The Social Differentiation of Jamaica

Abstract

THIS paper will outline the development and present character of the system of social differentiation' in Jamaica with special reference to ethnicity and color. Although a large part of the phenomena discussed are ordinarily treated under the heading of stratification, they are here considered under the more inclusive designation of differentiation. The differentiated elements of the population are examined according to their discrete functions, which need not have hierarchical significance, and the functioncanalizing effects of ethnicity, which do not directly pertain to stratification. Jamaica has long attracted the interest of American sociologists. Here a British colony, close to our shores, experienced color

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