The Demon of The Ghetto
The more I look at it, the more I think about it, its the more I realize that one of the most wicked systems that has been created in Jamaica is the system of the ghetto. The ghetto is more than a geographical location. It is a system of behavior, a system of thinking... the physical attributes of this system are mostly easier to deal with than the philosophical aspect of it.
It's easir to have to see people in sub human conditions than to see people who seem to be comfortanle and content to remain in subhuman conditions because it is a ticket to a few dollars from some weak and corrupt politician. It's easier to see persons without a job than to see persons who don't want to work for a certain pay, even though they have neither the qualification, experience of know how to get a bigger pay.
I am simple not convinced that the powers that be or some of the people of this ghetto want the label of ghetto and the reality of ghetto to be removed from here. There seems to be a vested interest in keeping persons undermined and under privildged. The persosn who by dint of laziness and narrow mindedness resist efforts of change and upliftment play right into the skillful hands of these power brokers.
The young men in particular are plagued by this monster. They continue to beg for help to find jobs, they continue to ask, "wha yu can do fe me?" job wise. They submit resumes (the few who have enough info to submit), they continue to say "nothing nah gwaan" - yet repeatedly they do the same things all over. They arrive on the job and last two days because, they arrive 2 hours late for work, the spend more time at the back room smoking a spliff, they use the most cloth filled language to tell of the supervisor who notices that they are loafing on the job, they invite their 'dogs'/crew to the work place and the crew makes the most noise or drives in with a sound system blaring Vybz Kartel or Bounty Killer's garbage that they call music. They say that they cant go to the interview because they dont have any clothes, or they dont have any bus fare, they say that the site is too far away, they say that they will have to take a taxi because they cant walk to take the bus otherwise 'man a go do dem tings'
They will not think twice about begging a money each day of the week that they see you and they complain with the most pitiful of stories that they are so hungry, yet it is clear that they have no desire to work, they want an easy life. If they do stay on the job they stay long enough to get the first pay so that can go buy some clothes or sneakers.
This is a raging demon that must be driven out. The bondage breaker is in the ghetto. As an agent of the Liberator I am ready to take on this demon head on.
It's easir to have to see people in sub human conditions than to see people who seem to be comfortanle and content to remain in subhuman conditions because it is a ticket to a few dollars from some weak and corrupt politician. It's easier to see persons without a job than to see persons who don't want to work for a certain pay, even though they have neither the qualification, experience of know how to get a bigger pay.
I am simple not convinced that the powers that be or some of the people of this ghetto want the label of ghetto and the reality of ghetto to be removed from here. There seems to be a vested interest in keeping persons undermined and under privildged. The persosn who by dint of laziness and narrow mindedness resist efforts of change and upliftment play right into the skillful hands of these power brokers.
The young men in particular are plagued by this monster. They continue to beg for help to find jobs, they continue to ask, "wha yu can do fe me?" job wise. They submit resumes (the few who have enough info to submit), they continue to say "nothing nah gwaan" - yet repeatedly they do the same things all over. They arrive on the job and last two days because, they arrive 2 hours late for work, the spend more time at the back room smoking a spliff, they use the most cloth filled language to tell of the supervisor who notices that they are loafing on the job, they invite their 'dogs'/crew to the work place and the crew makes the most noise or drives in with a sound system blaring Vybz Kartel or Bounty Killer's garbage that they call music. They say that they cant go to the interview because they dont have any clothes, or they dont have any bus fare, they say that the site is too far away, they say that they will have to take a taxi because they cant walk to take the bus otherwise 'man a go do dem tings'
They will not think twice about begging a money each day of the week that they see you and they complain with the most pitiful of stories that they are so hungry, yet it is clear that they have no desire to work, they want an easy life. If they do stay on the job they stay long enough to get the first pay so that can go buy some clothes or sneakers.
This is a raging demon that must be driven out. The bondage breaker is in the ghetto. As an agent of the Liberator I am ready to take on this demon head on.
Comments
Taking this demon on is really the only hope for deliverance from "ghetto mentality".
Your declaration is also in essence a challenge to the rest of us that are just on the sidelines not doing a thing but observing and commenting.
When will we also step up and take that demon on ourselves ... reaching even one person is one step closer to deliverance.
How about starting with just one?
Kenneth Copeland's devotion for May 9 says -
" How much love do you have for sinners? ...
That's the kind of heart our heavenly Father has for those who are lost. It's the kind of heart He had for you while you were still wandering in the world. It's the kind of heart that embraced you with open arms even when you were still covered with the grime of sin.
There's a whole world full of weary people out there who haven't yet found that embrace. They're more than just "sinners," they're our potential brothers...lost ones in desperate need of a loving heavenly Father. God forbid we should ever turn up our noses at them. May He help us instead to start bringing them home."