Something very perturbing is starting to happen. I suspect it was always an undercurrent but now it is coming to the surface. Belizeans who live in Belize are accusing Belizeans who live outside of not being real Belizeans.
Let’s get this straight. According the laws of Belize and everywhere else, uhm, we are Belizeans, no matter what you say or think. Watch us get deported. We come home to Belize. We cause gang wars and violence.
The next annoying thing is: There are over 160,000 of us spread allllll over the world and more than likely we are contributing to the greatest industry we got in Belize: Western Union. AND DONT START WITH IT’S ONLY BETWEEN US AND WHO WE SEND MONEY TO. That is naive. We send money cause the economy sux. There are no jobs and our families need to eat. Imagine if we didn’t send packages and money. Belize would be run over with the homeless and starving children and quite a few dead people too cause we send money to pay medical bills.
WE ARE RELEVANT. WE INFLUENCE YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE. SO SHOW US SOME RESPECT.
We’re out here developing expertise in many areas and many of us would love to return home but to what? And then what will you do without our money funneling in???? Think!
We contribute in soooo many ways….the construction industry bc we send money to build our homes; the tourist industry cause we come home and eat in your restaurants and rent your cars and stay in your hotels, never mind the friends we send and bring to visit; the business sector bc we send goods to sell or we send money so our family can buy goods; education because we send school fees and supplies; medical services because we send money to pay for hospital stays and medicines….I think you get the picture.
Athletes, artists, doctors, soldiers, you name it, are trained around the world, representing Belize with NO recognition. Sometimes you wanna just say &^%$ y’all! But we don’t. We keep trying, despite your vitriol and attempts to alienate and discriminate.
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I enjoy reading your articles FayeMarie. You are funny and so smart!
thank u 🙂
I look forward to your articles Faye Marie. They are factual and they tell the truth. Most people would have wanted to put these thoughts long time ago… It’s not only Belizeans living abroad that goes through this with our people. We that come back home to live and work goes through same. comments like them come back here and think they know everything and think we fool , or who them fi tell we what to do. .or watch them, them think they better than we – Belizeans are not a very discipline people- living and working in abroad does that to us.
I believe that our people feels that they stuck it out no matter what,(very hard times) some by choice some not having the opportunity to leave their Belize… at the end of the day they come around just a lil bit..
I am sure they acknowledged what their families hard work abroad have done for them. But we know our people..them just have to act up… I truly would like to see Belizeans looking out for their own (giving that love )..I just no feel it anymore
Belize has come a long way with its people. Good bad and ugly.. We persevere because we are all BELLIZE!!!!!
It is an unfortunate dynamic…we all pay a certain price either path we choose. We need to be more respectful of each other’s struggles and sacrifices.