FOUN_1101_Caribbean_Civilisation by Anna-Marie Le Blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8 Are Caribbean ideals of respectability Eurocentric? en-us 2016-11-26 03:34:17 UTC 2026-01-24 16:42:23 UTC hello@padlet.com anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139950297 There once was a course called FOUN 1101: Caribbean Civilisation. It caused discussion of various historical topics supposedly related to the formation of the Caribbean as a region with its own civilisation and identity.  These included: 

]]> 2016-11-26 03:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139950297 1. The Neo-Indian peoples and civilisation, anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139950357 DURAVISION INC. "Overwhelming Support for  Proposed Kalinago Monument." Dominica News Online. 20 September 2013. http://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/general/overwhelming-support-proposed-kalinago-monument/]]> 2016-11-26 03:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139950357 their customs and their way of life, anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139950512 Kalinago Barana Autê. 2006. http://www.kalinagobaranaaute.com/)]]> 2016-11-26 03:51:53 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139950512 2. Europeans' realisation that the Caribbean was not in India, but was still exploitable: anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139950681 2016-11-26 04:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139950681 Christopher Columbus attempted to find a westward route to India from Europe, anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139950743
Meme Generator. Accessed 26 November 2016. https://memegenerator.net/instance/67393124]]> 2016-11-26 04:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139950743 and ended up here instead, anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139950783  "Map of the Caribbean." scuba-diving-smiles. 2016. http://www.scuba-diving-smiles.com/map-of-caribbean.html]]> 2016-11-26 04:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139950783 and largely exploited and mistreated the Neo-Indian people, anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139950917 Zin, Howard. "Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress." Daily Resistance. 13 October 2014. https://popularresistance.org/columbus-the-indians-and-human-progress/]]> 2016-11-26 04:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139950917 and of course, ended up fighting among themselves for the territories that were originally granted to Spain by the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494). anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951025 Esemono. "Political Evolution of Central America and the Caribbean." Wikimedia Commons. April 2009. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Political_Evolution_of_Central_America_and_the_Caribbean_1783_na.png]]> 2016-11-26 04:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951025 3. The enslavement of West Africans after the genocide of the Neo-Indian people anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951111 2016-11-26 04:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951111 the transatlantic slave trade anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951128 Ouellette, Nicole. "Chapter 20." Pinterest. 2016. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/422986589972149485/]]> 2016-11-26 04:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951128 enslavement on sugar plantations anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951271  "House Slave Quotes." QUOTESGRAM. Accessed 26 November 2016. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/422986589972149485/]]> 2016-11-26 04:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951271 and slave resistance and revolt anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951366  "Resistance on the Plantations." The Abolition Project. Accessed 26 November 2016.
http://abolition.e2bn.org/resistance_64.html]]> 2016-11-26 04:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951366 and of course, the associated plantation life, and extra insight provided by Dr Campbell... anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951474 The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus. "Four for the Shelf." UWI Today. Accessed 26 November 2016. https://sta.uwi.edu/uwitoday/archive/october_2014/article11.asp]]> 2016-11-26 04:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951474 4. The indentured labourers of Indian... anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951774 nationalarchives.gov.uk. "Indentured Indian Labourers at Spring Gardens, Jamaica, 1880." Pinterest. Accessed 26 November 2016. https://www.pinterest.com/sheks3/indian-indentureship/]]> 2016-11-26 04:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951774 ...[Freed] African...Chinese....and other (origins too numerous to mention) origin. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951930 These, apparently, did not like to be painted or photographed. ]]> 2016-11-26 05:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951930 5. Finally, (to get to what I consider the point -- at the end of the course, no less) elements of Caribbean Identity anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951971 2016-11-26 05:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139951971 sport (cricket, particularly). Here, the West Indies teams are celebrating their victory with the "Champion Dance." anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139952002 Majumdar, Rajarshi. "West Indies cricketers reprimanded by ICC for outbursts during World T20 2016." International Business Times. 26 April 2016. http://www.ibtimes.co.in/west-indies-cricketers-reprimanded-by-icc-outbursts-during-world-t20-2016-676255]]> 2016-11-26 05:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139952002 Festivals: Carnival and Junkanoo, for example anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139952167 Collage created by Anna-Marie  C  Le Blanc
