Caribbean Immigrants to New York/Us In the early 1900s the largest number of black immigrants were English-speaking Caribbean (West Indians) who settled in the Northeast‚ mainly in New York City. These immigrants were only 1.3 percent of the NYC population and faced intense racism‚ but by 1923 they became a 12.7 percent of the city’s population. Many of these immigrants were young‚ unmarried men. According to Winston James‚ a few women arrived and held occupations as teachers‚ doctors‚ lawyers
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Political manifesto music is more than just music with a political message and content. Political manifesto music is more so music or artist that consistently and deliberately deliver music with the same political message. Bob Marley and Richard Wagner are political manifesto artist because they wrote and composed music with generally the same political message. Both artist had political viewpoints‚ and they made it known throughout their music. Political manifesto music is usually representational
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Growing up‚ I did not want to identify as Canadian. I thought that it was not a good descriptor of who I am because I do not fit the mold of a “regular” Canadian; after all‚ I have dark skin and immigrant parents. My differences ultimately made me feel like an outsider because I grew up in a predominantly white community. This feeling lead me to hate the texture of my hair‚ I could see the difference in how people perceived my hair’s short‚ kinky texture in comparison to the other childrens straight
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The song untold stories is a track of of Buju Banton’s 1995 album Til’ Shiloh. It is a song which speaks about the plight of people who live in poverty but receive no help from the rich in society in their everyday struggle to stay alive. In the song Buju speaks about the countless difficulties these poverty stricken people go through on a daily basis. He also speaks about opportunity which he describes as “a scarce commodity”. He urges the children who are growing up in these circumstances to not
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Fitness Experts: Usain Bolt Usain St.Leo Bolt‚ the world’s fastest man‚ is an iconic athlete known by all sport fans around the world. Widely known for his breathtaking speed‚ he holds three world sprinting records‚ 6 Olympic gold medals‚ and was 8 times World Champion. Bolt is definitely giving the world’s top sprinters a run for their money! I chose to write about Usain Bolt for my fitness expert. My first reason for choosing him is because I consider Bolt to be the epitome of physical fitness
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In conclusion‚ reggae music is a powerful social force that represents the pressures of everyday life. Music in general is about bringing certain important issues to the forefront for people to think about. It is not an overstatement to say that almost the whole world has been culturally influenced by reggae music. The research that I have gathered did demonstrate how reggae’s emotional message has changed over last several decades. What I learned is that the names and styles of reggae have changed
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Inna di Dancehall- “Popular Culture and the Politics of Identity in Jamaica”‚ written by an academic scholar in the field of dancehall culture- Ms. Donna Hope was published in 2006. ISBN number 979-640-168-3. The book title plays an important role as it shows how Donna Hope dives deeper “Inna di Dancehall” as she sought to explore Jamaican popular culture generally and dancehall culture specifically. It contains 5 chapters that range from The Historical Moment where the dancehall stage was set‚ to
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Extra judicial killing in Jamaica Audience: General Public Purpose: To inform my audience of the many innocents lives that the Jamaica Constabulary Force takes on a yearly basis. Thesis: Extra judicial killing lead to a large number of innocent deaths I. Extra judicial killing have lead to a rapid increase in civilians death. A. Statistical reports show that over 1422 people have lost their lives innocently by the Jamaica Constabulary Force between the
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of all Caribbean states having the CCJ as a finale appellate court? The ongoing debate about the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)‚ and whether or not it would benefit the people of the Caribbean or should be the final appellant court continues. The CCJ was established in 2001 and is based in Trinidad and Tobago. The objective of the CCJ was to provide for the Caribbean community an accessible‚ fair‚ efficient‚ innovative and impartial
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Background to Study Music has been seen as something that persons listen to ease their mind‚ to get inspiration or sometimes a good laugh. Today‚ the genre of music that has dominated is “Dancehall Music”. Dancehall music is a genre of Jamaican popular music that is a more sparse version of reggae. Dancehall music was at its best in the 1980’s in this period it was the rise of the sounds systems culture where there was friendly rivalry among different sounds systems. This rivalry was done
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