You are not in Guyana so cannot see abpbd experience what u see and experience every day that I am in Guyana. You cannot see the rich diversity of interaction that occurs among the different ethnic groups in Guyana on a daily basis. You left Guyana a long time ago so have a warped notion of what really happens. I tell you, visit Guyana and become educated. You believe what fits into your racist stereotype of both Indo Guyanese and their daily interaction.
I cannot comment on what happens in The USA. Some might argue that Afro Guyanese do not attend functions organized by Indo Guyanese.
caribny posted:So you can scream and wail that any discussion of Indian racism is taboo, but then don't wail and scream when many blacks see you walking by and think "there goes the enemy".
.you are making up these as you go along so that you can build your narrative. Where did I state that any discussion of Indian racism is taboo? Please reread what was state in my post, that such a discussion here is an exercise in futility. Read and comprehend!
So many blacks see Indo Guyanese as the enemy! No wonder they seek to dehumanized them as you have done in your first response to my post. You are a racist!
caribny posted: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.
When last have you attended Mash in Guyana? how about Easter or Christmas? How about the 50 th. independence celebrations? When last have you have a discussion in Guyana regrding cricket and who people support? When last have you attended a national function in Guyana?
you talk about the ethnocentrism of Indo Guyanese butt then point to the growing mixed population. Many of these is a result of Indo and Afro Guyanese mixed relationships. How does this happen in your indo ethnocentric argument?
No matter how much you try to deny it. You accuse me of using coded words but instead they come from you as you spill your racist diatribe!
the questionsI have for you are these. Let's assume that you are correct in stating that Indo guyanese do not have a sense national identity, why is this? What creates a sense if national identity and how was this manifested in the everyday lives of a Indo Guyanese since their arrival in Guyana? How do stories of elders create or are narratives? Why cannot someone see himself or herself as Indian (in whatever ways he or she defines it to be) and not be Guyanese concurrently.? Does the same apply to the renewed sense of being African demonstrated by Afro Guyanese?
You are a racist! You ascribe to others the beliefs you deeply hold and they are manifested in what you post!