It's Caribbean American Heritage Month. Hip-hop, jerk chicken, Carnival, and a first-ever presidential run — all carry Caribbean roots most people miss.
The slicked bun, gold hoops, brown lip liner and nameplate of the "clean girl" aesthetic aren't new — they're 90s Chicana and chola beauty, head to toe.
A teacher told Arturo Schomburg that Black people had no history. He spent his life proving her wrong — and built the archive that anchors Harlem today.
No Italy without tomatoes, no Ireland without potatoes, no Switzerland without chocolate. Ten foods the world thinks are theirs — all from the Americas.
