The Martinican population is overwhelmingly (87%) made up of people of color (Blacks, Mulattoes, or people of Indian or Asian origin) descending from the slave trade. Martinicans constitute the largest group of black people, followed by Guadeloupean, Haitian, Guyanese, and Reunionese immigrants. All black people speak Creole as their mother tongue. The white population, a very small minority (9 %), is divided between the Blancs-Pays or Békés - the descendants of the first French settlers - and the Blancs-France, that is to say the mainlanders who reside in Martinique for the duration of their contract (usually three years). The Békés – Blancs du Quai (Whites of the wharf) because they once checked goods there - control just about the entire economy of the island and are said to own more than 50% of its wealth. As for the Blancs-France, also called Métros or Zoreilles because they do not understand Creole well and would be in Martinique to watch everything, they are a few thousand civil servants to occupy most of the management positions in the public and para-public sector. The various ethnic communities live relatively apart from each other, even if jobs have been less compartmentalized than before since the 2000s.