Historical And Cultural Background Of The Guyanese Statistic Bureau British Guiana ( Guyana )

One writer, Santha Rama Rau, writes on essay, “By Any Other Name”, which details how which ethnicity you are plays an important role in developing her cultural identity. “Premila said, we had our test today, and she made me and the other Indians sit at the back of the room, with a desk between each on” (Rau 48). This is saying this teacher was racial profiling just because she was from a different country which can affect you and how you think. Everybody should deserve an education whatever your ethnicity is. “I never had an education myself. After second grade the school, Mama curted” (Walker 21). Some people racial profile people on where they were born

Burton (2015) in her Journal, ‘Globalisation and Cultural Identity in Caribbean Society: The Jamaican Case,’ however points out that Jamaica has a unique culture and this has shaped how that countries adapts to the effects of colonialism and even globalisation.

Indians many times have been associated with funny accents, believers of caste system, culture that is full of colors and very smart people in math and technology. Indians make up less than 1% of the population of America and yet they are the CEO’s of “PepsiCo and MasterCard” and are presidents and deans of America’s most prestigious colleges and hold high positions in journalism such as Sanjay Gupta and neurosurgeon and media reporter for CNN here in Atlanta and Fareed Zakaria a journalist and author. “They are also dominating fields such as technology, scientific research and medicine; and thriving in industries such as hospitality, transportation and real estate. They have also achieved extraordinary success in government: the governors of two of America’s most conservative states are of Indian origin, as are White House senior

It is important to understand the term “South Asian”, which refers to men and women who come from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and many other South Asian countries (Das Gupta, 1994). However, “South Asian women in Canada belong to a larger category of immigrant women of colour a term that is a social construction” (George & Ramkissoon, 1998, p.103). The term South Asian is a social construction, which means it has been created by society. This is because the term South Asian or race does not have any scientific or biological validity to it. Elliot (1996) discussed how race, ethnicity and gender are socially constructed, however their meaning differ in historical and contemporary discourses (as cited in George & Ramkissoon,

There has been an archaic existing fear of anything different from the norm becoming present, however having something different may bring about positive change, diversity, and new knowledge. Yet people are reluctant to accept something different and instead make efforts to change the differences to match the way things normally and dominantly are. This fear and reaction is the reason for why efforts of assimilation occur, so that the dominant can integrate the minority and to conform to the dominant culture. Writer Sarah Ahmed discusses the issues of migration, assimilation, and what it really means to be happy in her chapter “Melancholic Migrant.” She traces the links between white culture and happiness; the idea of the whiter you are the happier you are. Ahmed presents arguments of other scholars, like Trevor Phillips, that present the notion of migration being the root of unhappiness in communities with people of different racial backgrounds living together and running into conflicts (122). She goes on to explore how the British government tries to resolve these diversity conflicts among their British citizens and Asian immigrant population. The British Empire promoted civilized kind of pleasure that they assumed could not be found in the Indian culture, but only in the British culture. Based on the excuse of Indians being uncivilized the British made attempts to colonize them. The British held the belief that India does not have culture and thus the

On November 18, 1979, in the South American nation of Guyana, a United States Congressman named Leo Ryan, and several news reporters were assassinated by members of a religious cult called the Peoples Temple. Due to increased scrutiny and pressures at home, the Reverend Jim Jones, had moved the majority of his congregation to South America in order to establish a communist utopia. Representative Ryan had travelled to meet with Jones at the requests of numerous family members whom were concerned about their missing loved ones. Subsequent to the assassinations, Jim Jones was not only able convince most of his followers to willingly drink cyanide laced Kool-Aid, but he also influenced them to give the poison to their own children to drink as well. In all, 918 people, mostly due to their obedience to Jones, were either murdered or convinced to freely commit suicide; and some, even consented to the murder of their own children (Moore, R & McGehee, F., 2014). The first question that many people might ask, is what kind of mind control did Jim Jones have over his followers? Moreover, what kind of lessons were his people learning while they were isolated in the middle of a Guyanese jungle? The Control and Learning theories help people to learn a great deal about crime, but they can also aid in the understanding of how criminal organizations or societies work as well.

Britain is well known for having a ‘multicultural society’, which began as a result of the government introduce immigration opportunities after WWII in order to combat labour shortages. The different ethnicities that have since migrated to Britain with the EU expansion and from India, Pakistan etc prefer/generally tend to live together in small communities which can make integration into British society difficult.

