US-Caribbean: Get on the plantation already...
American, Caribbean blacks strive for end to cultural conflict
They share African ancestry but can differ on politics, sports, education, the economy, and even what they eat and buy.
African-Americans and Caribbean blacks often struggle to accept each other's cultural differences, a conflict that sometimes gives way to clashes.
A panel of educators, civic leaders and historians will address the discord among these groups as well as strained relations within the Caribbean community at a forum on ending interethnic conflict from 2-4 p.m. Saturday at the Mizell Center, 1409 NW Sixth St. in Fort Lauderdale. The event is free.
"I think people lump all black people together. That's not a reality. They bring different cultures and values," said Georgia Robinson, a lawyer and member of the Inter-Ethnic Coalition, the organization sponsoring the event. "What is missing is a lack of cross-cultural understanding," added Robinson, who was born in Jamaica but considers herself African-American because she was raised in the United States.
Thankfully in my experience, victimology 101 is not yet a traditional Caribbean trait.
posted by Anonymous at 12:33 PM
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Looks like the plantation needs coconuts. Sweetbread, anyone?
Fact is, Caribbean blacks have more in common with Africans. If this group seeks to have Caribbeans influence black Americans, fine. If it's the other way around, fuggedaboudit! The last thing Caribbean blacks need is to adopt the ridiculous idea that to be educated is to act white.
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