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Arabs and Jews in the Virgin Islands: A Search for Caribbean Paradigms

Recent attempts to address non-autochthonous Caribbean minority populations within historical and ethnic studies literatures often fit uncomfortably with existing theoretical models for identity, since those models seem to favor populations of the greatest size. By looking at the ways that discourses of Arab/Jewish duality have factored into the much smaller territory of the US Virgin Islands, I argue that understanding minority ethnic populations in small communities cannot simply be explained as miniature versions of larger populations. Instead, by looking at how these two small and demographically diverse communities (numbering no more than a couple thousand each) situate themselves in relation to international events, island-wide perceptions, and religious ecumenical activity, I suggest that in-depth studies of smaller Caribbean islands’ ethnic formulations may point to important identity issues lost in ethnic macro-portraits.