MY POLITICAL AWAKENING STARTED IN 1964 WHEN WISMAR VILLAGE WAS BURNT TO THE GROUND BY AFRO GUYANESE..... By Bill Ramnarace .
THAT WAS WHEN I SAY TO MYSELF...
ARE THESE SUPPOSED TO BE CIVILIZED PEOPLE? NO CIVILIZED PEOPLE WILL BEHAVE IN SUCH PRIMITIVE, UNCULTURED, INHUMANE AND BEASTLY WAY.
I FELT SO SAD FOR THE VICTIMS AS I STOOD BY RIVER POLICE STATION LOOKING ON AS HELPLESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN LOOKING LOST, DISHEVELLED, HUDDLED IN GROUPS HOPING THAT SOME HELPING HANDS WILL REACH OUT TO THEM AS THEY EMERGED FROM THE BOAT THAT RESCUED THEM.
I MATURED VERY QUICKLY....MANY OF MY FRIENDS WERE AFRO GUYANESE IN THE POLICE FORCE. IT WAS AS IF WE LIVED IN DIFFERENT WORLD FROM THOSE VICTIMS.
I DO HOPE GUYANESE TODAY REFLECT ON WHAT RACISM CAN DO TO A COUNTRY AND TRY IN EARNESTNESS TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS CANCEROUS GROWTH....
WE SHOULD USE WISMAR AS A STARK REMINDER OF THE EVILS OF RACISM....THAT IS WHY A MONUMENT AT PARLIAMENT BUILDING SHOULD BE ERECTED TO REMIND US ALL OF THE EVILS OF RACISM.