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Trevin Hunte’s loss, and the importance of an organized community

Dec 16, 2012 Letters

 

 

Dear Editor,
On the night of December 10, 2012, we sat before our TVs and we saw Trevin Hunte’s homecoming as a contestant on ‘The Voice’. He was excited, emotional, and his family was tearful.
Then we saw him at the Lithonia Middle School in Georgia where there was an outpouring of pride and joy—the implied inspiration from an ex-student on the way to stardom was heartfelt. But there was no organized city-wide turn-out in support of Trevin Hunte’s bid for winning ‘The Voice’ outright.  No… Trevin—the humble, talented Black kid that he is—came simply and left simply.
Compare his homecoming with that for Terry McDermott, Nicholas David, and Casadee Pope. Ms. Pope was an honored guest on a local radio station. Later, she stood with a band to perform before a live audience of thousands.
And man did she make an entrance: She arrived with a motorcade complete with police outriders.
The Mayor of Palm Beach City also presented Casadee Pope a golden key to the city. Mr. David’s homecoming to Minnesota was also very impressive: There was a massive welcome hosted in Minnesota Mall of America for Nicholas, and there he received a golden microphone from the Mayor. And Terry McDermott would not be undone. He was heavily supported by Scottish Americans in New Orleans.
My people, THAT is what organized community power looks like. Now, translate those numbers that came out to see Pope, David, and McDermott in terms of raw votes and I-Tune-downloads; and then compare it to Hunte’s home-coming support. … I’m sure that for many, it was a foregone conclusion: that Trevin Hunte, despite his enormous talent, was going to be eliminated.
Is there a lesson here for Guyanese and other Caribbean immigrants in the U.S.A? You bet there is. Here it is: Never mind how talented we are—how skillful we are, if we continue to be a disorganized Caribbean community here in the United States of America, our chances of real success are slim.
It is only when Guyanese, Jamaicans, Bajans, Trinidadians, and all other Caribbean people see ourselves as part of one community, will we rise above the rim of the crab barrel and be the winners we truly are.
Harold A. Bascom

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