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Trinidad and Tobago
“There's a lot of bark. When one dog barks, the others
bark and howl, not knowing what they're barking at.
But they don't bite.”
-George Joseph
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“They thief out the treasury,” sang Afro-Trinidadian calypso
singer Cro Cro last year. “They blood money have to spend.
Kidnap them!” Similar sentiments and songs–this one was about
the Indian-Trinidadian business class–are common on Trinidad
and Tobago radio, where ethnic groups regularly vilify each other.
A new broadcast code aims to snuff out such on-air “denigration
and vilification of any race,” but it won't work, says Cro Cro.
“Calypso is born from protest.”
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Left: “Do you sweep [views on race] below the carpet or do you speak out?
I believe the latter is more conducive to the development of society&lrdquo;–George “Umbala” Joseph, a popular radio talkshow host.
Right: “I speak my mind and I call a spade a spade. I will say exactly what
is affecting the people of the country”–Nermal “Massive” Gosein, one of
the few Indian-Trinidadian calypso singers.
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