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The TED talk video “Chimamanda Adichie, the dangers of a single story” talks about how a nation’s identity is distorted due to the manner in which is it portrayed in the media and literature. This is seen in Caribbean society when the Europeans first came to the Caribbean and discovered it was already inhabited by the Kalinagos and Tainos. The Europeans recorded that the Kalinagos and Tainos were cannibalistic and uncivilized people. As discussed during the cultcure solely on what was portrayed Caribbean civilization course, the term civilized is used from the European perspective where the customs and values held by the natives were foreign to the Europeans hence they deemed them uncivilized. This is noted in the TED talk where the American professor noted that the novel written was not “African” enough or that her roommate was surprised at how well she spoke English and was disappointed when asked to hear the native music of Africa. This shows that Americans learned about the African  in the media and in literature, so they expected Africa to be made up of beautiful landscapes and starving children, the same way Caribbean students learn about the Caribbean’s history through literature, which was written based of knowledge provided by the Europeans that settled in the Caribbean and not from the natives who were here first.

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Objective 2: Gender in the Caribbean (29/10/17)

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Objective 2: Gender in the Caribbean (29/10/17)

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Dating back to the days of the plantation society women were always the ones to carry out the domestic duties while the men were given preference in carrying out more skilled tasks. Over the years this still remains the trend where men are preferable in the work force as compared to women as it is still a trend that men receive higher wages than women. Dating back to the 1830’s girls were taught the basic skills of literacy and needlework while the boys would learn arithmetic and woodwork at the primary level and even at the secondary level in the 1920’s girls were taught literature, art and domestic sciences while boys were taught algebra, geometry and Latin. In the present day it is seen that girls dominate the CAPE, CSEC and SEA examinations. Yet despite this fact showing that women are just as capable as men, women still get paid less, in particular in the private sector. Men still dominate field such as mechanics and the oil field while women dominate in domestic services and sales, and of the two categories mentioned the men dominate the most money making fields. This division is seen even at the university level where the faculty of engineering has mostly male students while the faculty of social sciences has mostly female students, and of the two faculties engineering has the higher percentage of allowing students to get high paying jobs.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20151209/jamaica-pay-gap-worsens-women-earn-60-male-salary

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Objective 3: Immigration between Haiti and Dominica (25/11/17)

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Objective 3: Immigration between Haiti and Dominica (25/11/17)

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The history of the island Hispaniola shows that there has long been deep rooted conflict between the French and Spanish over ownership of the island, resulting in part of the island known as Haiti to be under the French rule and the other part known as the Dominican Republic to be under the Spanish rule. This division resulted in the formation of two different societies that differ in its economy and population make up, where in Haiti blacks made up the majority of the population and in the Dominican Republic they were the minority. The Dominican Republic was seen as Catholic and white while Haiti was seen as Afro French and a threat to Dominica. In recent times there has been rising tension between Haitians and Dominicans as there has been a large influx of Haitians in Dominica, which resulted in a large amount of undocumented Haitians staying illegally in Dominica and it is also argued that the Haitians are taking away job opportunities from the Dominicans. People were also stripped of their citizenship and deported, while others had to go through great lengths to prove that they are legally citizens of the Dominican Republic. It is noted that since 2013 200,000 people were stripped of their citizenship and in 2015 over 80,000 were deported. The racial divide between the two countries stem from a long history of social and economic differences. The economic differences is still evident as Haiti remains the poorer of the two nations.

Image below: Haitian migrants protesting outside the National Palace in Santo Domingo

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Haitian migrants protesting in Santo Domingo

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During this semester the FOUN 1101 Caribbean civilization course has changed the way I view certain aspects of Caribbean culture and made me have a deeper appreciation for it and as a young adult it helped to give me a voice on cultural and social matters that were spoken negatively about among the older generation. What stood out to me the most was watching the video “Road to Babylon”. It gave me a deeper appreciation for cricket as I saw that when the West Indies now started to play cricket it was for more than just money or fame as the players wanted to prove to the world that the Caribbean had progressed immensely from the days of slavery and that we did not need the Europeans help to survive on our own. The tutorial discussions were also very effective in emphasizing what was presented in the online lectures and helped to clear up any little misconceptions I had about certain topics

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Foundation 1101, Caribbean Civilization Course, Units 1-9.2017/2018. The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago.

Jackson, Steven. “Jamaica pay gap worsens, women earn 60% of male salary”. The Jamaica Gleaner. 9 December 2015.

Jacoby,Jeff. “The Dominican Republic must normalize harsh immigration policy”. The Editorial Board. 5th July 2015.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2015/07/04/the-dominican-republic-must-normalize-harsh-immigration-policy/TNqkvTtSAjBfeX5PWzGaxN/story.html

Queens Royal Collage. About us.2009

http://www.qrc.edu/about

The St.Joseph’s Convent Port-of-Spain story. “A tradition of excellence”. 2011

http://sjcpos.edu.tt/aboutus/schoolhistory.html