Georgia on the Diaspora's Mind
One Caribbean Nation. By William Skinner Staci Abrams Kamala Harris Map of Dekalb County Georgia Georgia has often been considered by those in the Diaspora, as a cultural backwater, never to be compared with the mighty New York or the less mighty Ontario. For those Caribbean residents, who have made Georgia their home, the USA Elections of 2020 and the recently concluded senatorial run offs, have given impetus to burying this myth about Georgia, mostly referred to as Atlanta, its capital city. Caribbean Georgians obviously celebrated the victories because they have always favored the Democratic Party. The immigration policies of the Republican Party, and its apparent embrace of racist elements, have certainly not endeared them to those in the Diaspora. When President Trump declared that some immigrants were from “shit hole” countries, it was considered an offensive and unwarranted assault and insult on all immigrants. While it cannot be denied that the Caribbean/...