Now that I fall under the category of ‘Diaspora’ I feel a type of way when they come under fire for daring to have opinions on Guyana. Simultaneously, having lived the majority of my life in Guyana, I could empathise with the aggravation that those back at home might feel towards the Diaspora, considering their day-to-day frustrations with the lack of basic services and safety measures from the state in particular.
Sometimes the offered solutions don’t feel applicable to all the inner workings of the system or consider the energy it takes to dismantle such systems. The two groups exist in two different realities, but are forever bound by shared nationhood that simply can’t be annexed despite one’s location.