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 "Delices hosts annual Old Mas & Sensay Festival." DAVibes. 4 February 2015. http://www.dominicavibes.dm/entertainment-159671/
 "About Junkanoo in The Bahamas." my-bahamas-travel.com. Accessed 26 November 2016 .http://www.my-bahamas-travel.com/bahamasjunkanoo.html
The Carnival Institute of Trinidad and Tobago. "Traditional Mas Characters -- White Sailor." The National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago. Accessed 26 November 2016. http://www.ncctt.org/new/index.php/carnival-history/trad-carnival-characters/329-traditional-mas-characters-white-sailor.html
]]> 2016-11-26 05:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139952167 Music, especially that which originates within our region anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139952251 collage created by Anna-Marie  C  Le Blanc
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Djeasymixmaster. "Nasio Fontaine The Best of Greatest Hits." YouTube. 10 July 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5cvq7AJrYY
"OFF THE STAGE." BobMarley.com. Accessed 26 November 2016. http://www.bobmarley.com/media/gallery/stage/
"David Rudder." davidmichaelrudder.com. Accessed 26 November 2016. http://www.davidmichaelrudder.com/]]> 2016-11-26 05:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139952251 and of course...having a regional university anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139952414 CARIBTORCH. "University of the West Indies (Mona), My Thoughts." IslandPen. 24 September 2012. https://islandpen.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/university-of-the-west-indies-uwi-my-thoughts/]]> 2016-11-26 05:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139952414 My Thoughts About This Course: I was excited to take it, and was disappointed quickly... anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139952468 Overall, I think this course was misnamed, and should have been called 'Trinidadian Civilisation' for the following reasons:
1. The lecturers and tutors made very little use of Caribbean islands or countries besides Trinidad as examples of the topics discussed. Occasionally, Jamaica or Barbados was mentioned, but the OECS, Belize, Guyana and The Bahamas were largely ignored, even when an example from the aforementioned would have suited the topic much better.
2. The course material and opinions of the lecturers and tutors were rather Afro/Indo-centric, and negated or downplayed the positive influence of other groups to the region.
3. The lecturers and tutors were not very knowledgeable about laws (and amendments) and politics of other Caribbean nations. 
4. I felt that the lecturers and tutors heavily implied that many 'issues' of Caribbean identity were directly related to Eurocentric victimization, both internal and external, which I strongly disagree with.
I think we can take a leaf from SuperDominicaUniverse's comics. #767
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Albert Pierre. "Caribbean Justice." SuperDominicaUniverse. Accessed 26 November 2016. http://www.superdominica.com/caribbean-justice/?v=57cc8dae6a85]]> 2016-11-26 05:45:32 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139952468 FINALLY, to my topic of focus: Are Caribbean ideals of respectability really Eurocentric? anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139952629 (augmenting the BlackBoard Collaborate lecture given 29 October 2016 by Ms Lynette Sampson)]]> 2016-11-26 06:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139952629 First, I want to address the issue of respectable attire, which includes hairstyle. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139952701 Ms Sampson mentioned the case of Kalifa, a girl who had 'passed for' St Charles' Secondary School in Trinidad, but who was denied registration by the principal because she wore dreadlocks.
Allahar, Corrine. "Kalifa: I am not going to St Charles." Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 23 September 2004.
http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,21956.html]]> 2016-11-26 06:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139952701 She said that the hairstyle was frowned upon simply because it was an Afro-hairstyle, which reflected Eurocentric ideals of appearance. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139978216 That, in part, would be true, and would explain the preference, up until recently, for relaxed or straightened hair as a standard for professional or elegant hair across the Caribbean until the mid 2000s.
"Hairstyles 1995." STYLE AND BEAUTY. Accessed 26 November 2016. http://maryssa.info/hairstyles-1995/]]> 2016-11-26 17:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139978216 However, most territories had no ban on any Afro-hairstyle, as long as it was neat. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139978691 Collage created by Anna-Marie  C  Le Blanc
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photo courtesy "African Curls." Accessed 26 November 2016.
