From colonial subjects to Black nations: racializing the Caribbean within global Blackness.
This article traces how Caribbean nations become Black by virtue of their relationship to colonialism, capitalism and their linkages with race. First, it outlines how colonization linked race, labour and Blackness, and draws connections to the racialization of Caribbean nations under neoliberalism....
| Publicado en: | Identities Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 1 - 20 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2026
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