kp posted:ksazma posted:caribny posted:In fact the English didn't see Indians as being any better and in fact in that period the African middle class was more involved in the civil service and other fields than were Indians.
Indians were mostly Hindus and Muslims so they wouldn't have had as much opportunity as the mostly Christian Blacks to be in civil service.
When the British ruled Guyana in the earlier days, the schools were all Christian based schools, for instance, I attended Uitvlugt Church of Scotland School and so on, also the nursing training school was run by the Church. What I am getting at is, Hindus and Muslims who are Indians were not allowed to get into the nursing and teaching occupations, so even if they went to the Christian Church, they were forced to convert to a religion just to get a job.That is why, today many Indians have Christian names. Even the civil Service which was controlled by the Whites, used religion to select employees. So Blacks were given a fair shake after slavery was abolished, they were all Christians. That is why not so long ago the teachers, nurses and government employees were predominantly Blacks. Soon before Independence the British had to stop discriminating . Remember, in the early days of discovery of the New World, the Whites were trying to convert the Native Indians into Christianity .and they continue doing so there after. using religion to exploit people.
Bhai, dem blacks teachers educate you. And the Churches educated them. Imagine, if there was no education available in Guyana.
And, another thing, East Indians in their very early existence in BG sent their children to England to study. Just check their history. There were Madrassie who were school teachers and magistrate in BG. And Early.
Please do not fall into the trap thinking that all ignorant ppl came from India to BG. Dem ppl was well aware of education back then. Otherwise how will they have stressed to their chidren to be educated. The British Churches established the English Language education system in India.
Today, examine the confusion among muslims and hindus. Back then it would have been the same. The Churches unified the education where everyone had an even break. Which eventually caused the Blacks to be displaced of jobs due to the educated competition.