Hairstylist Jonathan. "31 Stylish and Trendy Black Haircuts in 2017." Men's Stylists. 8 August 2016. http://www.mens-hairstylists.com/black-men-haircuts-2017/
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"Natural Short Afro for Women." Short Hairstyles and Cuts. Accessed 26 November 2016. http://www.shorthairstylesandcuts.com/21-short-natural-hairstyles-for-black-women/natural-short-afro-for-women/
Patel, Nisha. "25 Pretty Short Afro Hairstyles." slodive. Accessed 26 November 2016. http://slodive.com/inspiration/short-afro-hairstyles/]]> 2016-11-26 17:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139978691 What was banned was dreadlocks, especially in religious schools. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139978811 This may have been because of the associations of the hairstyle with Rastafarianism -- which would have been an open contradiction to the established 'system' and religious institutions -- and in the case of Dominica, extremist Rastafarianism, which prompted the passing of the 'Dread Act' of 1974, which banned the hairstyle altogether.
skifografik. "I&I remember."  Flickr. 23 January 2012. https://www.flickr.com/photos/52703557@N05/6749042879]]> 2016-11-26 17:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139978811 So Kalifa's case may have been as much about appearing to be a symbol of direct opposition to the governing body of the school (the Catholic Church) as it was about rejecting Afro-hairstyles as 'appropriate for school.' anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139979058 2016-11-26 17:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139979058 Second, she mentioned school uniforms, noting that most schools had ties, despite the heat, and that school uniforms were patterned on what was considered formal attire for the workplace, or official functions. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139980418 2016-11-26 18:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139980418 However, even in the case where school uniforms have ties, and in the case of girls especially, the uniforms are in contrast to what is considered business attire. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139980966 The Convent High School (Dominica), and the St Joseph's Convent (Grenada and St Lucia) were used as comparisons to business attire.
Collage created by Anna-Marie  C  Le Blanc
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"SJC St Andrew Named Company of the Year at JA Awards." SpiceIslander. 3 June 2016. http://spiceislander.com/?p=13281
Joseph, Kimone, and Prentice, Isabella. "Convent High School Launches Sesquicentennial Activities." Convent High School. 17 January 2008. http://www.conventhighschool.org/38-latest/69-convent-high-school-launches-sesquicentennial-festivities
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SJC. Accessed 26 November 2016. http://www.sjc.edu.lc/term-activities/
"Dress for Success." Pinterest. Accessed 26 Nobember 2016. https://www.pinterest.com/enactus/dress-for-success/


]]> 2016-11-26 18:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139980966 Even in the case of boys' schools, the contrast between school uniforms and formal or business attire appears sharper in some of the prestigious schools. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139981932 Campion College, Jamaica, and Queen's Royal College, Trinidad, are used as examples here.
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"JCF Impressed by Campion App." Jamaica Observer. 24 January 2012. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/teenage/JCF-impressed-by-Campion-App_10596466
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"Youths (sic) Score Big at FCB Music Workshop." Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. 1 November 2011. http://www.guardian.co.tt/entertainment/2011/11/01/youths-score-big-fcb-music-workshops
"Explore Collezoni Trim, Armani Collections, and more!" Pinterest. Accesed 26 November 2016. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/24558760438740204/]]> 2016-11-26 18:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139981932 She also mentioned that ...Nehru suit...Kariba, shirt jack/ anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139982226 2016-11-26 18:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139982226 Thus, it can be concluded that school uniforms themselves are a separate type of attire, and do not necessarily train students to subconsciously accept a certain type of business attire. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139993172 2016-11-27 00:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139993172 Ms Sampson also mentioned court attire specifically, noting that, in Trinidad, Senior Counsel Israel Khan had to take legal action to have the right to wear his Nehru suit to court. Pointing out that this case was only settled in 2011, she suggested that Eurocentricism was the reason for only allowing a jacket and tie to be considered attire befitting of the court. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139993384 Loutoo, Jada. "Nehru Suit is In." Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday. 5 November 2011. http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,150075.html]]> 2016-11-27 00:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139993384 While, this may have been the case in Trinidad, there were cases where the governments of other territories proactively changed official dress. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139993613 2016-11-27 00:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139993613 Michael Norman Manley began wearing a kariba suit to parliament in Jamaica in the 1970s. This was one of his ways of breaking with 'European traditions' such as the jacket and tie for formal occasions. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139993807 "Famous Jamaicans." WorldAtlas. Accessed 26 November 2016. http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/caribb/jamaica/jmfamous.htm]]> 2016-11-27 00:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139993807 In Dominica, the first premier, Edward Oliver Le Blanc set the trend of wearing shirt jacks formally, even going so far as refusing to wear a jacket and tie to meet the Queen, but wearing a shirt jack instead. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139993996 "Political Roads." Dominica's History. Accessed 26 November 2016. http://dominicahistory.org/start/index.php/political-roads/
