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Too many of our youths are becoming criminals
Dear Editor,
I find a strange paradox in the writings of many advocates in our print media.
There is the constant call for an end to marginalisation, discrimination, unemployment, etc, etc. as “is claimed” being practiced by this Government against Blacks in Guyana. I say “is claimed” because when hard evidence is asked for, some come up with exceptions rather than what predominates.
Additionally, there are several recommendations to solve the ethno/political problems in Guyana, the primary being shared governance. Again, these advocates, except identifying a concept, have not detailed a model to show Guyanese how workable that concept is.
These same advocates, who see a ready solution to Guyana’s problems, fail to recommend a solution to self-imposed mental imprisonment within the Black collective.
Open calls have been made by myself, Mr. Skinner and Mr. Mason that the Black collective must ditch the ever-present, destructive yoke of three-centuries-ago slavery and promote initiatives to make Black people self-respecting.
We have a penchant for blaming everybody else but ourselves for our plight. And our pseudo-intellectuals steer clear of trying to influence a change in the status quo. Perhaps if the Black collective improves, these advocates have little to write and gripe about.
I thank Messrs Skinner and Mason for coming on board in the call for our people to go to the soil.
It is where our unemployed can develop self-respect and self worth by earning an honest living. Too many of our young people are becoming criminals, going for instant money. This must stop.
But our bright friends overseas might well disagree.
Godfrey Skeete
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