Cultural Legacy: Caribbean Identity + History

I'm Not Yelling! I'm Dominican.

Caribbeanites have a rich history and legacy. In this episode, our featured guest, Dr. Natasha Lightfoot, Associate Professor of History at Columbia University, shares her wealth of knowledge on the topic. We discuss the crucial role of people of African descent in the making of the United States of America and the entire western hemisphere. And the importance of talking about slavery, colonialism, and all the different isms that come from that—capitalism, racism, sexism, colorism, all of those things that, in many ways, originate with the first sins of Western expansion. As first-generation kids, we examine our experiences growing up with two distinct cultures and their influence on our lives.

Follow Dr. Natasha Lightfoot on Twitter: @njlightfoot

Buy her book: Troubling Freedom: Antigua and the Aftermath of British Emancipation

Resources:

Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Recommended Reading:
For a general history of the Caribbean:
Stephan Palmié and Francisco Scarano, eds, The Caribbean: A History of the Region and its Peoples

For histories of the island of Hispaniola, the DR & Haiti, and their complicated historical relationship:

Jean Casimir, The Haitians: A Decolonial History

Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History

Lorgia Garcia-Pena, The Borders of Dominicanidad

Edward Paulino, Dividing Hispaniola

Dixa Ramirez, Colonial Phantoms
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