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Voting race is not always wrong
April 20, 2015 By GuyanaTimes
Dear Editor,
I have no apology to make by saying I voted for Barack Obama because of his race. Yes, I voted for a Black man for President of the United States.
My vote for Obama was a salute and a vote of thanks for all those civil rights activists many of whom were killed, jailed and did not get to even see the promise land, the “dream.”
Voting race is not always wrong but, if a particular leader is seeking one’s ethnic interest that will ultimately lead to the national good of the country as in the case of Obama in the USA, then what is wrong in voting race?
In the US coming elections in 2016 most Cubans will vote for Ted Cruz or Rubio and the same will play out with Black, White and Jewish voters. One’s ethnic priority is important.
In Guyana and Trinidad one’s ethnic interest is just as important as in the USA. Ethnic interest does not mean voting for your ethnic leader. Sometimes your own ethnic Indian or Black leaders can do more harm than good.
In Guyana Indians voted for Nagamootoo and Ramjattan who promised ethnic impact which meant social and economic security for all Guyanese, instead the AFC Indian leaders sought only black interests.
In Trinidad it took an Indian leader/s to recognize the Afro Shouter Baptiste People, building schools for them and giving them a national holiday.
Unfortunately, in Guyana what is offered to the Indian population are more reasons for Indians to vote race. The person who is the leader of the PNC party Mr Granger, Indians cannot vote for him.
Indian votes for Granger along with some cockroach Indians politicians in APNU/AFC will be a vote of thanks for killing Indians and the Guyana economy.
In Trinidad, Indian voters lead by Dr Winston Mahabir and Kamal Mohammad, both Indians, gave their vote and support for the Black-based party PNM and that mistake cost the Indian population 45 years of any political inputs.
They were politically voiceless in their own country. In the Guyana election in May, Indians cannot play with their ethnic and economic security by voting for APN/AFC for these mistakes can cost the Indian population dearly, as they did in Trinidad, with no political input for another 45 years or more.
Political Mistakes can be very costly. Vote for the one who cares for you, not the one you care for.
- Vassan I Ramracha