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Remittances, Deportations and Financial Colonialism in Jamaica - The Makings of a “Great Deal” for the US?

By Meca-Gaye Francis

“Interpersonal discrimination experienced by people like me is only a reflection of the power relations in the larger international system. Exploitation and discrimination are not novel. To say the very least, they characterize the nature of relationships in the international system and today manifest as forces of globalization in regions such as the Carribean.” In the latest installment of our Glocal Dispatches series, Meca-Gaye Francis explores the case of Jamaica, where the impact of emigration continues to reverberate in the space between colonialism and globalization.

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