Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of the Caribbean.

Many people in the U.S. continue to celebrate Christopher Columbus, who ostensibly “discovered” the Americas, which I discussed in “Caribbean Matters: Sorry, Columbus. You didn't discover anything. The Caribbean was already occupied.” The truth is that Columbus bears responsibility for the genocide of the indigenous populations he encountered.

Although there are countries in the Caribbean that celebrate the “explorer” and still have statues dedicated to him, that is shifting.

We tend to think of Caribbean island and basin peoples as either English, French or Spanish-speaking in he

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