Postcolonial literature and the White way

"...Many writers see black literature in the US as an aspect of internal colonialism/postcolonialism. Any study of post-colonial literature also needs to distinguish the work produced in former white settler colonies - Australia, Canada and New Zealand - from the literature of black African or the Indian subcontinent." This quote from Barker brings me back to the literature I have read from post-colonial societies written by women who have seen the other side of colonization. This other side of colonization that I speak of is not pretty by any means and becomes terribly degrading for people of color. Edwidge Danticat wrote a collection of short narratives about post-colonial women and their families who reside in Haiti or have moved from Haiti to the United States. In the story "Caroline's Wedding," the older sister describes life as an immigrant in the United States. The narrative opens with her describing her accomplishment of earning her citizenship. Her sister Caroline is less than thrilled for her sister and regards the accomplishment as no big deal. However, the narrator describes that Caroline does not understand how valuable the citizenship is for the narrator because Caroline was born in the United States. Another significant aspect of the character Caroline is that she has a prosthetic arm. This becomes a symbolic theme in the story as the narrator alludes to the fact that the missing arm represents the missing cultural link between Caroline and her family's Haitian heritage. Caroline disregards any type of tradition and believes herself to be fully white because she was born in America. As the generations become more accustomed to the White Way of thought and culture, the colonized heritage begins to dissipate. Edwidge Danticat describes this transition in many of her stories and how the White tradition has dominated not only the people of color, but their culture and way of life.