The Indo-European language of Haitian Creole is native to the island of Haiti, and also used as a minority language on the neighboring island of Cuba. In total, there are over ten million people in the world who speak Haitian Creole. This language was formed after the Creole version of French, after colonials brought their native

In this essay, I will be arguing for the rights and privileges of minority groups. I believe that ‘special’ privileges do not give minorities excessive benefits, and that these privileges also do not infringe upon the rights or lifestyles of the majority. I will prove this through the examination of several aspects of society and nation, including equality, nation-building, and identity. These three characteristics of multiculturalism and society will help evidence the justification of minority rights in the face of opposing liberal majority interests. To establish the need for minority rights, the concept of multiculturalism must first be understood. Kymlicka describes multiculturalism as “an umbrella term for the claims of these ethnocultural

Guyana, a beautiful country home to diversity in all forms, with savanaughs, lush rainforests, rivers, lakes, ocean shores and more. The people of Guyana find themselves in these environments, under a developing nation and government. The nation has a long history of colonization by the Dutch and the British, and has only been a free nation since 1966. Since then, it has experienced its fair share of growing pains, and is still is very much a developing country. The people of Guyana have endured through these struggles for independence and stable freedom, and have over time developed into many communities across the country, the largest being the nation's capital, Georgetown. The Guyanese farmers who now begin to

It is located at 400º North latitude, and 5600º West longitude. In total, there are 163,820 sq km. 156,000 being land, and the remaining 7,820 sq km being water. The area is slightly larger than Georgia, including 1,907 km of land, and 386 km of the coastline. Suriname is the smallest country on the South American continent. It is mostly a tropical rainforest, with a diversity of flora and fauna, that is increasingly threatened by new developments. Suriname is rich with a lot of natural resources. The economy is dominated by the mining industry, with exports of oil, gold, and Aluminium oxide accounting for about 85% of exports and 27% of government revenues, making the economy highly vulnerable to mineral price volatility. Economic growth has declined annually from just under 5% in 2012 to 1.5% in 2015. In January 2011, the government devalued the currency by 20% and raised taxes to reduce the budget deficit. As a result of these measures, inflation receded to less than 4% in 2015. Suriname's economic prospects for the medium term will depend on continued commitment to responsible monetary and fiscal policies and to the introduction of structural reforms to liberalize markets and promote competition. The government's reliance on revenue from extractive industries will temper Suriname's economic outlook, especially if gold prices continue their downward

Rees, Wohland, Norman, Lomax, and Clark (2017) argue that it is important to project ethnic minorities for the future mix of populations with different national and cultural backgrounds. Histogram 1 (see Appendix) shows that 13% of the UK population are from ethnic minority background, which apparently means that it is one of the most ethnically diverse

Guyana and Suriname are neighbor countries, located on the Caribbean coast of South America (see figure 1). Guyana was originally colonised by the Netherlands. Later, it became a British colony and became independent in 1966 from the United Kingdom. With Suriname it was the other way around: it was colonized by the English and the Dutch, but later captured by the Dutch who governed Suriname until 1954. Guyana is a little bit bigger in size and population than Suriname but Suriname has a higher gross domestic product per capita. Both countries also have similarities: both have substantial different species due to the big rain forest they contain. However, Suriname is according to the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) (2014) better in protecting human health from environmental harm and protecting ecosystem. Suriname has a score of 53,57 and is thereby ranked at the 71st place, while Guyana has a score of

The evolution of Caribbean Literature started centuries before the Europeans graced these shores and continues to develop today. Quite noticeably, it developed in a manner which transcended all language barriers and cultures. Today the languages of the Caribbean are rooted in that of the colonial powers - France, Britain, Spain and Holland - whose historical encounters are quite evident throughout the region. The cosmopolitan nature of the region's language and cultural diversity develop from the mixture of European languages with Native American languages (mainly the Caribs and Arawaks) in the formation of creoles and local patois (hybrid languages) and those of Africans brought to the Caribbean as

In 1964, Burnham succeeded Jagan as prime minister, a position he retained after the country gained full independence on May 26, 1966. With independence, the country returned to its traditional name, Guyana. The population of Guyana was estimated to be 768252 people. This is an increase of 0.36%(2763 people) compared to population of 765489 the year before. the population consisted of 49 percent Indians; 35 percent Africans; 7 percent mixed race peoples; and 6.8 percent Amerindians. Indians are of the following religions: Hindu, 65 percent; Muslim, 20 percent; and Christian, 15 percent. The official language is English Guyanese speak creole dialects of English with varying ethnic lexical imprints. The sex ratio of the total population as of the gender and age of 0–14 years: 35.6% male 135,629; female 131,518; total 267,147, 15–64 years: 60.2% male 226,058; female 226,551; total 452,609 and 65 years and over: 4.2% male 14,347; female 17,120; total 31,467 1.009 (1 000 males per 1 009 females) which is lower than global sex ratio. After adopting British cultural idioms, the African and mixed middle class deprecated the "backward coolie" culture of Indians. The Indians, steeped in ancient notions of caste, brought rigid ideals of color and physical features to their judgment of African people, although most Indian immigrants were themselves dark. Africans and Indians thus constructed distinct identities. Ethnic relations since independence in 1966 have been undermined by the