I REFER to Christopher Ram’s letter, “Storm in a teacup” (SN, 5 April 2015) in which the learned gentleman says he checked his passport and it said “Guyanese” and not “Indian”.I also checked my passport, and it says “British”. Does this mean I am not Guyanese, even though I have dual nationality?
Many Guyanese living in America, Canada and Britain have American, Canadian and British passports, respectively. Are we to infer from Christopher Ram’s letter that we are not Guyanese anymore?
Then, why did David Granger go on a mission to court the Guyanese Diaspora for investment in Guyana?
Hear that Guyanese living abroad? Thank you for the remittances that allow us Guyanese living in Guyana to buy cellphones, big-screen tv, etc. But you are not Guyanese anymore, according to Christopher Ram.
Let me take this opportunity to inform Christopher Ram that he can change his nationality, but he can never change his ethnicity.
Do, you, Christopher Ram, deny that you are descended from Indians?
It seems as if some Indian Guyanese have had their “Indianess” whipped out of them, so now they are ashamed to be called Indians.
Why are African Americans, Jewish Americans, and Native Americans allowed and accepted, but not Indian Guyanese?
If the border is redrawn and Essequibo becomes part of Venezuela, does this mean that the vast majority of Amerindians cease to be Amerindians? No, it does not!
SEAN ORI