2025/12/19 by Lynton Cox, Jordan
#Caribbean #multiple triangulations #racial capitalism #sinophobia #transregional approach
paper · doi:10.35588/4aefz045
In this article, I argue in favor of using a transregional theoretical approach to study Sinophobia in the Caribbean, specifically in Jamaica. In addition to integrating postcolonial and ethnic studies, I use the theories of multiple triangulations and racial capitalism to situate the postcolonial contexts that facilitate modern interethnic conflicts in Jamaica. Through the transregional theoretical approach, I restructure the intimacies and disagreements surrounding the presence of the Hakka Chinese in the Caribbean within a global framework to refocus on the broader violence of capitalism and the colonial legacies on which the blame truly lies. Along with the expansion of the People’s Republic of China’s influence into the emerging markets of the Caribbean, Latin America, and Africa, and its reconnection with post-indentured labor communities, new exchanges (or the renewal of old ones) have become more common and have complicated our ideas of race, ethnicity, and identity. This article situates itself at the intersection of these exchanges and provides a framework for transregional analysis by addressing the complex transregional and South-South exchanges that these implications generate.