Caribbean History According to Orlando Patterson It Term Paper

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Caribbean History

According to Orlando Patterson it "is astonishing how the Washington and New York elites, the people who benefit most from the improvement of the United Sates, are so out of sync with it, endlessly talking about how things are getting worse when the country is clearly improving." (Patterson). He feels that in order for Caribbean culture to prosper and grow they must be "cautious." Patterson feels the Caribbean culture should be cautious not fall into the same patterns and repeat past mistakes of history. He furthers that to the extent favorable trends are remarked upon, they are often treated as ephemera of a strong economy.
A large majority of the Caribbean islands are very much well developed and the others that have not attained that status are very close in making strides towards reaching it. Every island does celebrate its cultural heritage in similar ways. According to V.S. Naipaul "the culture of the Caribbean is quite a vast and unique experience for anyone wishing to travel or even contemplating living there. Whether your choice is exotic cuisine, colorful and exuberant carnival atmospheres, arts and craft….....

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