Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Sunday tackled the question of discrimination in Trinidad and Tobago, saying it is not restricted to any one community of based only on ethnicity."It may be based on gender, class, poverty, political affiliation, contact technology or who-yuh-know, locality, sexual orientation, victims of HIV and yes, race.
"So when we look at discrimination, please remember there are so many out there who are victims as well.
"It’s difficult to convince those that have been seated at the dining table for such a long time that they must make room for us, that there must be an equal numbers of places for all to share, that no one is to be excluded because they are of a different colour or because they because of their religious beliefs, or because they have different lifestyles and preferences, nor because they happen to be a woman.
"Here every creed and race was meant to have an equal place. Who’s going to give up their chair to make way for others in the name of equality?
"Why will they change the status quo to which you have been accustomed? Many resist change in the name of equality, preferring instead to preserve the status quo.
"But we simply will not allow that...invitations are hereby extended to all and sundry to sit at the table," she said
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