
“The police report that
about 12:20 pm the two schoolgirls had a fight when a knife was brought into
play. Dawkins was stabbed and was rushed to the Cornwall Regional Hospital
where doctors declared her dead.” – The Jamaica Observer
Couple hours later the Minister of National
Security, Peter Bunting said that 'serious and violent crimes' had dropped 10
per cent and proclaimed that it was an indication of progress.
Progress? Really?
A 14-year-old girl laid dead yet the Minister
made the above state. I guess we live in a society where we no longer know what
or how to define serious or violent crimes.
Crimes in our schools are on the increase, crime
in every facet of our society is on the increase. Our law enforcement is laced
with corruption and our people remain silent.
Where
are the Politicians?
Our country from all looks of it seems to be in
a doomed state.
The media seems to be caught up with negativity
and entertainment rather than going out and finding the positive and
inspirational stories that are happening in our country.
Again
I ask; where are the Politicians?
The ever
climbing dollar is a cause for concern yet we sit down and feed on the crap
which we hear daily.
I go back to my opening statement “It takes a village to raise a
child”. No longer in Jamaica do we see communities raising a
child. Children lack manners, bleaching has become a norm that even children in
primary schools applying this product to their skin.
I weep for my country, I weep for our
economy, I weep for our schools, families and communities.
We have lost our identity as a people, we’ve
lost belief in our leaders, and we’ve lost faith in our own selves to lift and
bring this nation from the poverty stricken state it’s currently in.
Our motto states “out of many one people” and we are so divided. Historical
nations have rise and fall, are we on that current path?
Who will take up the mantle and pull us from our
slum? Who will be brave enough to lead our people a once proud nation back to
the top?
We can’t keep hiding behind our achievements in
sports. We have a country were negativity has become the norm of our society,
we watch and news and we expect to see nothing positive.
Full time now Jamaicans Rise Up and be
proactive, be innovative and let the Words of our National Anthem flow through
our veins let us be proud to wear the black green and gold not because it is
fashionable but because it represents something to us.
Let us Unite and believe in our abilities, let’s
bring back sweet Jamaica, let communities raise our children and not hurt them.
Let us protect our future generations from the scourge that has soaked into our
society over the last decade.
We are a strong and powerful set off people who
can achieve anything.
Live by these words “It’s not what our
leaders can do for you, but it’s what we can do for the betterment of our
society.”
Never give up, Pray for Jamaica, Believe in Jamaica,
Hope for Jamaica.
S.B.
Stanberry
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