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Guyanese Series Monday: All in the family ‘We support each other, good or bad, happy or sad.’ | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Schenectady Guyanese Series Monday: All in the family ‘We support each other, good or bad, happy or sad.’ Shares0 It can be easy sometimes to tell if a Guyanese person is living in a neighborhood just by the fence they have surrounding their yard. It’s usually iron and decorative just like the one in front of the Hindu Temple and Guyanese Community Center in Schenectady. Lalita Persaud said it’s part of the Guyanese culture and something some Guyanese implemented into their homes when they moved here. She said they use the fences because of the beauty of the design and they add much-needed privacy while still feeling inviting. ....
Series Sunday: Guyanese immigration has changed face of Schenectady | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Share1 SCHENECTADY – The ethnic makeup of cities is always evolving. Across the northern United States, cities have changed over the last 200 years, as successive waves of the Irish, Italian and eastern Europeans arrived. In the mid-20th century, millions of southern Black people moved to northern cities, seeking new opportunities. Schenectady knows all those trends. But Schenectady is unusual in having made an intentional effort to attract a newer ethnic group immigrants from Guyana and their Guyanese-American descendants, many of whom came to the U.S. following the South American nation’s gaining independence from British colonial rule in 1966. ....