Letter: IAC condemns race hate message posted on Facebook
Dear Editor,
The Indian Action Committee (IAC) is shocked and outraged and condemns a post on Facebook (an online social media site) which contains a message, attributed to Nigel Austin whose face is portrayed, that is in blatant violation of the Racial Hostility Act, Chapter 23:01 of the Laws of Guyana which is an Act to make provision for preventing conduct, tending to excite hostility or ill-will against persons by reason of their race.
This posted message contains the following: βCoolie people need to take their retarded ass back to the gutter they call India and leave Guyana to the Afro Guyanese. They are worthless garbageβ.
The IAC strongly believes that this vile message is a violation of Section 2. (1) (c) of the Racial Hostility Act of Guyana which states: βA person shall be guilty of an offence if he willfully excites or attempts to excite hostility or ill-will against any section of the public or against any person on the grounds of their or his race by means of written (including printed) matter or pictorial matter published by himβ.
The IAC has noticed an upsurge in social media messages that contain racial slurs against all ethnicities in Guyana, and the organization strongly feels that such activities are extremely dangerous to the preservation of social cohesion