Ah just went over this clip again bc i couldn't believe what i was hearing the first time, and tuh tell yuh the truth, this man is ah testament to all the lack of care givers it have in T&T!
for yrs i tried but couldn't put my finger on it, now after struggling to identify and put in words what i mean't in my head, here comes ah white man from ah country with ah history of bigotry and hatred, but have more care and concern for our little black boys than the blacks boys who had it worst and passed this way before, but never offered their experience wisdom, and most af all, CARE!!!
from tiger to latas, them men sat down quietly and drank from the spring of life and didn't bother to offer another not even as much as ah sip!
i eh go lie, i was never no football player, yes i played yute football in ah kiddie savannah league, under 14 football in school and tried out for the under 19 team, but that was it, i was never no football player, yes i was good @ it and if i had the right care givers i probably would've been able to play semi pro savanah ball, but nothing more than that, but what i was really good @ was cricket, and that i did well and probably if i had the right ppl to guide me "care givers", i probabaly would've made it all the way to english county , even international cricket!
ah guess the point i trying to make is that trinbago lacks active care giving ppl! what ah society of self servers! half of those babies who are involved in crime are all victims of ah lack of care! allyuh could go ahead and laugh if allyuh want, and maybe that's bc yuhs are soooo used to it that it seem normal and most likely goes unnoticed.
it's like telling the average american that they are a self absorbed ppl, most will beg to differ bc it's natural to them, and part of their societal make up, i even see it in my babies and they've just arrived here not too long ago. only someone who is foreign to that culture would be able to identify that flaw, but to the natives, it goes undetected in most cases.
IMO T&T is ah society that lacks care, or even worst, don't comprehend what it means to be caring. it's also ah very "i've made it look @ me, who the hell are you" kind of society. ppl seldom look back to uplift their fellow man. i had this problem the last time i was in trini. no matter where i go i received negative attention especially from proprietors, and i could only chalk it up to my accent.
more than likely i speak with an american accent, that's bc since i've been here in the US which is close to 25 yrs, i've interacted with mainly american ppl. i've been married quite ah few times to american women, i've also worked and coexisted with americans so i've picked up the accent, and it's a hard habit to break,
sometimes i even find myself speaking to my relatives with the accent. so as ah result ppl take offense to it especially in trinidad, and i believe it's bc there are trinis who come back home for carnival and behave like they live in heaven and the local ppl live in hell.
i've seen them, in their sunday best trying their damnest to keep up appearance with their pretentiousness and it's truly a turn of to behold, but that's what trinis do even right on the island, they pull rank on each other.
and the reason for that is cultural, yes our culture, trini culture! trinis are a, look@ me i've made it, kind of ppl, and we tend to condescend on the ppl we came through the ranks with. instead of reaching out and showing the way, we tend to be exclusive and enjoy being in the top dog position.
that's bc we lack care, and we are clueless as to what care giving truly means. this german white man on the other hand comes from a society of know hows, they pride themselves on being the best @ what they do and they do tend to share their experience and knowledge with the up and coming generation,
that's why he was surprised @ the way they do things here, i'm sure to him, IMO, it was like monkeys walking and pissing on gold, bc they are oblivious to the value thereoff and don't know how to refine their resources. i'm sure he had to say something, bc in his world it's madness, ppl don't treat their precious commodity like that, instead they nurture it.
this is why i give him credit , and it also reflected shamefully on ppl like LATAS ! YORKE! LINCOLN PHILLIPS!, ALVIN CORNEAL AND ALL THE BIG FACKIN TALKERS OF FOOTBALL, BC THEY STOOD BY AND DID NOTHING, AND SAID NOTHING for yrs and yrs and yrs! that's bc they lack care and are not care givers.
just look @ jamaica forinstance, they have less than us in money, art, culture and even sports, but they excel and has been excelling us now for a while, they nurture their resources, and we don't, that's bc we lack care, and we are not care givers in the least. from where i stand, i don't see this changing anytime soon TBH, and for this reason only, i'm truly sorry for the up and coming generations. real sad these ppl.