Where is the Jamaican pride?

Jamaica land we love!! I remember singing the national anthem every morning in primary school and having to stand attention to it during high school. Whenever I visit the movies the anthem is played before the movies begin and people can be heard complaining about having to stand. They sit and eat and talk while the anthem is being played. On the other hand I will see people who migrate from Jamaica to America dressed up in their American colours on their Independence Day and showing their love for their country. Is Jamaican pride something that we no longer embrace? Is the love for our country fading?

What worries me is that instead of pride in our country increasing it continues to be on the decline. Once or twice a year we take pride in our country but for the majority of the year we are primarily caught up in the affairs of other countries. Our financial situation as a country can be improved or infrastructure can be improved but without a knowledge of our culture we will never fully move forward as a country. I'm so concerned about our young people and how much of our nation they do know. Those who do find the time to read feed their minds with things that aren't geared at impowerment and for those of us who already have a knowledge of our Jamaican culture are not doing the best they can to impart the knowledge to our young people.

Sports tend to unite our country even for a little while but how much of our sporting history is actually known by our young people. It's always a good concept to look back at where we are coming from to ensure that we take our culture with us to share with the future generations. The Jamaica of tomorrow will be a Jamaica of 95% foreign influences if something isn't done to show how vital knowledge of our culture is . Our television stations rarely bring shows or documentaries about the culture of Jamaica as they are now flooded with Indian and Chinese programs. As a nation we need to make it a priority to push our culture more and to make it more attractive to young people so they can be more appreciative of it.

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