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Hi All: Quite hilarious, this "DR" Gibson person! What kind of "DR" is this person? Never realized that Hindus constitutes a "race". Roop

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We De Pon Top Posted: 04/24

From: Lester Lewis 

"WE DE PON TOP, WE GON KILL THEM BLACK MAN"

"WE DE PON TOP, WE GON KILL THEM BLACK DOGS" 

Afro Guyanese Terrorism on People of Indian Origin inGuyana

A Review of The Cycle of Racial Oppression in Guyana by Kean Gibson. Published by University Press of America Inc,

ISBN 0-7618-2469-3, Price $23.00 (US).

By Lester Lewis The publisher's blurb for Dr. Kean Gibson's Cycle of Racial Oppression in Guyana states,

"This book is an analysis of racism in Guyana from the pre-colonial era to the present time. There has been oppression by Europeans, Africans and currently East Indians. "The oppression, which has been motivated by human beings' primordial instinct of self-preservation, is the primary cause of the continuing underdevelopment of Guyana. The study argues that although all three ethnic groups have practiced oppression based on race, the differences between them lie in culture. "Emphasis is placed on Hindu racism, which has been reconstructed in the context of Guyana and bears similarity to Western racism. Both are based on the dualism of good and evil and thus both have the same pernicious consequences." This book is much more than the publisher's blurb states. Dr. Kean Gibson is a Guyanese African. She teaches in the Department of Languages, Linguistics and Literature at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus in Barbados. Utilising the dualist concept of "good and evil," she placed the Hindu religion under a microscope, dissected it and left it bare for all to see its racially oppressive essence. She shows that the practice of Hinduism in Guyana is meant to exterminate Guyanese Africans and reduce them to the level of slaves. Guyana is located in the North East of South America. Its longest border is with Brazil. It also borders Venezuela and Surinam, formerly Dutch Guyana. Although the Caribbean Sea does not wash its shores - it is washed by the mighty Atlantic Ocean, Guyana was regarded as part of the British West Indies as it was lumped together with all the British colonies in the Caribbean basin. The word Guyana means "land of many waters" and "land between two rivers."It lies between the two largest rivers in South America, the Amazon and the Orinico. The original land of Guyana is now in four countries. From West to East from the Orinico, part of the land of Guyana lies in Venezuela. Part is in the Republic of Guyana, the subject of this book. Part is in Surinam, the former Dutch Guyana and part is in Cayenne, formerly French Guyana. The clogs wearing, slave owning, tulip loving Dutch colonised Guyana and enslaved Africans in what became known as British Guyana. They ruled from the 1500s to 1803. The slave rebellion of 1763 led by Cuffy, a hero of Guyana, by Atta, Accrabe and others freed the African slaves but they were eventually slaughtered by the Dutch and the second African Republic in the West was destroyed. The first at Palmares in Brazil was also destroyed by the slave owning, clogs wearing, tulip loving Dutch. The British took over from the Dutch and ruled Guyana from 1803 to independence in 1966. Even before independence, Hindu racism against Africans had become apparent. The East Indians, Hindus, viewed themselves as a superior race. Applying the caste theology of the Hindu religion they designated Blacks as criminals, as evil. As such, they can be exterminated. This is divinely sanctioned by the Hindu religion. One cannot begin to look at the clash between Hindu - East Indians and Africans in Guyana as their first meeting. Like other white peoples, when they first met Africans, they met us in a superior position. We attempted to civilise them and we are still doing so. They copied elements of their culture from African culture but today, they are denying it. Dr. Kimani Nehusi, a Guyanese African senior lecturer at the University of East London is very expansive on this. The ideology of Hinduism is the same as the Nazi ideology under which millions of Jews were exterminated. It is the same as the ideology of Zionism under which the Palestinians are being slaughtered. It is the same as the ideology of Apartheid that regarded Africans in South Africa as less than human. In the Hindu scriptures, if you are black, you are inherently evil and less than human. Dr. Gibson examines the dualist concept of "good and evil" and shows how linguistic dehumanisation is first used to demonise a group of people. When dualism is combined with cultural bias, the evil can be eliminated. One can therefore understand United States President George Bush's definition of Iran, North Korea and Iraq as "The axis of evil." As we see in Iraq today, American soldiers regard the Iraqis as less than human. That is why, for four Americans killed in Fallujah, the Americans killed over 700 Iraqis including women, children and babies then claimed they were all rebels. In the context of dualism, the rebels, including women, children and babies are evil and therefore, can be exterminated. To comprehend the mass slaughter of the Palestinians by the Jews in Israel, one has to look at the linguistic dehumanisation of Palestinians by the Jews. They define Palestinians as terrorists, murderers, animals and savages. Under the dualist concept of "good and evil," Jews are good and Palestinians are evil so the next step is to exterminate them. Hence the mass slaughter of Palestinians by the Jews of Israel. Mass slaughter and extermination comes after linguistic dehumanisation. But weren't the Jews linguistically dehumanised by the Hitler and the Nazis using this same dualist concept of "good and evil?" So how come they are doing to the Palestinians what Hitler and the Nazis did to them? Dr. Gibson