Rastafari activist puts a question to Stabroek News

Nov 22, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
On December 14th 2015 there was a published letter in the Stabroek News that expressed the opinion of many of the Rastafari in Georgetown on the renaming of streets in the city. This followed a meeting by Rastas on Merriman Mall opposite Bourda market that criticised the newspaper’s stance on the renaming of streets. The ‘reasoning’ was loud in its opposition to the newspaper’s “colonial mentality”. I just received a visit from a Rastafari who read Stabroek News’ editorial ‘Fuzhou in Georgetown’ and he posed this question to me “How many races dey have in Guyana?” He answered it himself “We have six races in Guyana.” We went into conversation about the newspaper and colonialism. We think there should be streets in Georgetown with Chinese names. We opined the Mayor and City Councillors of Georgetown are defining what leadership is for the citizens of Georgetown. Changing street and village names to reflect our historical mix is laudable. Why is the Stabroek News resistant to change?
Ras Dalgettie I

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