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  • Golden Krust Is a Major Part of the Caribbean New Yorker Identity

    Golden Krust CEO Lowell Hawthorne’s unabashed capitalist optimism feels out of step in a time of emboldened anti-black resentment. Still, when the businessman spoke to the Jamaican Observer as recently as October, he echoed the belief of many West Indian transplants—the blind hope that the American dream can be manifested through sheer will. “In my…

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    Brian Josephs

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  • For Hurricane Relief, Caribbean Americans Step In Where US Media and Government Fall Short

    When it comes to economic stability, many experts invoke the old cliché that when the U.S. sneezes, the Caribbean catches pneumonia. But who helps nurse the Caribbean back to health? After hurricanes ravaged islands throughout the Lesser Antilles, images of the devastation flooded news sites and social media but were followed by an immediate pivot…

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    Kenya Downs

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