As far as I can tell, the history both of specific parts of the Caribbean and of the region as a whole unknown to the majority of the US. Even though the history of the Caribbean is essential to understanding the development of the Americas. As someone descended from people in Jamaica, St. Lucia, and Panama, I’m always glad to learn more about the specific history of the places and resistance to oppression that has never ended there.
I talked to Ramona Hernández, director of the only US university-based institute exclusively studying Dominicans.
As far as I can tell, the history both of specific parts of the Caribbean and of the region as a whole unknown to the majority of the US. Even though the history of the Caribbean is essential to understanding the development of the Americas. As someone descended from people in Jamaica, St. Lucia, and Panama, I’m always glad to learn more about the specific history of the places and resistance to oppression that has never ended there.