gives the answer in her book. She chronicles the history of racial oppression in Guyana - racial oppression by the Dutch, by the British, by the Africans under President Forbes Burnham and now by the Hindu east Indians under the rule of their Peoples Progressive Party (PPP). The PPP was formed by the one time Communist Dr. Chedi Jagan. He was Leader and Forbes Burnham was Chairman. A conflict developed over whom should appoint Ministers when the PPP won elections. The British were willing to grant independence to Guyana but they refused to do so under Jagan. A commission set up by he British colonial authorities utilised the dualist concept of "good and evil" to indicate that they were willing to grant independence under Burnham but not under Jagan. Jagan, a Communist was evil and Burnham a Social Democrat was seen as good. The PPP executive decided to remove Jagan as Leader and replace him with Burnham. When Jagan realised this, his anti-African racism came to the fore. He appealed to caste and this led his Jagan's Hindu supporters to slander and dehumanise Burnham. Dr. Gibson writes, "The verbal onslaught went from village to village until entire communities became contaminated with racist campaigning." Indian supporters of Burnham had their houses stoned, "their wives and daughter molested and their lives made gradually unbearable in their home districts." This book shows that that was the beginning of the racial disturbances in Guyana that continues to this day and the economic consequences have been very grave. Dr. Gibson concludes "this reflected East-Indians repressed hatred of Africans." To get to the bottom of this hatred, Dr. Gibson had to look at the culture and the religion of the East Indians in Guyana. She had to dissect the Hindu religion and examine it in detail. She found that the caste system in Hinduism is based on the dualist concept of "good and evil." "Castes are complete and social worlds in themselves, marked off definitely from one another, though subsisting within the larger society." In the Hindu scriptures, castes are called "Chatur Varna," meaning colours or class. The four main castes in Hinduism are firstly, the Brahamanas, the priestly class that is white. Secondly, there are the Kshartriyas or Royal Fighter Class. They are red and their main task is to defend society. Thirdly is he Vaishyas or business class. They are yellow. Fourthly are the Shudras or Black class. Their role is to is defined as helping all the other classes. There is a fifth division. These are the untouchables, the unclean, the scum of he earth. The Brahmana text states, "a woman of a Black race, the Shudra people, was meant only for enjoyment and not for the furtherance of higher motives." The Mahabharata states, "the Shudra can have no absolute property because wealth can be appropriated by his master at will. If a Shudra acquires wealth, it causes pain to the Brahmans." Hindus in Guyana all claim that they belong to the first two classes. So they look down on Africans as their servants. They have divine justification for trying to reconstruct Guyanese society on the basis of the Hindu caste system. Their claim that Guyana is a Hindu country means that Guyanese Africans are seen as Shudras, the Black caste who "are outside the protection of God and are outside the pale of humanity. Hence, "we de pon top" (we are on the top), "We gon Kill Black man" (we are going to kill black men); "We de pon top," "we gon kill them Black dogs." Blacks are described as criminals, as evil. This linguistic dehumanisation means that the Hindus in Guyana are preparing for the final solution for the Africans in Guyana, either slaughter or slavery. The Rigveda describes the Shudra, the Black class as "the servant of another," "to be expelled at will," "to be slain at will." That the slaying of Africans is on the Hindu agenda is witnessed by the rise of the Phantom Squad. This is a death squad that has slaughtered 400 Africans in the past year. All those killed have been described as criminals. This Phantom Death Squad is associated with the Guyanese Home Affairs Minister Ronald Gajraj. Only last week, he told the Guyanese Parliament, "I did what I had to do within the confines of the law. If the criminals want to confront the police and use fire power then the police will not stand with their hands tied behind their backs." Here we have the linguistic dehumanisation out of the mouth of the Hindu Home Affairs Minister. Dr Gibson shows that Hindu Indians are killing Blacks and they are not subjected to legal sanction. Someone fire a shot from Freedom House, the headquarters of the PPP that killed a Black woman, no investigation was carried out by he police. For Dr. Gibson, these extra-judicial killings are not simply a matter of reminding Africans of their place in the social order, but to eventually wipe them off he face of the earth so only the civilised will occupy Guyana." This dissection of Hinduism and its exposure to light have sent Hindus in Guyana into a rage. The Indian Arrival Committee referred Dr. Gibson's book to the Ethnic Relations Commission. In evidence to the Committee on Tuesday 13 April 2004, Evan Persaud, an Executive member of the IAC said that Dr. Gibson's book contained "48 offensive remarks." These he said, "would lead to racial hatred, violence against Indians and eventually to open warfare." He called for the book to be banned and for Dr. Gibson to be prosecuted. They, the Hindus, have set up all kinds of organisations in furtherance of their 'Guyana is a Hindu country project'. Their objective is the total domination over Africans in Guyana. For example, ten Hindu families of very wealthy merchants set up the Guyana Indian Foundation Trust. Its purpose is to "enhance and develop the dignity, pride and cultural awareness and protecting the rights of the Indian community." They say, "Hindus form the largest religious body in Guyana and thus should rule the