CARIBBEAN WORLD

Jake and Mary Jacobs marked 70 years of a joyful marriage last year, but the journey wasn’t simple. In the 1940s in Britain, Mary, a White woman, and Jake, a Black man, lived in the same city. Jake was one of the few black men around. Even though Mary’s father told her to leave, she stayed because she was in love with Jake and was determined to be with him. “When I told my dad I was going to marry Jake, he said, ‘If you marry him, you won’t come back home.'” Mary and Jake met at a technical college where Mary was learning typing and shorthand, and Jake was training in the Air Force. They crossed paths when Jake moved from Trinidad during the war. Jake started talking to Mary, who lived in Lancashire. She liked that he understood Shakespeare. Later, Jake and his friend invited Mary and her friend to a picnic. Unfortunately, a woman on a bike saw them and told Mary’s father. He was shocked to see his daughter with black guys and forbade her from visiting him again. Jake and...

The Indian Heritage of Tanya S. Chutkan, U.S. District Judge Assigned to Trump’s Jan. 6 Trial August 25, 2023 She was born in Kingston, Jamaica to Indo-Jamaican father and Afro-Jamaican mother. Despite her qualifications and experience, U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan has faced virulent criticism because of the color of her skin. “For a lot of people, I seem to check a lot of boxes: immigrant, woman, Black, Asian. Your qualifications are always going to be subject to criticism and you have to develop a thick skin,” she wrote in an article published on the United States Courts website in February in recognition of African American History Month. She was nominated in December 2013 by President Barack Obama to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She was confirmed by the Senate in a 95-0 vote. Chutkan was born and raised in Jamaica to an Indo-Jamaican father and an Afro-Jamaican mother. Indo-Jamaicans are the descendants of people who came from the Indian ...

International Day of Afro-Latin American, Afro-Caribbean, and Diaspora Women, July 25th Latin America is home to 130 million African Americans, of which 51% are women. Afro-descendant people generally face racial discrimination and marginalization resulting from historical events, such as slavery and colonialism, but Afro-descendant women face double discrimination because of their gender. Therefore, they are more likely to suffer objectification and sexualization, as well as physical, psychological, and sexual abuse. In addition, they have less access to quality education, employment, housing, and healthcare. On July 25th, 1992, 300 Afro-descendant women from 32 Latin American and Caribbean countries met in the Dominican Republic. They reviewed their struggles and challenges, formed partnerships to overcome racism from a gender perspective, and defined advocacy strategies for visibility and recognition of the contributions of Afro-descendant women to culture and society. They fou...

Um retrato de política e resistência negra no Brasil Leia a introdução à última edição do NACLA Report. June 17, 2022 Luciana Brito Sendo o Brasil um país de maioria composta por pessoas negras, 56 por cento da população total, esta é a maior população negra das Américas. Assim, toda e qualquer questão sobre política, economia, sociedade e cultura no Brasil tem a questão racial, melhor, a questão das desigualdades raciais como elemento central da análise. Durante muito tempo, na academia e no senso comum, convencionou-se afirmar que o problema do Brasil seria o problema das desigualdades de classe. Esta perspectiva era compartilhada tanto pela direita, quanto pelo própria esquerda brasileira que se recusava a enfrentar e reconhecer o problema racial brasileiro. O mito da democracia racial, da harmonia entre as raças e a ideia de que a mistura racial eram principais indicativos da ausência de hostilidades raciais eram exemplos frequentemente utilizados para defender essa ideia. Co...