03/10/10
Unity we Stand, Divided we Fall
Dear Editor,
We often hear the statement “innocent suffers for the guilty” and never really take it seriously. But in the case of the humble Brother Man this statement is indeed a fact.
It all started with the news report of the vicious attack against a couple by a said bearded man or Rastafarian. This act of violence caused the people to turn against all Rastafarians whether good or bad and the innocent Brother man was a victim of their brutality.
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I relay this tragedy to you of how an innocent Rastafarian was attacked based on his physical appearance. It all took place one dark and cold September night. Brother man was walking calm and peacefully down the lane when the people whom he loved and cared for started to abuse him verbally at first then physically. I stood from a distance and observed all that was transpiring. I recall feeling as if I was experiencing or sharing each and every blow that came in contact with his body from the rocks to the sticks then the kicks and much more. I saw the blood gushing out from his head right down to the soul of his feet as his body just lay in the puddle of blood lifeless and I wept.
It hurt me deeply to see that this cruel, brutal, wicked attack was being done by the very same people he lend a hand and also his own people. I ask myself these questions night and day, Who gives us the authority to attack persons base on their physical appearance? Are we to suppress or look down upon a group of people based on their religious perspectives or preferences? Are we still so locked up in our slavery mentality that we are blind as to the need for us to unite and accept one another just as we are to bring about peace and love?
These are the questions that each of us need to take the time to examine for ourselves. Rastafarians, just like the rest of us are human beings who suffer the same thing we do, feel the same pains as us and go about their daily activities to survive just as we do. Though their religious perspectives, believes and tradition may be in some cases different to the common or ‘accepted’ religions in society we need not stick a label on them portraying them as the negative (murders, thieves etc) in society. Every man is given freedom of choice and should not be punished or judged for his decision. So let’s unite, stop suppression of the Rastafarians and as Brother man would always say spread peace and love to all our brothers and sisters no matter the physical appearance, religious views or circumstances.
A concerned citizen
Done by: Kurne Williams
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