Zed posted:Obviously viewed through your ethnic lens.
This of course being a demonstration of the ethnocentricity of the Indian. You cannot even begin to see how Indian behavior towards others influences how they are viewed.
Here is the deal. Indo Guyanese view themselves primarily as Indians who are born in Guyana. An embracing of a collective Guyanese identity, besides a passport and a birth certificate, is not a typical Indian attitude.
Indians do not participate in any Guyanese event unless it is dominated by an Indian entity. This has been experienced by many Afro Guyanese led groups in NYC as they seek to involve Indians but then are rebuffed. This was quite evident in the Jubilee celebrations last year and it has stimulated quite a few FB discussions. The Guyana Folk Festival was rebuffed as have many alumni groups.
Yet when Guyana Day was sponsored by an Indian dominated group meeting at York College a high % of the audience were Afro Guyanese.
You see Afro Guyanese can more easily embrace a concept of a culturally diverse Guyana than can Indians. Just look at the attitude towards the dougla demonstrated by blacks and by Indians.