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Ethnic Misleaders

In Search of Fortune and Fame

By A. H. Hotep
September 05, 2000

This issue of Sat Maharaj, Pearl Springer and Barbara Burke wanting to join the Inter Religious Organization (IRO) to the point of demanding acceptance, is the same Club Coconuts issue in another form. The IRO is a private organization that does not receive state funds; they are right to operate their organization in any form they choose once they are not infringing on the rights of others. If Springer, Burke and Sat feel that the state should not use this organization as a representative of all religious bodies, they should make that appeal to the government.

The question remains; why would people want to be part of an organization or club that they perceive does not have respect for them and does not want to include them. Nothing preventing these 'religious' bodies from forming another organization with a different set of guidelines that suits them. The IRO has no real power to block them from doing what ever they want. What makes the whole exercise foolish is that the people who are complaining have the ear of the Prime Minister. (They meet with him from time to time) The Prime Minister and by extension the entire country knows that the IRO does not represent all the various 'religious' factions, so they could easily appeal to the Prime Minister to invite other groups or 'Religious bodies' to officiate at functions.

They will have to say why they want the IRO to operate with a different set of principles than those practiced by The Maha Sabha, the Orisha bodies and all the other organizations in the country.

Do any of these organizations accept people who do not agree with their practices and policies? In the Orisha group to which Springer belongs, you are ostracized if you disagree with her; Sat Maharaj said that he would disown his daughter if she wants to marry an African. He also said that one has to be born a Hindu to be one. These groups do not uphold the policy of accepting people and respecting their right to be different.

Sat, Burke, and Springer are demonstrating that they do not respect people's right to associate and organize as they feel.

The Maha Sabha is not simply using Springer as many people are claiming; Springer is a willing participant in this affair, she is also looking for recognition and political influence. Sat is trying to build social and political influence, his daughter and Rampersad from the Bomb were already rejected as UNC candidates, so he is striving to build more political influence. He will use anyone in pursuit of his objectives or lack thereof. Pearl Springer wants the same kind of political influence and personal material riches like those that she observes of Sat Maharaj. In this battle for personal fortune and fame, all people are fair game for exploitation. They know that the PM is buying political support so they are trying to show that they control a mass of people.

We already know that there is no shortage of African people who are ready to sell Africans into slavery. This is not just a problem of the past but also a larger problem today. This gives a clear indication of the true motives of some of these ethnic misleaders.

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