So on the one hand, there was a mocking of authority, but on the other hand, there was a deference towards authority, and these Caribbean people had an overbearing obedience towards authority, which is very striking, very strange in a way, because migrants are very courageous people.
D'un côté, il se moquait  de l'autorité et de l'autre, il lui portait du  respect et les Caribéen obéissaient aux autorités au pied de la lettre, ce qui est très étrange parce que les migrants sont  des gens courageux.