Quote "Additionally, persons have expressed dismay at the ethic imbalance reflected in the new appointees, stating that only a meagre number of Indo-Guyanese were included."unquote

Seems like there is a serious shortage of Indo Guyanese in Guyana, or APNU/AFC can be seen as racially inclined.

 Amna Ally“I don’t know… I can’t really comment because I didn’t go through (the list) with a fine tooth comb,” Ally, who is Government’s point person on racial harmony told this newspaper.

Did you have anything to say when only two state corporations/commissions were headed by blacks.

The PPP are the last people to complain about racism.  Only those who pointed out racist practices of the PPP can make comments on this now.

When asked why the dearth of blacks in leadership positions during the Jagdeo/Ramotar era, the response was "maybe there aren't any qualified blacks".

the beat goes on-different drummer.

I followed your respond and cannot say that I agree with you for the simple reason, we voted for change, and had hoped that all this nonsense based on race would now have been a thing of the past.......but with APNU/AFC, it seems to be an ongoing feature. They seemed to continued where the PNC left off.

Caribny, why make excuses based on the PPP actions.  The people voted for a change NOT and exchange.  Granger will be a one-timer or possibly a half-timer if he doesn't look out.  Looks like he is being controlled by Dick Cheney Harmon.

Unless you criticized the PPPs racist practices I really don't care what you bleat on this topic.  This begins to sound like the show is on the other foot, so suddenly it concerns you.

Those who criticized the PPP for their racism, people like Freddie Kissoon, can comment if APNU/AFC if similarly racially exclusionary.  Kissoon was attacked by most Indians and called self hating.  So he is entitled to talk because he cannot be accused of being a hypocrite.

Really don't think that too many Indians can talk on this, as they either attacked blacks who pointed out PPP racism against Afro Guyanese, or remained silent.

Those who lambasted people like me about PPP racism, calling me a racist, and claiming that all I wanted was to see dead Indians (and yes I got many of those comments) are hypocrites if they suddenly become aware of racism, when their party lost.

When Africans like Nigel Hughes, David Hinds and others lambasted PPP racism, they were called racists.  Did you  come to their defense?  Some how I don't recall that....and by the way, silence means consent, so unless you confronted those who attack these men, then you are equally hypocritical if suddenly ethnic balance matters to you.

Carib, if the PPP/C were the only organization referring to this non-sense then I would have list it as Politically Motivated, but the On Wednesday, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) flayed the APNU/AFC Administration’s actions, deeming it an affront to women, referring to the unbalanced representation of females on the State Boards. “All Government functionaries responsible should feel ashamed over today’s announcement that only three (9.4 per cent) of the new Chairs of the 32 State Boards in the Finance Sector are females,”

This is only gender based, soon all and sundry will be looking at this as ethnicallty based.

How many of those groups spoke specifically to the ethnic exclusion that was happening to Afro Guyanese.  Oh yes, every one ran for cover, leaving the few like Kissoon, Hinds, Hughes, Eric Phillips, and a few others. 

In fact these folks can talk about death threats which they received, and at least one Afro Guyanese was wiped out by Jagdeo's goons.

BTW how many women were given leadership roles under the PPP?

Oh yes, now suddenly people can talk, as they think that they need not fear Jagdeo's goons.

Much more to come as the new government proceed with its narrow-minded approach.

Did you have anything to say about the PPP when it excluded blacks from leadership, with only 2 of the state controlled entities headed by Africans.

Most likely you said NOTHING, except to me when I pointed this out, and then you called me a racist.

Shoe on the other foot and now this concerns you.

Those who spoke out against PPP racism can speak to this topic.  Those who weren't bothered by PPP racism have nothing to say. 

Why was it OK for the PPP to exclude Africans?

I think (Caribj) that your argument is flawed, what you are saying is that if the PPP/C were doing it, then the APNU/AFC doing the samething now then and nothing wrong with that.

It was wrong  then as it is wrong now, and please do not think that I was quiet about the PPP/C wrong doings........as there is a thread that goes by the name "If elections were held today, the PPP/C would lose" a couple of hundreds of pages.

I do not want to label you as a liar, but you are heading that way.

It was NOT okay for the PPP to exclude Africans.  AND IT IS NOT OKAY for the APNU-AFC to exclude Indians.  This is NOT what the people voted for.  They do not want an exchange, but that is what you seem to be arguing for.  And yes, I did speak up for the PPP to be removed because of its corrupt practice in a letter to SN just before the coalition was formed.  What else do you want?

Alyuh missed the "hood-wink".

Caribj is contented seeing Indians at "the back of the bus".

Is the priority at this stage ethnic and gender balance, or the best person for the job? We only have to recollect the incompetence of the likes of Priya and many others who gave a bad name to their race and gender.

I do not believe in affirmative action or quota system.  You have to be qualified for the position, but they way it seems right now is like race is the major qualifier.  Not a word from Moses and Ramjattan...looks like dem bais like the powa so they don't care anymore.

So when I said that it was wrong then, and was called an Indian killer, did you agree with me?  No you either said nothing, or you joined the pack who celebrated the exclusion of Africans.

Those who had NOTHING to say about PPP racism ought to have NOTHING to say about APNU racism!

Freddie Kissoon and the FEW Indians like him, who spoke out against PPP racism, can speak as much as they wish about any Indian exclusion which might exist today.

Those who said NOTHING when Africans were excluded should have NOTHING to say now.  If that includes YOU, then what can I say.

If the exclusion of Africans was fine public policy, then why should they object when the shoe is on the other foot and Indians are excluded?

It should be the best person for the job.  And talent in Guyana comes in both genders, and in many ethnicities.  It would be hoped that this would be reflected.

