Caribbean Immigration
These three countries—Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica—send the largest numbers of Caribbean immigrants to the U.S.
What are Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica?
This art form is a competitive kind of spoken-word poetry focused on performance and audience response.
What is slam poetry?
She grew up in this U.S. city.
What is New York City?
Blasphemous
What is grossly irreverent toward what is held sacred?
Elicit
What is to call forth an emotion, feeling, or response?
About two-thirds of Caribbean immigrants live in these two states.
What are Florida and New York?
He was a Chicago construction worker who created the first poetry slam in 1984.
Who is Marc Smith?
Acevedo’s heritage is from this Caribbean country.
What is the Dominican Republic?
Trinity
What is a group of three people or things considered as a unit?
Piety
What is righteousness by being religiously devout?
This Florida city and this New York city are among the top metro areas for Caribbean immigrants.
What are Miami and New York City?
The first poetry slam was held at this Chicago venue.
What is the Green Mill Jazz Club?
With the Fire on High and Clap When You Land are two of her well-known works in this genre.
What are young-adult novels or poetry novels?
Prophet
What is someone who speaks with divine inspiration?
Penance
What is voluntary self-punishment to atone for something?
Roughly 60 percent of Caribbean immigrants had achieved this legal status by 2019.
What is U.S. citizenship (they were naturalized citizens)?
Snapping, cheering, and reacting during performances show this key element of slam poetry.
What is audience participation?
In 2022, Acevedo earned this national title recognizing excellence in poetry for young audiences.
What is Young People’s Poet Laureate?
Repentance
What is remorse for past behavior?
Coax
What is to persuade by gentle or repeated urging?
Xiomara’s family likely has ties to both of these cultures.
What are Caribbean and U.S. cultures?
Slam poems often explore these three broad topics—personal experience, identity, and this.
What are social issues?
She also won this award from the NAACP for her adult novel.
What is the NAACP Image Award for Fiction?
Heathen
What is a person who does not acknowledge another person's god?
Volition
What is the act of making a conscious choice?