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When Your Clothes Lied!
In my culture, for many Jamaicans, looking good is more important than water.
Inspired by:
Reading How Clothes Make the Man, Though the Man Picked the Clothes, by Ted Czukor.
The door to my memory flew open.
I was looking very good. For the first time in over a year, I went out wearing pressed suit trousers and a nice shirt. I was looking for a part-time job and wanted to make a good impression.
In my culture, for some people, looking good is more important than water.
I kid you not!
Some of the poorest people wore the most expensive clothing. I study my people while growing up and how looking good is valuable to them. I have wondered about that for years as their well-dressed or looking-good habit halted their road to success allowing poverty to linger.
What is the value of looking good if I am still living in poverty?
What is the value of owning expensive clothing if I live in a dilapidated shack, where the roof leaks, the area has a…