However it is hard to believe that the PPP could have only found Indian males, and it is hypocritical for those who endorsed that to suddenly demand inclusiveness.

Freddie K can write all he wishes about the exclusion of Indians, and I will listen, and maybe even support him.  Because he risked his life, and that of his wife and kids to speak out against what an Indian elite was doing to Africans.

In fact not too long ago there were some here even calling him a self hating Indians for speaking out against Indian racism.

But the hypocrites who called me a racist when I spoke of African exclusion have NO RIGHT to say anything on this topic.  Ditto when they all piled on Freddie K.

They lack the moral authority to complain about ethnic exclusion, and only do so when it is THEY who are being excluded!

And it was also under the PPP, but then that was OK with you because then "ahbe pan tap, and black man time DONE".

Where was your voice when Africans were similarly excluded?

You were happy when "ahbe pan tap, black man time DONE" and saw NO PROBLEM in the exclusion of Africans.  You saw us an uneducated, dirty, criminal, useless, incapable of contributing to the development of Guyana.  You  further stated that we were lucky to be living in a country full of hard working Indians, because, according to you, all blacks can do is leach off Indians.

So why your screams now?   YOU LACK the moral authority to complain about ethnic exclusion under APNU, because you ENDORSED it under the PPP!

Except that when I said so you denied it and called me a racist.  So why your change your tune now that the shoe isn't on your foot any longer?  When the PPP and the Indo elite were kicking down Afro Guyanese I don't recall hearing you say anything about that.

You have NOTHING to say now, because you had NOTHING to say then!  Because I am quite sure that you DID NOT address the issue of PPP racism towards Africans!

You sound like a drunk so I am not going to waste my time.  I called you a racist because of your bogus argument on Indian contribution to the coalition winning.  I never defended the PPP not employing high ranking Africans LIAR!

Banna, you are a liar.  Baseman is on record criticizing the PPP for being overly Indo-centric.  I expressed this on more than one occasions and strongly so when the PPP said the don't have enough Afros for foreign posts.  Don't try to shelter your racism by telling lies about others.

The coalition promised a new way of doing things. Obvious, we are instead getting same old ways. Two wrongs do not make a right. Since you say that silence means consent, I will state my Opposition to any form of racism. It is a concern when the representation on the boards lack balance. This whole process started with the pnc dictatorship when one had to have a party card to get a job. 

Hey hey, this is Caribj you talking to here.

Did you condemn it?  Bet you not.  Failure to condemn implies that you support it.  Silence=consent, so if you didn't voice your disapproval of PPP racism then why suddenly you find voice?

And why do you NOW condemn racism.  It didn't matter to you when Africans suffered, so why should it now matter than Indians might suffer the same fate.

Only those who condemned PPP racism have the moral authority to speak to this issue.  All others who either remained silent, or more often attacked blacks like me when we were vocal about PPP racism need to just sit down and accept their fate!

When Freddie K was getting feces thrown in his face by PPP goons, when he condemned Jagdeo as the racist that he is, did YOU as an Indian support him?

OK shoe on another foot, so suddenly you want justice!  Where we you when the PPP was grinding blacks into the dust!

See there you go.  No, racism started under the PPP when Jagan let the racists take over, and people like Eusi Kwayana were forced to leave. 

Eusi was very explicit that he was forced to leave when it became very evident to him that the PPP had been taken over by Indo supremacists.

So here we go,,.......baaad black man as usual.....cannot speak to Indian racism, and now you think that you have the moral authority to speak to PNC racism!

If the PNC treats Indians as the PPP treated Africans, and if you didn't support those who spoke out against PPP racism, then you are a HYPOCRITE for now pretending to care about racism!

Alyuh giving this racist banna more oxygen to flounce.

Yes baseman has been a noted Indo supremacist racist on this site, but one would never know, based on the fact that it is merely me and Itaname, and redux who make this point.

I will have fun seeing all of those who couldn't care less about how the PPP grounded down on Africans, now suddenly pretend to care about racism!

Now liar, you do know differently.  You are the most prolific racist on this site, you even had fights with Redux over your racism.  Baseman refers to Mr. Granger since May as HE Granger.  I have NEVER saw you refer to ANY PPP leader with any due respect.  Now clown, run along and hide under a rock, you racist pig.

Baseman recently stated that Afro Guyanese must be lucky to live in a country with "hard working" Indians.  I don't even need to repeat your long ago screams that blacks are dirty, illiterate, criminal, violent and totally unproductive.

If you don't think that is racist then what can I say, but even as you PRETEND to support Granger you are screaming about an Indian Holocaust, urging Indians to flee for their safety, claiming that crime in Guyana is only committed by Africans, and that only Indians suffer.

But I will note how all of those who now suddenly PRETEND to care about PPP treatment of Africans, will either remain silent or support you.

Its quite clear that what bothers them isn't racism, but the fact that an Afro Guyanese dominated government might well exclude Indians from decision making as the PPP did to Africans.

BTW redux has called you a racist on many occasions, as has Itaname.

And does any PPP leader deserve respect, as every day more news is revealed about what a vile, corrupt and incompetent regime they were?

Hey banna, I never claim support for HE Granger, but as the duly elected president, albeit barely, I gave him the respect due as the president of all of Guyana.  Are you intelligent to understand or playing dunb!

Of course you notion of giving him respect is screaming that he will be an Adolf Hitler presiding over the "Final Solution" for Indians.  This when you aren't ranting that his spirited defense of Guyana's sovereign rights was a deliberate attempt to destroy the rice industry.

Don't think that Granger cares about your fake respect/

This is your racism of full display.  You are too steep in your racism to even see it.

Talk about incompetence, ha ha, PNC scoring 100% in strike-outs.  You should stay away from that for now bai.

Nah, that was alyuh hero Crum-Ewing!!