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Caribbean New York: Black Immigrants and the Politics of Race (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues)

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I am in the process of writing my second book: "How to Effectively Market to the Caribbean Community." I find the references to the Caribbean Educational Standard as a point of debate. I do not agree that the smaller Islands,the lower classes are more educated than the larger islands' lower classes. This is a mistaken conclusion. Economics controls your education. For the most part, the larger islands are better off than the smaller. In fact the smaller more co-dependent. One of the principal reasons for the break-up of the Caribbean federation was this fear that the smaller Islands would leech on the larger ones' and drop the standard of education and economy. Granted, over the past decade, many large island have under gone set backs. But, if a better comparative analysis is done on large to small, the author should conclude differently. No adequate explanation was given for the author's conclusion, only assertions. I suggests a more indepth look at the Caribbean in his next book on the community. The inward conflict between the Caribbean nations was accurate. More, however, needed to be said on the reasons for the conflicts. Overall, an admirable job for a non-Caribbean. The Book's topic was appropriate and very topical. In the future, I hope Amazon takes more books written by Caribbean Nationals and immigrants. Keep up the good work Mr. Phillip Kasinitz. From: Chyrel Hall: Miss Caribbean-USA 1995-1996; Founding member, New York Caribbean Students Coalition; and, Author, Living as a Caribbean in New York