TEN-A-SINGH
By EWALT AINSWORTH 09 23 2011
In today’s Guyana, the curry-favor, the disparities, the discrimination, the prejudices and the race-baiting, has to be stopped. The trajectory of a collective and cooperative people has been eroded. One group is stashing more and more and the whole country is getting less and less, getting worse and worse as the tenor of humanity devolves and dwindles.
There is an outward appearance of success but an inner hunger for equity and equality. Indo Guyanese have been slipping through the porous borders with their ill gotten gains and the blacks are dissuaded from playing a meaningful role in nation building. Traditionally, they have been the public servants, technicians, artists and artisans. Their Indian counterparts, historically, had the option of farming and repatriating their funds to their homeland.
Today, the homeland has changed and it is every other place outside of Guyana. Continue reading
Brazil could elect first black president – so why isn’t anyone talking about it? (+video)
Brazil could elect first black president – so why isn’t anyone talking about it? (+video)
By Taylor Barnes, Correspondent October 4, 2014 – CSM
RIO DE JANEIRO — The official jingle for Marina Silva’s presidential campaign discreetly refers to the candidate’s skin color: “She’s going to come with her tan skin and popular appeal…. She’s going to be so different, and for that reason, so similar to all of us.”
The brief line – among diverse references to how she appeals to all Brazilians of all creeds – is symbolic. After her years in the public eye as a politician and activist, Brazilians know well the personal story of Ms. Silva: She hails from an impoverished family of 11 children in a remote corner of the Amazon, worked as a housemaid, and was illiterate until the age of 16. She’s a devout Pentecostal Christian and an outspoken environmentalist. Continue reading →
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