JAMAICANS: Why We Can't Have Nice Things


teenEDITORIAL  | Tuesday, September 01, 2015 |
With our Jamaican athletes setting us apart in the recent IAAF World Championships, by dominating and putting so many people to shame, Jamaicans can have– if only for a brief moment – a sense of pride. Pride in knowing that the world is seeing the good we can do and how much we can achieve.
However, in the midst of what is supposed to be our moment to shine comes the unpleasant and rather embarrassing news of the five Jamaican students who were arrested and charged for theft and conspiracy to commit fraud. This, readers, is why we can’t have nice things. We are not saying that crime committed by Jamaicans at home isn’t horrible, but crime committed by a Jamaican anywhere outside of ‘yaad’ is worse. And let us tell you why. When you leave this country you are not only representing yourself and your family, you are representing Jamaica, and on a smaller scale, the entire Caribbean region. The first thing someone will identify you by when you do something that warrants national or international attention – especially something criminal – is where you are from. If you do well, it reflects positively on your country, when you do badly the negativity is reflected tenfold!
Did they stop to think about the consequences? The apparent answer would be ‘obviously not’. These five students who entered the United States on the summer work and travel programme may have inadvertently made the process more difficult for future students to get into the programme. Fees may see hikes, embassy interviews may become more difficult, work and travel agencies will be more selective about who they enlist so as to prevent any misrepresentation or sullying of their name. And oftentimes the ones in need get booted. more

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