Guyana’s colonised problem resides with the choices we make

Nov 20, 2021 Letters

Dear Editor,

Kaieteur News – Christopher Ram draws the wrong conclusion. I make this bold claim based on his recent argument that Guyana finds itself in more of a colonised state under the unwieldy tentacles of the Chinese government. This was reported in the 19 November KN edition. While the basis for his argument certainly lands on proper grounds with legs to stand, given the evidence that we can see around the world, he runs out of steam. As we say in GT, “like he get stitches”.
Ram fails to pull together the rip in the fabric. He fails to recognise that we Guyanese sit back and watch the timber cut, exported, then re-imported as matchsticks and furniture. He fails to acknowledge that we Guyanese abruptly abandoned our own stores and consciously choose to shop at stores not owned, operated or that sell our own produced products. He fails to ask and to probe the government on why haven’t we, in fifty years, as an independent nation, sent our scholars to study the necessary technical skills needed to build bridges, to redesign roads, and to hire our own brain thrust for hydro projects.
Speaking of scholars, our son of the soil Walter Rodney wrote an informative text, How Europe Underdeveloped Guyana, which should be required reading for every Guyanese. If Ram posits that Guyana has a Chinese problem, then it seems that he may not have read this text. Editor, even if he has read the text, he fails to recognise that Guyana’s colonised problem resides with the choices we make. The Chinese choices are for their best interest, and we should do the same. Guyana does not have a Chinese problem; Guyana has a Guyanese problem.
Sincerely,
Les Archer

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