Interrogating the (re)construction and (re)negotiation of black Caribbean cultural identities in the wake of Windrush scandal and white Britain.

这项研究试图了解年龄在22岁到37岁之间的英国千禧一代黑人对加勒比海文化认同的构建，以及过去的历史和当代社会与白人的接触对他们的认同有多大影响。这项研究采用半结构化访谈和话语分析的方法，通过分享参与者的个人叙述、经历和对其身份的建构，捕捉到加勒比黑人身份的某些方面，而这些往往是隐藏在人们视线之外的。这些方法对我们如何理解(重新)构建和(重新)协商当代社会中的加勒比黑人身份认同是有用的和相关的。因此，本研究的目的首先是理解加勒比身份认同建构的基础是什么，以及在当代话语中作为黑人意味着什么，以及这种建构是与白人相关的--有意识的还是下意识的。其次，本研究旨在通过采访空间中的叙事行为来探索加勒比黑人身份的建构和协商。最后，这项研究的目的是利用反身性方法来解决那些生活在“白色空间”中的非洲加勒比后裔身份构建的复杂性。研究问题可以概括为：英国千禧一代黑人对加勒比海文化身份的当代建构在多大程度上受到帝国、创伤和种族主义历史的支撑。那么，在英国，这些身份是如何在白人的背景下谈判的？

This study endeavours to understand the construction of Caribbean cultural identity amongst black British millennials - those aged between 22 and 37 years old - and how much past histories and contact with whiteness in contemporary society influences their identity. The demographic in question has been chosen because of the proliferation of "black" culture and race-related discourses, discussions and content on social media which has opened questions of "race" and racism in contemporary society.Using semi-structured interviews and discourse analysis, the study will capture aspects of Black Caribbean identity often hidden from view through the sharing of participants personal narratives, experiences and constructions of their identity. Such methodologies are useful and relevant in the attempt to interrogate how we understand (re)construction and (re)negotiation of black Caribbean identities within contemporary society.Therefore, the aim of this research is firstly to understand what underpins constructions of Caribbean identity and what it means to be black in contemporary discourse and is this construction in relation to whiteness - consciously or subconsciously. Secondly, the research aims to explore the construction and negotiation of black Caribbean identity through the act of narration itself in the interview space. And lastly, the research aims to utilise reflexive methodologies to address the complexities of identity construction of those of African Caribbean descent who exist in a "white space". The research question can be framed as:To what extent are contemporary constructions of Caribbean cultural identities, by black British millennials, underpinned by histories of empire, trauma and racism. And how are these identities then negotiated within the context of whiteness in Britain?