Deborah A. Thomas looks at the Jamaican diaspora in the United States of America in the twentieth century, describing it as a process that has evolved over time, as is the case with other diasporas. She unravels how African-American culture has influenced the Jamaican black community through new social media and how Jamaican popular culture has done the same vis-à-vis the United States. According to Thomas, despite its hegemonic position, the United States does not have a monopoly on the global production of blackness. Jamaican cultural and political struggles have become references of black awareness in other areas of the diaspora, including the United States.