CARIBBEAN WORLD

By NINA SIEGAL Published: November 14, 2000 Correction Appended Sign In to E-Mail Print They sat in pumpkin-colored leather chairs over low tables sipping apple martinis, pale green with slivers of Granny Smith at the top. They said they did not come to Aubette, a swank bar with auburn lighting, for intimacy. But as they spoke, their eyes discreetly scanned the room. The crowd was young, black, college educated and upwardly mobile. They were hip, yet decidedly not hip-hop. A conversation with anyone in the room could have started at the Ivy League, turned to philosophy or the stock market and ended with a date or a business deal. At least that was the hope of the young entrepreneurs who created Black Diamonds Entertainment, the promotional company that organized the event. Black Diamonds parties, like the weekly after-work mixer at Aubette, on East 27th Street, are designed for the African-American elite, culled from carefu...

By Julia Gelatt and David Dixon Migration Policy Institute Related Articles: • The Foreign Born from the Dominican Republic in the United States • Spotlight on Haitians in the United States • Troubled Waters: Rescue of Asylum Seekers and Refugees at Sea • Remittances from the United States in Context • Spotlight on Refugees and Asylees in the United States July 2006 Source Spotlights are often updated as new data become available. Please click here to find the most recent version of this Spotlight. This spotlight examines the foreign born from the Caribbean. It is the fifth in a series on the size and characteristics of the foreign-born population in the United State...

de Afro-Europe 2 personnes ont jugé cela intéressant. “Being black in the UK doesn't mean the same as being black in the US,” said writer and international journalist Lola Adesioye (1980) at the end of her spoken words performance in the PenTales Travel and Migration event (see video). During her performance the London born Cambridge graduate of Nigerian descent, who now lives in New York, also talked about identity, being a "search culture kid" and about one question that irritates her the most. "One of the most annoying questions is 'where are you from'. Because I really don't know how to answer it. Especially when I am in England." But after her performance she said something she didn't explain. “Being black in the UK doesn't mean the same as being black in the US.” Because I wanted to know the answer from a black British perspective I asked her if should could explain the difference. So in her own words, the answer. ...

BY J.P. DEVINE In "Heading South," Laurent Çantet, French filmmaker of Montreal and Paris, offers a moderately interesting trio of middle-aged women who have taken their libidos on vacation in Haiti in the '70s. Related headlines MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Movies' lasting power This film was made long before the terrible 2010 earthquake that ravaged this beautiful land and it's sad to see what it once was. In this re-viewing of "Vers Le Sud," or "Heading South," we spend 101 minutes on the hot sands of Port-au-Prince with some very hungry women and hot beach boys. This is no "Malibu Beach Blanket," this is a serious, often too serious, study of the aching hearts and bodies of women of fading beauty who are no longer attractive to men their age at home. In the summer of the late 70s, the women come down from the cold pavements and hearts of El Norte, and lie around with hal...

Originally printed at http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Caribbean_Americans_and_Afro-Americans-125699428.html By Selwyn Ryan July 16, 2011 According to a report carried in the Express (June 24, 2011), Machel Montano was due to perform at the White House on the occasion of Caribbean Heritage Month. That event celebrated the various contributions made over the years by migrants from the Caribbean to the development of the United States. A proclamation issued by the Obama administration, dated May 31, 2011, was full of praise for their contribution. It states, inter alia, that "Caribbean Americans have prospered in every sector of our society, and have enhanced our national character while maintaining the multiethnic and multicultural traditions of their homelands. They are doctors and lawyers, public servants and scientists, athletes and services members. Their successes inspire individuals in the United States and abroad, and we take pride...

Membre de la rédaction de Grioo.com, Belinda Tshibwabwa Mwa Bay donne cette semaine son point de vue, à titre personnel, sur une notion souvent utilisée par les médias celle de "communauté noire". Je sais que par les temps qui courent, une telle affirmation passe pour une véritable hérésie. Mais avant d’être condamnée au bûcher par l’Inquisition négro-afropol...