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Jul 07, 2017 Letters
Dear Editor,
Guyana is a beautiful country inhabited by beautiful people, however, that does not negate the fact that we have mountainous issues. What I have noticed with time is, we as a people continuously fail to confront these mountains for varying reason. Instead we talk around these issues, cast blame and somewhere along the line we expect things to materialize by our mere utterances or expectations.
The youth make up on average 60% of our populace and have the unenviable task of dealing with these mountainous issues. We are also the ones who turn a blind eye to those issues and slum into a place of dependency as if we cannot confront them. We are also the ones who contribute to making issues mountainous.
We’ve set up elite organizations that require CVs and other stringent application processes inclusive of interviews for a simple task of being a volunteer, automatically saying to a large demographic you are not qualified to be here. What’s even worst is that our programming does not facilitate the development of the demographic we shun; instead we give handouts and provide little solutions. How can one justify giving one hundred dollars to a homeless person when what he really needs is a roof above his head.
We have failed to have a strong single or united advocate, settling for the status of being the silent majority. Individually we are strong and may voice our concerns and disapproval but together we are stronger and our voice can never go unnoticed. Many of us are muzzled and in some cases spew hate and cause strife because of party affiliation but to what end? To maintain a divide or to keep a job? We must come to the understanding that our very decisions impact the lives of others, we need to determine if the impact is negative or positive.
We as youth must learn to celebrate, support and encourage each other, we must create the environment that we want to live in and not be dependent on politicians to do so. We must forge relationships beyond the racial spectrum and be exemplary before those who are coming after us. We are more powerful than we can imagine. We are the movers and shakers of this nation, the engine of growth and development. We can break cycles even though racism, violence and crime among our youth will probably exist long after we are gone. History can show that we are the ones who grabbed the bull by the horn and made strides that have never been made before. For the love of our people and the love of our dear mother land we the youth need to save our generation and pave the way for generations to come, let’s confront these mountainous issues now.
Clayton Halley
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May 13, 2024
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