Mercatus Center | Rasheed Griffith Explores the Complexities of the Caribbean @MercatusCenter | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Today my guest is Rasheed Griffith, who is the CEO of the Caribbean Progress Studies Institute (https://cpsi.media/) , the host of the podcast the Rasheed Griffith Show (open.spotify.com/show/7j8e4hPX9fIfdrl2ysGFNh) , and one of my favorite writers on Substack (substack.com/@cpsi) . He also directs the Emergent Ventures (mercatus.org/emergent-ventures) Africa-Caribbean grants program at the Mercatus Center. 


We spoke about whether the former colonizers owe reparations to the Caribbean people, economic divergence in post-colonial Caribbean countries, Caribbean music, homophobia, VS Naipaul, West Indian cricket team, and much more. 


Recorded April 4th, 2024.


Read a full transcript (mercatus.org/ideasofindia/rasheed-griffith-explores-complexities-caribbean) enhanced with helpful links.


Timestamps


(00:00:00) - Intro


(00:09:37) - Do Former Colonizers Owe Reparations to the Caribbean People?


(00:22:29) - The Counterfactual for Caribbean Colonies


(00:35:48) - India, Caribbean and Scale


(00:40:52) - Is Saint Lucia the Best at Spotting Talent?


(00:49:37) - Caribbean Civil Rights Movement


(00:58:01) - Innovation in Caribbean Music


(01:03:59) - Homophobia


(01:13:10) - Most Underrated Caribbean Island?


(01:19:05) - V.S. Naipual


(01:30:57) - Outro


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