caribny posted:GTAngler posted:?.I think you lost the gist of what I referring to but a better word would be Afro-Guyanese. I really doubt that when an Indo-Guyanese or other non Afro-Guyanese person uses the word "blackman" it is in any way meant to show appreciation. The same way when Indo-Guyanese are referred to as "Coolie".
Most people of African descent in Guyana describe themselves as "black". "Afro Guyanese" is the PC term and "African" used almost exclusively by intellectuals.
If some Indians think that they insult me by calling me "blackman" it merely shows their own self hatred and colonial thinking.
Funny you say that. Back in the day was different. When I first came to the US, I had a hard time referring to people as "Black", a reference the Blacks prefer over the word "Negro".