ksazma posted:. Busy with studies in London, Burnham maintains contact with home activities via letters to his mother, one that expresses his disapproval of the rise of Indians in commercial Georgetown; “I feel strongly about the Indian attitude but the time has not come for me to broadcast these feelings and muddy my waters after all…"....This third consecutive elections victory for the PPP convinced Burnham that the PPP was unbeatable unless his strategies changed. He appealed to his constituents intensely, suggesting that a PPP government meant an “Indian” government (and “Indian racial victory”) and the destined subjugation of Blacks.
Let's discuss by starting with the understanding that Burnham was a dictator with all the inherently negative attributes of a tyrant. However, both quotes indicate concern for the ascension and dominance of one race over the other but not hatred. His concern described in the second quote has been proven valid over the last two decades. Why should Afro-Guyanese, present in Guyana first and having suffered far more than Indos, allow themselves to be subjugated by a known prejudiced ethnic group that came after and suffered less?