Dear Editor,
It is amazing to see the Guardians of Democracy, and other PPP supporters, resurrected this time to label, and other, the underprivileged of our society. This group will defend themselves by saying the ‘scrapes’ call themselves scrapes. This is not abnormal. This is just an internalization of the label which may then escalate attributed behaviors.
Hundreds of thousands of Guyanese are just scraping by. Included in this group are many Indo-Guyanese, Afro-Guyanese, and Indigenous Guyanese. A permanent underclass mired in poverty and condemned to poor paying jobs. An underclass gutted of their humanity by this PPP administration. An underclass now targets in target practice for the Guyana Police Force and private militias. Police and militias weaponized against the underprivileged of our society, and those opposed to PPP administration.
The main reason this underclass is forced to scrape by, is the unbridled and unrepentant crony capitalism of PPP administration. The PPP administration, and their friends, are scraping everything clean. I stand by the call for peaceful protests of the PPP government and the Guyana Police Force. There should be a massive protest at the next Diamond Ball where the local haves, the international community, and expatriates will turn out in their finery, dine lavishly, and watch yet another crude “aerial hoop performance by a scantily clad female”.
In the abundance of riches, the poor in Guyana are undereducated, unhealthy, unhoused, hungry and thirsty. They aren’t asking for an invitation to a sinful Diamond Ball, they are just asking for economic and social justice. They are asking to be seen as human beings. If their needs aren’t addressed, protests are likely to continue.
Sincerely,
Terrence Campbell