How Jamaicans Got Robbed Of their Resources and Identity

 Most Jamaicans are some of the most friendliest, happiest people on the planet who are just passionate about life and are bursting with energy and good vibes! This type of energy is so infectious that once foreigners step foot on the island and interact with the people they are mesmerized and don't want to leave! And I am not saying this because I am a Jamaican,  this is our natural nature. We are a free spirited people that just love life and want to share it with everyone we meet.  When I meet other Caribbean nationals and  people from African countries like Ghana and Nigeria they exude this same positive vibe which is where we Jamaicans some of us have our ancestors from these African countries.  Some foreign women immediately fall under the spell of the Jamaican man and never go back home. Now imagine when you take away the source of income of these happy, friendly, energetic people. You inform them that they can no longer use the beaches to go fishing in order to feed their families. What you create are angry, hungry, desperate people who will fight to feed their hungry kids BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. Some may resort to stealing, scamming even killing. Suddenly, the gorgeous people described earlier are now referred to as criminals and the crime rates start to increase. Montego Bay used to be called " The Friendly City". Now it's known as "Scamtego Bay". Suddenly these people are described as hogs and goats. But who forced them to be this way? And who is spreading the narrative about who these people are? This is why it is important to know yourself. Because if you know yourself, then when someone is describing you as hog and goat, you immediately REJECT that narrative! Don't let people come to your own country and project their fears and insecurities on you. I have a theory and my theory is rather in order to reduce crime in Jamaica,  the government needs to put in place laws that mandate that foreign  companies that are coming to Jamaica to " invest" must share the resources and profits with the locals. Greedily shutting off people and stealing their main source of feeding their families will cause them to behave like animals when they see tourists. The harassment,  the overwhelming pressure on the foreigners to buy something,  the crab in barrel mentality, those are all behaviors created by the type of environment in which they are forced to live. Jamaicans should love themselves enough to stop accepting mediocrity and demand what's rightfully theirs.