Oppressed peoples have always been able to retain aspects of their cultural traditions. Provide examples of cultural retention that exists today in the Caribbean and the role it plays in the daily lives of Caribbean peoples.

Oppressed peoples have always been able to retain aspects of their cultural traditions

The Caribbean people have gone through a great deal of trouble fighting off people who wishes to exploit and to colonize them . They did not allow other countries to stake claim over their lands in the same way that they struggled real hard in to keep other people from colonizing them completely . In fact , the United States of America had been one of those who showed great interest in Caribbean . Since a lot of other countries aside from the

United States showed great interest on Caribbean it should not come as a surprise that Caribbean 's culture literature and , the like shows some traces of global effects

Another point of interest is the fact that as tourists continually visits the Caribbean , their natives tend to migrate more and more . New York and Miami are example of cities wherein Jamaicans , Haitian 's , and Cubans always tribes . History would show us how Caribbean had been the constant center of outside influences . The Europeans for one tried to colonize people living in the Caribbean by imposing their rules and power on the land . The United States of America also tried to stake their claim on the Caribbean thus Caribbean was coined U .S lake ADDIN EN .CITE Hillman2003116Richard S HillmanThomas J D 'AgostinoUnderstanding the Contemporary Caribbean2003Lyn ne Rienner Publishers (Hillman D 'Agostino , 2003

Caribbean immigrants , as mentioned earlier , make up a large quantity of people living in the United States as well as on Miami . Their influences could be found in many ways such as their products , their foods , their music and the like . One may think that since the United States colonized the Caribbean it only follows that Caribbean natives adapted to the culture , tradition , and the like of the United States . However , I say that instead of a one way process the United states also adopted some of the Caribbean cultures and the cosmopolitan part of the United States such as the New York City is a good example for this claim . In trying to control the Caribbean , the United states and the Caribbean alike both became culturally interconnected

Slavery , African origin , they are but only some of the commonalities people living in Caribbean countries share . People tend to think that Caribbean people living in Caribbean (Afro-Caribbean ) and Caribbean people living in America (Afro-American ) shares a great deal of disparity and they have very little in common . However , I do not think that such is actually the case . Should fact be told , Caribbean people shares some ties that naturally binds them together . Thus , no matter where they are those ties still serves them with some kind of kinship and belongingness . Not simply because they were greatly colonized it necessarily follows that they were no longer able to preserve some of their important traditions and some of the cultural aspects of their lives . For one , the tradition of women tending after their families (matriarchal families , looking after their...