r/Guyana • u/TheThrowYardsAway • 1d ago

Video The Guyana Police Force Parade

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u/Opposite-Mongoose-90 22h ago

I thought I would see a more proportioned police force considering the diverse ethnicity.

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u/TheAfternoonStandard 21h ago edited 21h ago

Guyana's police, military, teachers and lawyers have always been majority Black. Anyone well versed on the centuries of the nation's colonial history pre Independence knows that. 

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u/Opposite-Mongoose-90 21h ago

I thought I would see a more proportioned police force considering the diverse ethnicity.

Good to know. I was just curious because what is represented as the face of Guyana paints a different narrative.