ksazma posted:Django posted:ksazma posted:antabanta posted:ksazma posted:I think many are drawn to the armed forces because of pride for country. Being a soldier greatly increases the chance of untimely death so it must take a lot of pride and commitment to voluntarily join the armed forces. Unfortunately since the 70s many Indians didn’t feel like they belonged in Guyana so developing that pride for country was not a goal. Indians have already begun looking to region 11 and beyond.
That feeling of not belonging is largely due to PPP propaganda that drove fear and mistrust into Indos. However, there is quite a decent proportion of Afros who also migrated. So I think migration is the ambition of many regardless of ethnicity.
In a country where Indians outnumbered Afros more than two to one,
everywhere you look, Afros were placed in supervisory roles while the vast majority of Indians had to contend with being in a subordinate role or being unemployed.
What era was that ? are you referring to population ?
Yes. Do the math. What was the ratio of Indians to Afros in population versus the ratio of Indians to Afros in government jobs in the 70s. And while we are at it, what is the ratio of Indians to Afros in population versus the ratio of Indians to Afros in government jobs today.
You need to to check the stats on Guyana population, it was never 2:1 East Indians to Africans. The highest percentage East Indians peaked is in 1980.
1960 East Indians 47.8% ,Africans 32.8 %
1980 , East Indians 51 %, Africans 30.8%
From then on East Indian population declined 1991,48.6% ,2002 ,43.4% ,2012 ,39.8 % . Africans population 1991 ,32.3 % ,2002 , 30.2 %, 2012 ,29.8 %.
Regarding Government Employment , there is no doubt Africans are majority employed. Stats are needed to arrive at the correct ratio.