That’s discrimination

When in an oil rich country with the price of oil just over seventy dollars a barrel, and only certain groups are benefitting, that’s discrimination.

When the majority of public servants in government ministries are women, while young men resort to banditry, idleness and drugs, that’s discrimination.

When the upper and middle class have access to housing, while the homes of the poor are broken down, because they can’t afford these houses, that’s discrimination.

When every ethnic, social and racial group arrived here at some point in time, and only East Indians are recognised as having arrived, that’s discrimination.

When you remove the Trinity Cross, because it is a Christian symbol, while Eid and Divali are imposed on Christians, that’s discrimination.

When radio licences are granted to some while the Maha Sabha has to go to the Privy Council to get one, that’s discrimination.

When members of the UNC can be fired because they support their political leader, that’s discrimination. When the National Insurance Board invests our NIS contributions without our consent, and no one is held accountable, that’s discrimination.

When only certain areas have pipe-borne water, that’s discrimination.

When the Vice President of FIFA, who was instrumental in paving the way for Trinidad and Tobago to go to the World Cup, was sidelined, while the coach got the Chaconia Gold Medal, and other financial benefits, that’s discrimination.