I am in agreement that the culture of virulent racism that perpetuates the schism is a manufactured culture. It is one of the reasons we have to be proactive in the society to make official processes transparently clear that they are race neutral. We also have to begin to establish systems of recrimination and condemnation for any in the society displaying this odious behavior.
We do not even have the merest of repudiation to reporters or government officials who are racially objectionable ( or sexist) in the society. Jagdeo should have been made to apologize to the nation for lying that he was married and he needed to be held accountable for his behavior to his wife. Berri Ramsarran should have been fired forthwith. Anil should never be heard of again and Benschop former mother-in-law and Mark Ramotar should never write or be permitted on any news outlet ever.
We have to develop ways to incur a penalty on the racist. There should not be the kind of nasty bigotry on going here on this site. Granted it is hard to police but when Cobra speaks to black people supposedly deficiencies it should not be allowed to stay. As long as the intent is to presume any by by virtue of race or gender or sexual orientation; it should not be allowed. We need to self police if the moderators are too lazy.
The reason why I have called out the moderate, presumably non bigoted Indians on GNI, VVP, VishMahabir, TK, Kari, and Chief, and ignored the bigots is that the bigots (inclusive of Jagdeo) scream their putrid filth because they think that they are speaking on behalf of the ENTIRE Indian population. This isnt to say that these moderates agree with them, but their silence is interpreted as consent.
So we have a situation where the bigots like Jagdeo then attack those who attack their bigotry by screaming that those who do so are being anti Indian.
There is a need for a "not in my name" movement among Indians, along the lines of that headed by Andaiye, David Hinds, Eusi Kwayana, and others, when some Africans were championing bigotted statements to the effect that Indo Guyanese do not have a right to Guyana, and backing this up with violence.
In Guyana the Indians who openly express their opposition to Indian bigotry are slammed by other Indians, even including the socalled non bigots. It is therefore the BOLD Indian who condemns anti black bigotry, while others either engage in bigotry towards blacks, or remains silent, maybe fearful of being ostracized.
In 2015 African bigots exist, but they will be QUIET as their putrid filth will be OVERWHELMINGLY be rejected by the African leaders with credibility, thus also by the African population at large. They are SHAMED into silence and they know that they do not speak on behalf of the African population at large. Its been a long time since any one has described Guyana as the "House which Africans built, where others are mere tenants".