https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016 It's all about changing perspective: Our diversity is spectacular en-us 2016-10-17 04:43:37 UTC 2025-04-25 21:08:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Moderncam.png kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/131035705 I was blown away by the presentation given my DR Campbell after listening to it online and hearing the reaction of my fellow classmates. Simply that. It got me started. With an open mind and eager to know more, I was excited for lectures since then . :)]]> 2016-10-17 04:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/131035705 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/131415181 This is to respond to chapter two of "beyond massa". Im really proud of this piece]]> 2016-10-18 11:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/131415181 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/138286352 From the time I heard this song, it plays over and over in my head. It reminds me never to over step boundaries, by pretending to be someone that I am not.]]> 2016-11-17 00:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/138286352 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/138286460 2016-11-17 01:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/138286460 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/138286622 Handpicked by Dr.Campbell]]> 2016-11-17 01:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/138286622 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140085287   Desmond Tutu ]]> 2016-11-28 05:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140085287 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140150839 After finishing Beyond Massa, I decided to indulge in some of the 'good reads' suggested throughout the course. I am currently reading "They came before Columbus"]]> 2016-11-28 13:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140150839 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140154509 How I think religion led to the diversification of the Caribbean
As the Europeans invaded the home of the "New world" natives, they not only brought with them the mission to make profit, they also had the intention of conquering the land; making the natives subjects. The Spanish for example wanted to 'civilize' the people, and so , forced their religion on to the neo indians. Many factors such as this act of forcing religion led to caribbean diversity. Religions vary due to factors such as:
-Cultural retention (Hinduism)
-Protestantism/Rejecting the ideologies of the forced christian religion (Anglican etc.)
-Missionaries (Presbyterian)
-Cultural retention with strong 'forced religion'/Catholic influence (African-syncretic religions)

Image: clipartkid.com]]> 2016-11-28 13:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140154509 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140346082 Colonization made the purpose of the islands to be for the provision of the mother countries. Agriculture was the main source of income from the colonies that required manual labour. Because of this labour was imported either by slavery , indentureship or otherwise. Coming from all different countries , races, religions, practises, food and cultures unavoidably mixed. For many the colonization process was a brutal and unfortunate one. As it ended , we now see the end result in 'mixed' families.

In my family, my mother is considered 'douglar' as it's called in Trinidad being mixed with African and Indian. My Great grand mother (Mother's grandmom on her father's side) came to Trinidad because of Indian indentureship. My father's mother was portuguese. As a result my siblings and I all look different (although one or two of us have a bit of a resemblance)]]> 2016-11-28 21:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140346082 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140361639 My friends have faces of different races come from different places and we all understand each other.
My Fellow brothers may not call me sister but we come from a similar place, there is nothing that separates us not even our race.
Sisters we say we truly are but look not on our outward face, the only race we run to win is the running race. 
Words aren't pictures that I know but truly can describe , my friends differences that make me feel ever so alive.
There is no fitting in
There is no standing out
There is no going back
There is no keeping out
This wordy picture that I paint which you may not comprehend
Is really simple if I may, called "The faces of my Friends"]]> 2016-11-28 22:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140361639 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140362519 She is not going back to Africa]]> 2016-11-28 23:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140362519 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140362561 and her hair is about 4 feet long
Image: by me]]> 2016-11-28 23:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140362561 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140363032 ...but her hair surely looks great that way
Image: by L. Lamothe]]> 2016-11-28 23:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140363032 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140365397 2016-11-28 23:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140365397 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140365665 Afro yes but add water and its 'spanish' curls. Neo-indian lineage an African dad and a straight nose
Image: by D. Mahabir]]> 2016-11-28 23:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140365665 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140367154 Differences there will always be so that you will be and I'll be me ... That's what makes it sweet

He says: People keep your head up at all times
I take it that no matter our differences or whatever we have gone through we can always be above it and live together in harmony]]> 2016-11-28 23:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140367154 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140369167 After going on this journey I learned a lot, not just the course material. the most valuable lessons for me would be this, that time changes nothing and everything . What am I saying ?  (Dr.C) I am Saying that yes, living at this time in history I can see what has changed and what remains the same . I can see that although a huge event in history is'long gone' and we have become independent that we in the Caribbean can still feel strongly about what has happened. It is not that we who feel strongly are 'holding a grudge' or hate for anyone but what it is is that we are able still to remember, to know, and to be able to mourn and really in that way, connect to tthe emotions that make us human . That we could become impassioned in an online group chat about what some would deem unnecessary to 'argue' over about the past and how it affects us now shows me that we are all still very human and are connected one way or another. The enslaved were africans but it didnt mean that my friends of indian descent didnt cry over the Amistad movie clip. We are not originally monsters. 

This course led me to tears, laughter, thought , anger and dancing. A series of emotions and experiences that every Caribbean person should have. I am totally for revisionism. The revisionist perspective given for this course truly helped in moving away from all the biases and getting closer to what really happened in our home-The Caribbean]]> 2016-11-29 00:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140369167 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140370798 Dear Dr.Campbell and his team,
Thank you .
Sincerely,
Kairos Moses 
Caribbean Civilisation Student 2016]]> 2016-11-29 00:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140370798 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140372908

]]> 2016-11-29 00:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140372908 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140373100 I know now that digging in the trash or backyards of your neighbours will teach you a great lot about them and their past . 
Dr.Campbell mas making a point. and gave us pretty believable assignment. He forgot to mention immediately it was just something to imagine . Was a pretty funny situation

]]> 2016-11-29 00:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140373100 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140373481 students enters late*
Late student:What are we talking about ?
Other student : He was just talking about mangoes and cocaine 

..Far from ..]]> 2016-11-29 01:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140373481 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140373637 2016-11-29 01:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140373637 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140374124 Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival...Driven from the main land, to the heart of the Caribbean ]]> 2016-11-29 01:07:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140374124 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140374880 ^_^

]]> 2016-11-29 01:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140374880 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140375003 The wide variety of music is thanks to the wide variety of people]]> 2016-11-29 01:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140375003 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140377268 2016-11-29 01:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140377268 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140377467 2016-11-29 01:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140377467 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140377527 2016-11-29 01:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140377527 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140377646 2016-11-29 01:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140377646 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140377824 2016-11-29 01:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140377824 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140377911 2016-11-29 01:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140377911 kairos_moses https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140377975 Done by me -Kairos M.]]> 2016-11-29 01:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kairos_moses/caribcivexp2016/wish/140377975