Kissoon’s charges of Indian wealth is bogus and without foundation

Apr 01, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
Exposed in court as a space cadet, Freddie Kissoon does himself no good in enhancing his credibility by his analysis of Guyana’s economic development entirely in terms of blacks versus Indians. Why do Indians merit such discriminating scrutiny? Can their numbers, success, culture or all of the above be seen as threatening? With Indians and black Guyanese consisting of about 43 and 33 percent respectively, the other 24 percent of the population made up of Amerindians, Chinese, Portuguese and mixed races should count for something. For Kissoon they do not matter. Either Kissoon feels they are no threat because they own nothing, or they are irrelevant because of their racial origins.
In the KN of 3/10/13 titled ‘The ethnic supremacists are going to maul Bhagwan over his admission” Kissoon advances the laughable opinion that Indians incredibly own between 90 to 99 percent of Guyana’s economy.
Where’s the evidence? Kissoon points to construction, banking, and commerce, ownership of private lands, the import export business, luxury cars and living mostly in concrete houses. If some black people are visibly wealthy does it mean all black people are also wealthy?
This fantasy which Kissoon’s promotes that Indians, alone, are the engine exclusively responsible for developing Guyana economically is most untenable as it is bizarre. Why would Kissoon deny Guyana’s other races with excellent abilities to do the same? Obviously, he is totally wrong as only a miniscule percentage of the total Indian population is “successful” by visibility. Since it is a given that Indians are about 43 percent of Guyana’s population, wouldn’t they also be suffering more than others? The visible success of a few cannot mask the impoverishment of all Indians!
It is common knowledge that the majority of black people are gainfully employed and very comfortable in the armed forces and civil service with superior retirement and government benefits. Shouldn’t this be logically equalised to level the floor for everyone because it is taxpayer funded? It would seem that the more Kissoon writes on behalf of black people the more he can only make things bad for them.
Acquiesce in any future, let’s say, sharing of Guyana’s wealth by race evaluation will automatically find 43 percent going to Indians, 33 per percent awarded to black people with the rest proportionally left to the deserving 24 percent giving us a grand total of 100 per cent.
Without working at all, this will guarantee all races with wealth, prosperity and the pursuit to happiness! Please. Can anyone help clarify one grave problem? Under which race category will Kissoon qualify to get his share? Kissoon has never failed to remind us how ashamed he is to be “a black skinned” Indian making him proudly Africanised!
His wide brush which paints that 99 per cent of Guyana’s Indian population is all wealthy can only be a total illusion. What habitually escapes his radar are the many black people and others who also own concrete houses and expensive cars by their better paying public sector jobs. Of course the majority of blacks are also poor exactly like the rest of the entire Guyanese population in spite of the PNC ruling for 28 years. Kissoon’s distortions can only be aiming by his obvious statistical manipulation to incite animosity and enmity amongst Guyanese. Obviously he has been totally out of touch, nurtured at his cushy air conditioned 30 years UG job from which he found it so difficult to retire as required.
Vassan Ramracha

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