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Reply to "None of us who were born in Guyana are ‘Indians’ or ‘Africans’- Charles Sugrim"

Drugb posted:
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There is no such thing as a "Guyanese culture" . There are many subcultures withing the umbrella.  .

You are a POI, not an NRI and so aren't entitled to an Indian passport.  This was done to protect Indians from being "corrupted" by Afro Indo Caribbean creoles like you.   

And yes you define what being Guyanese is right there. It is multi cultural, multi ethnic, and multi religious. Not only do many cultures exist but many people COMBINE these cultures in interesting ways. Many people exist in a variety of cultural continuums depending on the  context within which they happen to be in at a particular time.

THAT is what being Guyanese is about. Its a pity that the assorted racists, like the one who is now screaming that "oil and water" don't mix and is screaming about "tribal cannibalism", which is what African culture seems to be to him, don't understand this.

Because like it or not when an Indo Caribbean person enters an Indian space they see some one with an Indian body, with aspects of Indian culture, but one who is thoroughly westernized (usually speaks English with no ability to speak any Indian language, aside from a few phrases, songs and religious texts), and one who is imbued with Afro Caribbean creole culture.

 

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