Dear Editor,
We have to be careful how we articulate our problems. Indeed, Guyana, like some countries in today’s world, displays some signs of problems resulting from charting a course that is not genuinely inclusive.
Yet, what we don’t want to see or hear about are situations where people are dominated by people and race dominated by race. This is a vicious equation that’s hard to solve.
At every level of our society, people should organize and mobilize to engage in dialogue and social activities that would heal the racial divide, not promote it. Once this talk about Black party and Indian party continues, there will be division and separation throughout Guyana. Our real problem is that we are blind to the fact that a house divided cannot stand, and so the evil twins − greed and covetousness; disrespect and disregard; denial and shortsightedness are reaping havoc in high and low places. Instead of working for Guyana, we are working for ourselves.
There will be no peace until we embrace in genuine unity. There will be no comfort − social, economic and otherwise until we embark on a common cause as Guyanese with truth and willingness to work together. Suspicion breeds separation, and differences lead to division and eventually destruction.
It’s time we recognize our problems and find common ground through which we can solve them.
Yours faithfully,
Pastor Kwesi Oginga
