{"id":44,"date":"2015-01-08T17:35:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T17:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/racism\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2015-01-08T17:35:29","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T17:35:29","slug":"on-the-way-to-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/racism\/on-the-way-to-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Way To The Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend Akbar and I were chatting on the way to the Rose Hall beach. We were talking about people<\/a>, places and technology. The conversation veered itself around the debate as to which race<\/a> was the most intelligent. In the midst of the conversation, Akbar decided to “crack a joke” in the form a riddle. He asked “which race do you think has the newest brain?” Answer: the black man, because it has never been used. “Which race has the most worn out brain?” The white man: because it has been overused.<\/p>\n

This was the kind of racism, prejudice, and stereotypes which existed in among the East Indians in the county of Berbice from the time I was born in 1983 to practically most of my life.<\/p>\n

The truth is, all races has their merits. All people are equal in the eyes of God. I have met members of the black race who possess more intellectual ability than some members of the white race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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