Race Relations In Trinidad And Tobago

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A high society of huge representatives and vast grower. An upper working class of experts, proprietors of medium-In looking at the context of race relations in the case of Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana, it is important to note that there were a number of similarities between the two countries. The East Indian population had congregated in rural areas and were predominantly agriculture base. In addition, it should be pointed out that, in the case of Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana, the appeal to racial sentiment became the central feature of mass political mobilization only after the 1950`s.In both countries, nationalist mobilization had its root in trade unions. While there were similarities in the political histories of both countries, there …show more content…

What is described as intervening variables would include predisposing factors such as race, ethnicity, geographic location, demographic ratios, levels of economic development, nature of the economy, and the origin of various communities .The complications of international politics ,differing political structures, levels and intensities of interaction are also critical variables which influence the relationship between race, ethnicity and politics. Pluralism means diversity along racial, ethnic, occupational ,geographic and cultural lines; where these divisions converge to produce ethnic groups of substantial and different ratios, the problems of race and politics are deemed to be the greatest. It was generally found that ,while elites may share a number of values, in the struggle for power over who gets what, when and how ,they take whatever routes …show more content…

In both Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana, the Indo-Trinidadians were seen as the strike breakers in 1838 and 1845 in both countries, the public service were largely comprised of Africans; the educated were largely Africans as well. But the differences are blatant. Guyana has an area of eighty-three thousand square miles while Trinidad and Tobago together has an area of one thousand nine hundred and eighty square miles. Trinidad and Tobago derives its income largely from energy sources while in Guyana the major contributor to the gross domestic product is

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