Ross, Peter. "Caribbean Premier Fit to be Hung by Two West Villagers." TheDominican.net. 29 October 2007. http://www.thedominican.net/articles/leblancportrait.htm

]]> 2016-11-27 00:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139993996 Perhaps, then, the issue was not so much Eurocentrism, but the unwillingness of the leaders and the general population to challenge the status quo. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139994215 2016-11-27 00:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139994215 Additionally, Ms Sampson cited Eurocentrism as the cause of the 'creation' of the role of the housewife in the Caribbean, as it was believed to have been based upon the biblical assignment of men to the role of 'breadwinner' and women to the role of 'housewife.' anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139994257 It was suggested that a woman who worked after having children was not held in high esteem by society, especially since Christianity was the religion of the European colonizers, and subsequently, those who held high office in the territories and many of the high positions in Caribbean society.

Reyar, Akrita. "The Unacknowledged Housewife." ZeeNewsIndia. 10 March 2016.http://zeenews.india.com/exclusive/the-unacknowledged-housewife_651708.html]]> 2016-11-27 00:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139994257 While that may have some standing, it is also worth considering that women having a child-rearing and nurturing role, with the responsibility to take care of housework, and tending plots of land close to home existed in the Neo-Indian civilisations, among the newly freed enslaved Africans, and among the formerly indentured labourers who chose to remain in the Caribbean, for reasons not related to the Bible, since in most of the above cases, those with this custom were not Christian. Thus, the 'housewife,' role existed, although it was not expressly referred to as such, before the Europeans settled in the Caribbean, and persisted even after many territories gained political independence from their European colonizers. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139994365 This point was acknowledged in the tutorial sessions conducted by Aakeil Murray. ]]> 2016-11-27 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139994365 Moreover, single parent households were a relatively common occurrence in the Caribbean, and still remain common today. Thus, while a housewife may have been seen as an ideal, it was often not the case in practice, since there was no male breadwinner to rely on. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139994466 Robinson, Tony. "Single Parents." Jamaica Observer. 26 January 2014. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Single-parents_15871613
"Caribbean Families -- Family Structure." JRank. Accessed 27 November 2016. http://family.jrank.org/pages/203/Caribbean-Families-Family-Structure.html]]> 2016-11-27 01:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139994466 Can some of the persistent 'non-Caribbean' elements of respectability be explained by North American influence, especially in recent decades? anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139994508 2016-11-27 01:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139994508 Certain fashion trends can be explained by North American influence, especially with the influence of radio, television, migration and mass media. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139994588 For example, the persistence of jackets and ties as formal wear, even in territories where they are not required, and wearing boots, scarves, beanies and stockings could be a result of attempting to keep up with North American fashion trends. ]]> 2016-11-27 01:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139994588 Disdain for certain Afro-hairstyles could also be a result of North American influence, especially since many successful 'African-American' women portrayed in 20th century media wore wigs or had straightened hair. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139994791 "The Supremes or Diana Ross & the Supremes?" atrl. 21 February 2015. http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=766175]]> 2016-11-27 01:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139994791 The role of housewife could also have been cemented as an ideal because of North American soap operas and sitcoms which portrayed housewives. anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139994925 http://giphy.com/gifs/i-love-lucy-funny-college-10zQByIW2zdOxO]]> 2016-11-27 01:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/139994925 Therefore, we can conclude that: anna_marie_le_blanc https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/140055348 1. The aspects of Caribbean ideals of respectability discussed are not as Eurocentric as they first appear. 
2.Certain ideals, although Eurocentric in nature, may have persisted because of North American influence. ]]> 2016-11-27 22:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_marie_le_blanc/atm3mhzlyfm8/wish/140055348