I am a Nobody-Coolie Woman. I’ve had certain experiences in my life because this is how I am seen. I am treated a certain way because this is what I am. Accepting what one is helps in understanding the ‘Why’.
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Out pops ‘Kero’ from the mouths of pathetic bullies
Bullying in public schools across the country is once again in the spotlight. However, nothing ever really changes and it’s like putting a bandage that is going to drop off 10 minutes later, on a festering wound. If grown adults constantly bully others what else can one expect from children? Accountability, compassion and empathy for others are missing from Guyanese society. Can these things be taught?
Vagina Shame should be addressed alongside Period Poverty
Many Indo-Guyanese girls are conditioned from a very young age to view their vaginas as dirty and shameful. The Indo-Guyanese patriarchal culture and concrete gender roles and norms significantly contribute to how the brown female is viewed and raised but what about the personal development of the individual?
I’ve never met a good lawyer in Guyana
I have never encountered a good lawyer in Guyana, and this is my assertion based on my own experiences. When I think about the encounters I’ve had, words such as snobbery, classism, sexism, unprofessionalism, partiality and lack of knowledge engulf the memories.
Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited took money from my account without my authorisation
RBL needs to take responsibility and accountability for its own errors and not blatantly pass the buck to its customers, who contribute to it remaining a profitable entity. RBL needs to take some of its massive profits and improve its systems and customer service.
On being victimised by education officers from the DOE – Region 4
Many people with power and authority in administrative positions would boast about the fancy graduate degrees under their names and the professional management courses and training they undertook, yet when it comes to making sound decisions and resolving simple problems between individuals using established norms and protocols they suddenly become impotent.
I write for myself
For me, writing is more than an act of rebellion, it is giving myself a voice and if I don’t do it for myself, I will remain just another silent, brown woman because nobody is going to ‘allow’ me to have a voice. And writing is also self-therapy particularly when I write about negative experiences. It’s like by putting on paper how I felt and what happened to me I’m releasing all those negative emotions and memories associated with the experience.
Does the media view racism against Indo-Guyanese as normal and expected?
While the media does give the ordinary Guyanese a platform that is free and considerably powerful to highlight their grievances and express their opinions it does have its own narrative that it pushes unto the public and international community especially in areas such as politics and race relations.
The Ministry of Education (Guyana) condoned discrimination by failing to act fairly and decisively
Often, people with power and authority in key positions add to the divide because of being blatantly biased, having poor decision-making skills and the inability to act decisively when needed.
UG Student Loan Agency engaged in discriminatory practices
Education continues to be the key in many developing countries that takes countless young people and their descendants out of poverty and gives not only a better quality of life but a better way of thinking especially where societal scourges are concerned.