Can Caribbean Blacks & American Blacks Come Together Culturally?

A man once asked MARCUS GARVEY whether he was AFRICAN or JAMAICAN.  He said, "I would never give up a continent for an island. I am an AFRICAN, today, and for all of tomorrow."  Yet for all of Garvey's great work, not only do AFRICANS & BLACKS in the Western hemisphere seem divided, but CARIBBEAN BLACKS & AFRICAN- AMERICAN cultures, despite some similarities, also seem to suffer from the same riff, WHY?  Does WHITE SUPREMACY pit the cultures against one another?  Are the values similar enough or too different to come together?  What about economically & politically?  Does the resurgence of U.S. REPARATIONS for American Descendants of Slaves (ADOS) add angst to this divide or do CARIBBEAN BLACKS understand the distinction?  MENTAL DIALOGUE asking the questions America's afraid to ask. ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU THINK