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letters of december, 2001
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13 december 2001
from a member of the old guyanese in america site.
Dear Manager:
It has occurred to me that you, first of all, condemn most "Guyanese
in America", however, no credit is given to the people who have
slaved away for their children or family to have a better education,
a safer place to live, or even send money for their family in need,
because there are hardly any opportunities to make money, at least not
enough to support a big family. Don't misinterpret me. It would come
to the minds of many that the fact that they have big families it's
a problem created by themselves. No, in many cases the person who strives
to make their family happy is not the cause of the suffering (a too
big family), it is just a member who is indeed a family person and loves
his family enough to come way out here just to get enough money to send
back creating a happy family. Not everyone over here is happy about
it! Some are, but not all. Many Guyanese who come over here have to
be American. Without a doubt this is not their fault; it is human nature.
Do I have to explain this? Many teens have to be American or act American
because of peer pressure. We all know what it feels like to be pressured
for acceptance. If you don't, you would never understand. To get jobs
you have to be American, to get help you have to be American. Guyana
is not a recognised country, therefore-- Guyanese have to raise their
standard/status by being American. Lets take it the other way around
to get an idea of what I really mean: If an American visits Guyana,
going for a job interview, he immediately gets the job-- after all,
he is from a powerful country and therefore has to put very little effort
through his pallid body to get what he wants. Do I need to tell you
what a Guyanese would have to do to get the job? The American just simply
has to be American. In some cases I'm sure, if the American 'lowered'
himself to be as Guyanese as possible-- he would be considered to be
an ass. You should've gotten my point by now.
But, in the first place, Guyanese don't see the light. We don't have
a history; we do, but where is it? Surely it isn't in any books I know
of, at least not in depth. There is no profound history of Guyana. The
British ruled. We know that. Guyana is a young country: Independence
Day> May 26th, 1966. Guyanese need to know their history and other
countries history. Places like America went through wars to gain prosperity.
We have to battle to get it too. Giving up hope and abandoning your
country as you mentioned is no path to this. This is what Guyanese fail
to understand. Taking the easy way out isn't the answer. It's your fault
that Guyana is supposedly fucked up. You hope to leave your country
because it does not give you what you want, the life you want? GO TO
HELL then! You people are the ones who vote PPP and PNC every four years
and none of them FIT A FUCKING SHIT! It's always a nigger vs. coolie
vote: if you feel otherwise that's your pathetic problem, not mine.
I've seen the light, it's time Guyanese see it too. And it's your fault.
You vote for them and they make you perish. They are in demand; they
were the demanded parties for the longest while. And thus, will just
give you enough to keep a standard, just enough to give you a teenie
bit more than the other party so you can say they did more. There is
no competition! and you will suffer for it, not them. PNC was in for
28 fucking years and what did they do? Compare that to what COULD HAVE
BEEN DONE IN 28 YEARS PEOPLE! 28 YEARS! That is quite a long time, trust
me. PPP, obviously, had to prove themselves when they got into power
after a fair election was inevitable. Cheddi Jagan got into power and
finally had to prove himself worthy of getting in. Some say he did a
bad job, some say good. But I've herd a comment I will never forget
from the last person whom I know very well, a very unbiased person,
he said: "How can people expect Cheddi to fix in five years what
the PNC has fucked up in 28?"
Think about it.
You choose.
I agree with you Mister Manager, but you too need to be less 'narrow
minded'.
The member.
g.o.D.
undated
a reply to the above.
in replying to your email, i will present one
of the first things i wrote when i started this site. it's on the home
page.
this is a site that'll be looking at the way
guyanese in america act. i will always stress that there is so much
to be said. what must be said first is even though there are guyanese
who shed their guyanese culture and become so american as soon as
they step foot unto american soil, there are also true guyanese like
myself who would die or kill for their country. we are the few, young
or old, who are here because of necessity and not because of greed
or "to get away from these lost guyanese."
17 december 2001
from the same member of the old guyanese in america site.
