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Increasing Tribalism and the Quest to Get Along: A Case for Trinidad and Tobago

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Trinidad and Tobago is a twin-island state that boasts a mix of Creole, African, East Indian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, French, and Spanish traditions, all culminating in a distinct culture. The island nation also embraces a panoply of musical traditions as well as an annual carnival that brings together all of these cultures, religions, and belief systems, with the expectation of mediating actual or perceived cultural differences. However, outside of these few cultural norms, the country seems to exhibit no sense of nationalism. While there has been no overt violence, conflict manifests symbolically through various spheres of life (e.g., politics, academia). This chapter examines where the country has been and where it appears to be going, with regard to equity and participation by its many cultural subgroups.

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The needs-based model of reconciliation (Nadler and Shnabel 2008, p. 101)

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The People’s Republic of China Articles 3, 5, 8, and 9 laws are listed below (China.org):

  • Article 3

    The People’s Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for Any Chinese national.

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    Any person born abroad whose parents are both Chinese nationals and one of whose parents is a Chinese national shall have Chinese nationality. But a person whose parents are both Chinese nationals and have both settled abroad, or one of whose parents is a Chinese national and has settled abroad, and who has acquired foreign nationality at birth shall not have Chinese nationality.

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    Any person who applies for naturalization as a Chinese national shall acquire Chinese nationality upon approval of his application; a person whose application for naturalization as a Chinese national has been approved shall not retain foreign nationality.

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    Any Chinese national who has settled abroad and who has been naturalized as a foreign national or has acquired foreign nationality of his own free will shall automatically lose Chinese nationality.

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Williams, D. (2019). Increasing Tribalism and the Quest to Get Along: A Case for Trinidad and Tobago. In: Brug, P., Ritter, Z., Roth, K. (eds) Marginality in the Urban Center. Neighborhoods, Communities, and Urban Marginality. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96466-9_9

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