Discussed in the book are the complex issues of race, history and politics in Caribbean Society. It attempts to change our understanding of the past, so that we may create a more useful future. Additionally, addressed is the question of whether the presidency of Barack Obama may mark the end of the Eric Wiliams narrative of victimhood, scapegoating and irresponsibility as expressed in his politics, and herald the start of a new, New World narrative endowed with empowerment and responsibility.