Gibson, Kean. February 2003. The Cycle of Racial Oppression in Guyana. Lanham: University Press of America, pp. 104.
This book is a description and 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 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 Hinduracism that has been reconstitued in the context of Guyana and bears a similarity to Western racism. Both are based on the dualism of good and evil and thus both have similar pernicious consquences.
The book is available from the online publishers Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and the publishers www.univpress.com from February 15, 2003.
Scholars with an interest in Caribbean Culture may also be interested in reading:
Gibson, Kean. 2001. Comfa religion and Creole Language in a Caribbean community. Albany: State University of New York Press, pp. 248.
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