Jamaica, Covid-19 and Black freedom

IF 0.5 Q3 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

CULTURAL DYNAMICS Pub Date : 2021-05-07 DOI:10.1177/09213740211014331

Maziki Thame

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Abstract

This essay is concerned with the conditions of Black life in the 21st century and the continued need to imagine Black freedom as projects of self-sovereignty, in the current moment of global protests centered on the socio-economic inequities that people especially those of color face, deepened by the devastating effects of Covid-19. The essay’s focus is on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. I highlight the articulation of race and class that springs from a world history of anti-blackness, historicized through plantation slavery. The essay addresses the enduring violence manifest in physical assaults and political projects of Development, that lead to widespread deprivation for lower-income Jamaicans. Yet the essay suggests that it is these very sordid conditions that generate alternative imaginaries for a sustainable re-ordering of life.

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牙买加、新冠肺炎与黑人自由

本文关注21世纪黑人的生活状况，以及在当前全球抗议活动集中于人们，尤其是有色人种面临的社会经济不平等的时刻，继续需要将黑人自由想象成自我主权的项目，新冠肺炎的破坏性影响加深了这种不平等。这篇文章的重点是加勒比海的牙买加岛。我强调了种族和阶级的表达，这源于反黑人的世界历史，通过种植园奴隶制而被历史化。这篇文章论述了人身攻击和发展政治项目中表现出的持久暴力，这些暴力导致低收入牙买加人普遍贫困。然而，这篇文章表明，正是这些非常肮脏的条件为可持续的生活秩序重建产生了替代性的想象。

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