Just a few questions to be asked 'truth':
Firstly, what is a true Guyanese?... What is it that makes a Guyanese
true? and secondly: what is so necessary that we have to come out here
to get? Is it something which we cannot get in Guyana?
I have figured the answers to these questions... I wish to hear yours.
Also.. "we are the few"? How do you know whether there are
few or many? What do you consider to be 'few'?
Circumstances is what makes us who we are. I told you that people who
come here are forced by society to change; we cannot fight ourselves.
It takes a man to withstand physical pressure... and a GOD to ignore
mental strain. Society makes us who we are. Whether Guyanese choose
to change or not is a human's choice... not their country's or other
Guyanese like you and I. But this is our ideology. They may feel differently.
Ignorant, selfish, "greedy" Guyanese look up onto this supposedly
mountain of gold in awe... Blinded by the outside from the blood sucker
inside. I say this: a smart man will ponder or already know this...
an idiot will ignore it.
Men should (again my belief but not everyone else's) try to walk in
the shoes of other men for miles before they judge. Unfortunately, we're
too lazy to do this and generally generalize!
You condemn what they do quite possibly unconsciously. Well call them
idiots, but a sleeping man will never see the light if you let him alone--
disturb him and he will be angry. A smart man, however, will first notice
the light.
"what must be said first is even though there are guyanese who
shed their guyanese culture and become so american as soon as they step
foot unto american soil, there are also true guyanese like myself who
would die or kill for their country. "
True.
I also saw something on your site about people ''abandoning" their
families. This is no different from the people who leave their family--
men and women. The children are left to perish. This happens everyday...
the people come here to get more money to aid their family better. They
abandoned physically and soon enough... mentally-- that's their problem
or way of dealing with the problem.
Maybe too fed up with strive to get enough money to buy bread, because
they have a no good job, because they have no education, because of
their parents, who never bothered to send them to school or couldn't
afford to buy the materials, because, because, because.
It, in most cases, isn't their fault that they think this way... if
you don't believe me> go ask them!
Some might have fled the racism, government corruption, disease... medical
aid... whatever the reason. I say once you set foot on this synthetic
land you become part of it. Of course many who had to be pushed into
the fire will hop and jump while others enjoy the burn> swallowing
it whole... some just sit in remorse. And they came here on their own,
they will take it as their own after all: "I WORKED HARDDDD TO
GET HERE!" so whether it's fucked up or not... " IT'S GREAT!"
much like when you buy something that was out of your reach (financially)
... whether its any good or not... "I LOVE IT!"
1/ every 7 people you see in New York is Guyanese. Guyana has the highest
rate of emigration in the South American Continent... and there are
more Guyanese in the U.S. than in Guyana.
FUCK ALL OF YOU TRAITORS WHO WILL NEVER EVEN GIVE GUYANA ANOTHER THOUGHT,
OR IF YOU DO: CONDEMN IT THUS CONDEMN ME!
the member
g.o.D.
undated
a reply to the above.
a true guyanese is a guyanese patriot. the definition
of patriot can be found in any dictionary. the neccesity for which guyanese
come here is most often, an education. you even gave a reason for that
question -- guyanese come here when they're at the hands of poverty
and simply feeding their children may be impossible.
"we are the few" refers to the relatively few guyanese who
express patriotism by resisting the american filth, and because we are
here of necessity. these two things distinguishes the few from all others.
you said, "people who come here are forced by society to change;
we cannot fight ourselves", but then there is no reason to fight
ourselves, because it was society that forces us to change, right? a
person isn't society.
you also said, "You condemn what they do quite possibly unconsciously".
within context it implied that there is some o.k. reason why guyanese
prance around like americans, the creators of slavery -- the same evil
that created our state of near anarchy in guyana. there can be no justification
for acting american, i.e., there is no excuse for slavery.
no one has to tell me how bad things are in guyana, i know, but it is
important to know that this dilapidated state is not at our fault, this
is the normal state of a nation that has been supressed for so long.
the manager
guyanese in america are.
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