VishMahabir posted:Banana, this shyte gon continue for decades, much of our lifetime, until all sides come together and agree on a formula for addressing the race problem. The PPP did not do it when in gov't and neither is the current gov't doing it... we need new blood and brains in this country...
A % of the African intellectual class admitted that there was rampant racism under Burnham directed towards Indians. Rodney, David Hinds and others attempted to build cross ethnic ties and in fact the WPA went out of their way work together with segments of the Indian population. Eusi, Andaiye and others added their voices when anti Indian violence occurred in the late 90s and in 2005.
Move forward to the Jagdeo era when blacks faced rampant discrimination under the PPP. Aside from a few voices like Freddie K and Chris Ram, where were the Indian voices protesting against this. SILENCE and in fact not only did many Indians deny that blacks had a right to protest against discrimination, but they even wailed that such comments were anti Indian and racist.
I suggest that when Indians begin a discussion as to their role in fostering our ethnic morass there might be progress. Segments of the African population have already done so.