'Black skins?white masks': Postcolonial reflections on 'race', gender and second generation return migration to the Caribbean

Growing up in Canada of Jamaican Canadian heritage, my racial identity was always called into question. Given that most of my Jamaican family remained in the Caribbean, I felt disconnected from that side of my heritage and in many ways imagined myself as disenfranchised from my own Jamaican identity. This isolation was reinforced by my ability to “pass” and by the constant critique of my “visible identity” by outsiders. While spending three months in Jamaica as a second-generation individual returning to the Caribbean, I was able to reflect on and investigate my family history, learn about my alternative reality, and come to encounter my Jamaican self and broader plurality of identities.

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Depression: The Impact On Second Generation Indo-Caribbeans Living in the United States

10.35831/tr621 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Tricia Rampersad

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

United States ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Second Generation ◽

The United States ◽

Psychological Issues ◽

Therapeutic Modalities ◽

The Caribbean ◽

The Impact ◽

The Ideal

This study examined 17 second-generation Indo-Caribbeans living in the United States and explored the psychological issues of depression and its impact on this population. The goal was to identify themes that will emerge regarding the ramifications and experiences of second-generation Indo-Caribbeans (ICs). The socio-economic was $0 to 150,000. Participants identified as male or female. Their parents were born in the Caribbean. Eighty-seven percent of participants’ families remained nuclear through their adolescence until adulthood. Those who inhabited areas where the population was predominately comprised of the same ethnicity group (ICs) experienced less depression. Depression was prevalent with ICs who grew up in the suburbs or rural areas. Eighty-two percent of participants experienced independence by college or marriage. All participants denied living a life based on what the ideal description of an Asian is. However, all the participants’ lifestyle contradicts this description of an Asian. The effects depression has on second generation ICs were never completed. There is no data except of in this study. The results allow research and access to providers. This study provides psychoeducation, therapeutic modalities and history. Results will alleviate pain and permits discussion to mental health. This work can influence the suicidal rate, murder suicide and domestic violence that occurs in IC communities.

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Between desires and reality: Investigating the return intentions among the second generation members of migrants from Serbia in Switzerland

Zbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke ◽

10.2298/zmsdn2177091s ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 91-108

Author(s):

Danica Santic ◽

Milica Todorovic

Keyword(s):

Return Migration ◽

Second Generation ◽

Population Mobility ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Number Of Factors ◽

Mobility Studies ◽

Return Intentions ◽

The Republic ◽

Intention To Return ◽

Return Intention

Return migration is an under-explored area of population mobility studies. Although the return intention does not represent a guarantee for its realization, migrants who express the intention to return have a better chance of achieving it compared to those who do not even think about it. Return migration can have great importance for the country of origin?s overall development, especially when it comes to return of young people. The paper presents the results of a survey carried out among the second generation members of migrants from Serbia in canton of Lucerne (Switzerland) with the aim of determining their return intentions. The research excludes the possibility of short-term (temporary) return, and the respondents answered about the intentions related exclusively to permanent return. For the purposes of the paper, an online questionnaire was conducted as well as interviews. The results indicated the complexity and indissolubility of migrants? ties with the Republic of Serbia on different levels. However, the return intention has been shown to be influenced by a number of factors that are primarily related to life satisfaction in the country of destination. In that context, it is not surprising that most of the respondents (48.4%) do not plan to return to Serbia, some of them (30.3%) might return, while the smallest number of respondents (21.2%) intend to return. In contrast to the intentions of the respondents themselves, it was found that the respondents? parents (the first generation of migrants) have a greater intention to return to Serbia (66.7%). By crossing the data, it was determined that the return intention is most express among employedmen who are married, who send remittances and visit Serbia two to five times a year. The intention to stay in the country of destination is most express among women aged 20-24 who are employed, unmarried and have no children. In addition, the results showed that respondents who plan to return are more likely to make contact with friends and relatives in Serbia than respondents who do not plan to return.

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