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Freddie is right

Sep 25, 2008 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
I believe Ravi Dev has misconstrued Freddie’s statement (being ashamed of being an East Indian). As a reader of both columnists, I could understand Freddie’s disappointment and disgust at the way East Indians have responded to Guyana politically.

When they were in opposition, Afro-Guyanese were in the forefront and fought vigorously against the wrongs of Forbes Burnham’s PNC.

Today, the table has turned. What we have is an exchange of Government. There are still too many wrongs, too numerous to mention. Instead of fighting against these wrongs (affecting both Africans and Indians), the East Indians continue to endorse the Government.

Then there are those who are overseas and talk about how good Guyana is, and yet they refuse to come back and live here. East Indians continue to run out of this country more than ever, yet they are unwilling to fight and support a change in their homeland.

The security dilemma posited by Ravi Dev is invalid. After 16 years, could such a dilemma be an excuse for this country being the poorest in the Caribbean? Africans have always showed a willingness to work with Indians for the betterment of this country.

Evidence of this is shown when they voted for the AFC in the last election. Morality should have dictated a different course. It is within this context that I understand why Freddie made the “ashamed” statement.
C. Woolford

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