Jamaica Is No Paradise


Please read this piece all the way through. I like it because it does not place the blame on any one segment of Jamaican society, which is the norm. Usually, politicians and the poor (and sometimes dancehall artists) are the common culprits when people want to blame someone for Jamaica’s problems. This piece places the blame at the feet of everyone who lives there now, who has lived there and who produces children there. Personal responsibility and awareness that one is part of a society, the author seems to be pointing to as a starting point to address the nation’s problems.

Dimitri Lyon

My heart is aching for Jamaica. Words cannot describe the hurt that the recent events unfolding in Jamaica have caused me. The tears have flowed, and I have asked myself the same question over and over again; what can I do to help? The more I asked myself the question, is the more I realized that I am a part of the problem.

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