Jamaica Kincaid

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…of Antigua that they are inferior. It tells them that they are not even capable of repairing something as simple as a library. It makes them feel as though nothing can be accomplished without the help of their oppressors. People may say that the corruption in Antigua did not start until the British left. But in reality, the corruption started when the British arrived. Kincaid, Jamaica. A Small Place. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988.