THE EDITOR, Sir:
A TOPLESS young man goes into a shop and orders a bulla from the elderly shopkeeper. The shopkeeper gives him the bulla but does not wrap it in brown paper, as is the usual custom. As a result of this, the young man complains, to which the elderly man replies, 'is just like how mi si yuh mi give it to yuh mi bredda'.
Each day as we go about our daily business, persons are making judgments of us based on what they see on the outside. There is not much equity to be found because each is treated based on a premonition of wealth, status and integrity. These things too are affected by where you live, work and some physical attributes.
INNER ATTRIBUTES
The ideal situation exists when people take the time to examine the inner attributes of persons and use this evaluation of character as a yardstick for how they treat them. Still there are instances in which the time that is required for detailed assessment is not available.
To some extent we all must daily conclude, based on appearance, the type of person that we are dealing with and still there is something innately and intimately wrong with the varying degrees of respect that one ascribes to individuals based on the perceived notion of power and wealth. Our children storybooks teach us of the princess who disguised herself as a peasant in order to find true love. The morale of that story is that it is important for one to look deeper than what meets the naked eye.
I am etc.,
MARK A. CLARKE
makeis@yahoo.com
Stony Hill P.O.
Kingston 9
Via Go-Jamaica
