Caribbean Pols React to Guy on the Right
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FREE www.caribbeanlifenews.com BROOKLYN/STATEN ISLAND EDITION Nov. 18–24, 2016 Caribbean pols react to guy on WHO’S the right By Nelson A. King As the American political establishment begins coming to grips with the reality of four years of Donald J. Trump’s WHO? presidency, Caribbean-Ameri- can legislators are still stunned, like many others in New York, across the country and glo- Activist: Stop and frisk data bally, over Trump’s unexpected triumph in the U.S. Presiden- tial Election last Tuesday. ignores Indo-Caribbeans “As I gathered my thoughts, I realized that now, adding salt By Alexandra Simon 2014 and 2015,” said William to the deep wound, are those As far as police are con- Depoo, a leader from Desi’s Ris- trying to downplay the impor- cerned, this community of ing Up and Moving, a South- tance racism, xenophobia, jin- color is totally invisible. Asian community organiza- goism, and misogyny played in Stop and frisk is dispropor- tion. “Depending on how they this election — the very things tionately affecting the Indo- categorize me I can be either that so many of us were con- Caribbean community in Rich- Asian or Latino — there’s no sistently told weren’t a part of mond Hill and Ozone Park, category for Indo-Caribbean. America. And too many deny but the city data does not Our experiences need to be dis- the impact it has on continual- accurately reflect this, because cussed. We can’t pinpoint what ly disenfranchising communi- police mis-classify members of someone’s West Indian iden- ties,” said New York City Coun- the ethno-cultural group as tity is, but we know it exists, cilman Jumaane Williams, the Asian or Latino, according to because we know people going son of Grenadian immigrants. a Cypress Hills activist. The through this. If you look at the “Yet, all the ideas we are neighborhoods’ 102nd and statistics in the neighborhood consistently told aren’t a part 106th precincts led Queens in — Richmond Hill — has the of America propelled a man to stop and frisk over the last highest correlation between the presidency of the country two years, but the city must policing and the criminalizing of my birth,” added Williams, keep accurate accounts of who in our communities.” the Democratic Deputy Leader it stops before it can improve Richmond Hill and Ozone of the Council, who presents police-community relations, Park is home to the some of the the largely Caribbean 45th the advocate said. largest Indo-Caribbean com- Council District in Brooklyn. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an election- “There are two precincts in munities in New York City, and “He did so stripping out all the night rally last week. 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Spencer, Melinda Edwards, and Organizers from the church are Shaundell Agrippa, with children gathering community members and from Nicky’s Little Sprouts and local officers from the 77th precinct for Jeremy’s Place Daycare. “Working Together for a Better Crown Nicky’s Little Sprouts Heights,” a discussion about their neighborhood and improving how resi- dents and authority figures work and Group communicate together for their safe- ty of their community. One organizer urges residents that the police’s pres- ence at the town hall should encourage them to partake in it. reads to “The police is there to listen and help the community,” said Mayleen Fred- ericks, chairperson of the committee organizing the meeting. ‘Sprouts’ “It’s a dialogue that needs to happen and everyone with concerns will needs By Nelson A. King to address that.” Kids at a daycare center in Lau- During the summer members of the relton, Queens last Thursday were congregation trekked the neighborhood given the extraordinary opportunity taking a survey of people on the streets. of being read to by officials from They compiled data on residents views the Long Is. Branch of the Nation- with three questions — what makes al Association of University Women them glad, excited, and mad about their (NAUW). community and decided on a town hall Community locale: The Bethany United Methodist Church is hosting a town Melinda Cashwell-Edwards, based on their conclusions. hall with police offi cers at the church on Nov. 10, to addresss the relation- NAUW’s Long Island Branch pres- “All of those that we surveyed — we ship of the police department and residents of Crown Heights. ident, and Laura Spencer, branch found a common theme,” said Freder- Community News Group / Alexandra Simon chaplain and co-chair of the Literacy icks. “They talked about being forced Committee, read to 17 kids, whose out with rent and housing and their shy away but use the opportunity to Fredericks. ages range from one to six years, relationship with community and tackle their concerns, including crime “The police is there to listen and help at Nicky’s Little Sprouts D.C. Inc., police, and we asked ‘what is it as a and gentrification. the community, and it’s a dialogue that owned and operated by Guyanese church that we can do?’” “This is basically about the relation- needs to happen. Everyone’s concern Shaundell Agrippa. Fredericks is expecting 200 partici- ship between the community and the will be addressed.” Six children from the nearby Jer- pants to attend the meeting, which will police, but if someone comes in and “Working Together for a Better Crown emy’s Place Daycare, owned and oper- be the first of its kind for the neigh- they might have problem with drug Heights” at Bethany United Methodist ated by Agrippa’s mother, Paulette borhood.