The African Caribbean Diaspora in UK and US

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The African Caribbean Diaspora in UK and US
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• What factors fuelled migration from Caribbean to
  Europe and US?
• Comparing the fate and fortune of Caribbean
  people in UK and the US
• Do Caribbeans abroad constitute a diaspora of a
  diaspora?

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• Rough numbers in US and UK
• Causes of migration
• Declining fortunes of sugar
• Structural unemployment
• History of migration and changing nature of
  immigration policy
• Case study of Jamaica

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Differing fortunes?

• Common perception that English speaking African
  Caribbeans are more successful in the US than
  African Americans?
• What about the European experience?

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• Foner argues in UK first generation were
  racialised because they entered a predominantly
  white society, in New York they entered a city
  with centuries of large scale immigration and
  ethnic diversity

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• BUT much higher levels of residential segregation
  in New York than say London
• Much higher levels of inter-ethnic partnership
  compared to any other ethnic group in UK

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• So does the common perception of US success
  and UK disappoint hold scientifically?
• In UK the comparisons are made with whites, in US
  with African Americans

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Diaspora of a Diaspora?
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• Not one, but a number of diasporas which are
  complex and dynamic