White Caribbeans
Racial and multi-ethnic group
White Caribbean or European Caribbean is the term for people who are born in the Caribbean whose ancestors are from Europe or people who emigrated to the Caribbean from Europe and had acquired citizenship in their respective Caribbean countries. White Caribbeans include:
- Béké
- White Bahamians
- White Barbadians
- White Belizeans
- White Bermudians
- White Caymanians
- White Dominicans (Dominica)
- White Dominicans (Dominican Republic)
- White Guyanese
- Portuguese Guyanese
- White Haitians
- French Haitians
- German Haitians
- Italian Haitians
- Polish Haitians
- White Jamaicans
- German Jamaicans
- Irish Jamaicans
- Scottish Jamaicans
- Spanish Jamaicans
- White Kittitians and Nevisians
- White Puerto Ricans
- White Surinamese
- White Trinidadians and Tobagonians
History
The first Europeans to arrive in the Caribbean were Spaniards who discovered Hispaniola. Many white people in the Caribbean owned Afro-Caribbean slaves. Many whites came to the Caribbean during the colonial era.[citation needed]
See also
- Conchy Joes
- White people
- History of the Caribbean
- History of the Jews in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Afro-Caribbean people
- Caribbean people
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phenomena and theories
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