country." I read this book with disbelief. I supported the PPP when they were in opposition to Burnham on the basis that they were progressive and socialist. I worked with Lal Singh whom became and is still the Guyana High Commissioner in London after the PPP won the 1992 elections. I was shocked when Ras Dr. Tom Dalgety came to a Guyanese African Solidarity meeting and told us that in the Hindu temples, the East Indians teach their children that "they must not buy from Blacks." Dr. Gibson's revelations of the theology and practice of Hindu religion and culture should be read by all Africans. By explaining the dualist concept of "good and evil," she has given us an understanding of slavery and colonialism and in modern times, the murderous Jewish onslaught of Palestinians and the American invasion and occupation of Iraq with the large scale killings that is occurring. You can understand the nature of White felt superiority when British football pundit Ron Atkinson describes Marcel Desailly, a Black member of the French national team as a "typical fucking lazy nigger" and then claim that he is not a racist." In the continental African context, we can now understand the linguistic dehumanisation and demonisation of President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe in British newspapers. He is seen as evil because he took back the land that was stolen by white colonialist settlers, Britain's kith and kin. He gave the land back to the blacks. So collective punishment was imposed by the whites in Europe and America on the Blacks in Zimbabwe in the form of financial, economic and travel sanctions. On the other hand, Nelson Mandela is good and is awarded all manner of honours by the British and other Europeans. He agreed that the white colonialist settlers can keep all the land they stole by force from the Africans in South Africa before 1913. His party, the African national Congress also promised to deliver the market in Southern Africa to the Boers who constructed the apartheid system. Over the past 10 years, the whites have got richer and the Blacks have got poorer. No wonder they promoted him as a brand name like Coca-Cola. All praises are due to Kean Gibson for having the courage to write this book. Her definition of racism needs to be read and studied by Africans particularly in Europe, the Americas and South Africa. Blacks in Britain will come tom understand why, despite the Race Relations Acts, despite the Commission for Racial Equality and despite all manner of investigations and recommendations to wipe out racist practices, racial discrimination is still prevalent in Britain. Racism is at the heart and is the essence of Hindu religion and culture. This is based on the caste system that is colour coded. There is no way that African people in Guyana will submit meekly to being exterminated and being reduced to the level of slaves. In Hindu culture and religion, the extermination of Africans has divine sanction. This deadly onslaught on Guyanese Africans is causing problems within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). CARICOM countries are strangely silent on the Hindu slaughter of Africans in Guyana. Most CARICOM countries have majority African populations. So one wonders why they are standing back, staying silent and doing nothing. Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, the European descent Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines was asked to seek an urgent CARICOM Inquiry into the slaughter of Africans in Guyana. As far as I am aware, he did nothing. Maybe his past political relationship with the PPP is holding him back. But St. Vincent has a majority African population. Similarly, newspapers in CARICOM countries are silent on the Hindu slaughter of Africans in Guyana. The Gleaner, published in Jamaica, the land of Marcus Garvey and Bob Marley. I wonder for how long CARICOM governments and newspapers will be blind, deaf and dumb when there is an incipient civil war in Guyana? The Cycle of Racial Oppression Guyana is a potential best seller and could sell in the many thousands if not hundreds of thousands. It needs to be read by African peoples every where since it gives such an insightful understanding of racism and of dualism, the concept of "good and evil." It gives us an understanding of the modern world from an African cultural standpoint and Africans need to understand this. However, her publishers, the University Press of America seem to be trying extremely hard to restrict sales of he book. Dr. Gibson has another book entitled Comfa Religion and Creole Language in a Caribbean Community, an African derived religion practiced in Guyana. In this religion, participants worship ancestral spirits of the seven different ethnicities who have played a part in the history of Guyana. This was published by State University of New York Press, is 247 pages and sells for $21.00 (US). The Cycle of Racial Oppression is 78 pages of text with footnotes and index making it 97 pages. The retail price is $23.00(US). At current exchange rates, this is equivalent to about £12.80 in British currency. But the University Press of America has set a retail price of £18.00 in Britain where there are large Black, Guyanese and African communities. People in Britain want to read this book but they will not be ripped off by the University Press of America. The publishers should therefore not be surprised if this becomes the most photocopied book in British history. Anyone interested in purchasing the book can do so by visiting he publishers' website: www.univepess.com. 

It can also be purchased on the internet from Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/002-2939079-8152018. In the USA, it can be purchased from Barnes and Noble. The British distributors are Plymbridge based in Plymouth but there are no copies available for anyone to purchase in Britain. I doubt whether Plymbridge has ever seen a copy of the book. 

Lester Lewis