Dear Editor,
It bothers me when all these intellects say "they have a right too..." I also don't like when they try to make a political point or a point on immigration issues, they always use the USA or Europe as measuring sticks.
First of all we're not a country with tens of millions of people; we are 16 sq. miles on the Dutch side with a local population of about five to six thousand people. Why is it we brag about our 120 plus nationalities, it makes them feel so proud. The country they like to use as example, the United States of America, don't even want to discuss comprehensive immigration reform, because the white majority wants to remain the majority in their country.
So why are we so proud to be the minority in our country? The faces of St. Maarteners will change in the next 20 to 30 years. The locals with their head above water don't even care, because their interest is about the here and now. If you're a local you better be working for GEBE, the airport, harbour, Government or own some jet-skies or beach chairs in order to survive on our island paradise.
We don't have opportunities in the private sector for big economic growth; you have to be Indian or Italian to be afforded that opportunity. You don't see locals at the helm of big business anymore. When locals ran Mullet Bay it was the flagship of the Caribbean. The two richest families on the island are Indian and Guyanese...They don't have a right too...
Concerned citizen
Name withheld at author's request.
