Don’t Guyanese living in Guyana need good examples too?

Dec 03, 2021 Letters

Dear Editor,

Kaieteur News – Was Opposition Leader, Joseph Harmon attempting to foster racial mischief among us when he urged African Guyanese to fight back against Minister Charles Ramson Jr. who said, “I think that in the Black community, young Black kids also need lots of examples of success, because they have to be able to see that there is a pathway in order for them to live that successful life”.
In the USA, United Kingdom and Canada, to name a few countries where many of our folks live, we complain that there are not enough of our own people in positions of power, law enforcement, on television, in movies, in sports and sports hierarchy, in business board rooms, etc. Among other reasons, we argue that examples of success by our own kind will give us hope that we can be high achievers too.
Why should it be any different in Guyana? Don’t Guyanese living in Guyana need good examples too?
The Minister did use the word ‘also’ to point out that other kids in Guyana need lots of examples of success too. He did not say only Black kids need lots of examples of success.
Would Mr. Harmon, one of our leaders, reflect on his interpretation of what the Minister said, and still be happy that his appeal to the African Guyanese to fight back is the best choice he should make to lead us away from our divided society?

Yours sincerely,
Muhammad Alli

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