Dear Editor,
Recent correspondents Ravi Dev and Vincent Alexander were referred to in a letter published in the November 5th Stabroek News written by Tacuma Ogunseye in a letter titled `The major hindrance to unity is unwillingness of race groups to accept need for adjustment in historical advantages they achieved.’
The insights obtained in the argument by Dev and Alexander are credible and further no one can quarrel with Tacuma’s analysis of both sides. I will not break a lance with Tacuma on his emphasis on the question of indigenous people. Safe to say that a necessary tool as we seek to reach the plateau of national unity is a thorough understanding of the history of each of the six races of Guyana.
The burden of this letter is the contention that beyond all we have heard from, Dev, Alexander, Tacuma and others is a question I offered in (1991) that to ensure the success of whatever programmes and systems are put in place a moral and spiritual revival is the lynchpin of a national edifice.
I remember one seasoned journalist the late Cecil Griffith trivialize this idea.
This revival and understanding of morality and spirituality, must be at the epicentre of discussions and decisions aimed at lasting unity.
If we sit around the conference table and participants are devoid of these characteristics, lasting unity, genuine love for fellow man and a deep sense of patriotism will remain an elusive dream.
Yours faithfully,
Hamilton Green
