Foxy Brown Question?!

Foxy Brown Question?

I know she is mixed Afro-Trinidadian and Indo-Trinidadian but on which sides? Is her mother Indian or black? (Indian as in from India not native Indians)

Indo-Trinidadian people or Indo-Trinidadians are the descendents of migrants and immigrants from the Indian subcontinent who are citizens or nationals of Trinidad and Tobago. The Indo-Trinidadian population originates from indentured labourers brought to work in sugar cane plantations in the Caribbean following the abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833. Like many Indo-Caribbeans, many are also descended from all over the Indian subcontinent, formerly a part of Undivided India , such as present-day Pakistan, Bangladesh (all of which were under the colonial rule. Indo-Trinidadians are a plurality of the population of Trinidad and Tobago (40.3%). An additional 18.4% of the population describe themselves as being of mixed race; many of them are also of Indian descent.

Indo-Trinidadian as a term seems to acknowledge the just demands of the descendants of indentured plantation laborers brought over from India under a colonial system [1]This local term was overlooked and substituted with ethnic categories by the best-known texts of Caribbean history, and especially by anthropologists and other foreign social scientists.People of Indian descent who emphasized their Trinidad roots and contributions began writing letters to newspapers in the 1880s already, suggesting alternate terms such as "Indo-Trinidadian."

Indo-Trinidadians has now become interchangeable with Indians or East Indians.Settlers brought over by Britain from colonial India were called "Coolies", an insulting term.

The first Indians arrived in Trinidad on May 30, 1845 (see Indian Arrival Day). The immigration of indentured Indians continued until 1917 when it was banned by the government of India. Most of these immigrants came from places in the United Provinces where Bhojpuri is spoken. A significant minority came from Madras Presidency or present day Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh where Tamil and Telugu were spoken.