Dear Editor,
There has been claims of racial discrimination in Guyana. With Indo-Guyanese having a disproportionate amount of Guyana’s wealth there has been a call for a redistribution of wealth. There has always been a call, long before Guyana came into existence, for the redistribution of wealth, but, in Guyana’s case it takes on a race perspective. How does those who purport to want wealth transfer envisage such transfers to take place?
Similarly, there has been a call for racial balancing of the Afro-Guyanese dominated Government institutions. The natural attrition rate should have enabled balancing of the Government institutions over the decades. Obviously, something is stopping this from happening. Some would argue that Indo-Guyanese do not want to work in the Police Force or the Armed Forces hence why there is an in-balance in the security sector. It is a rubbish argument as to what is preventing Chinese, Portuguese or Amerindians from joining up en mass? As an example, for the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to win the war on crime it will need the co-operation of all citizens. It will need to win the hearts and minds of citizens which is not going to happen overnight as the vast majority of citizens distrust the GPF. With the call for equal opportunities for all I hope in time that these Government institutions will be more racially balanced, just as I hope, in time, for a more equitable distribution of our wealth for the benefit of all.
Sincerely,
Sean Ori
