https://padlet.com/aarti_jagroo/lo0exgs0x180 How history has shaped us en-us 2019-06-24 21:13:27 UTC 2025-04-01 20:12:58 UTC hello@padlet.com aarti_jagroo https://padlet.com/aarti_jagroo/lo0exgs0x180/wish/369004516 Caribbean identity can be defined as a collective belief, culture, ideology and common interest of Caribbean people. Not only is it the way that the rest of the world sees the Caribbean but also how they view themselves. The Caribbean itself can be hard to define as it cannot be defined geographically alone but as countries with similar historical origins. These events comprised of the overtaking of the Caribbean by Europe, slavery, emancipation and indentureship. Historical events such as these impacted the identity of the developing Caribbean region in both negative and positive ways. Aspects of identity include race, colour and religion.

]]> 2019-06-24 21:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aarti_jagroo/lo0exgs0x180/wish/369004516 aarti_jagroo https://padlet.com/aarti_jagroo/lo0exgs0x180/wish/369025808   With the need for a labour force on plantation fields, Spanish planters bought slaves from west Africa between 1662 and 1807. From this period onwards, black people and people of colour would be look down on as an inferior people this led to colourism becoming a dominant factor in Caribbean society. The enslaved from west Africa were seen as property instead of people. Children of colour, the product of European and slave parentage, would be given duties with more perks than that of the black slaves because of their lighter colour. To this day, lighter skin colour and straight hair, European qualities, are seen as more desirable to Caribbean people. This is a negative result of slavery as persons with dark skin also see themselves as inferior and as such may try to bleach their skin to “be more pretty". Skin bleaching is prevalent in Jamaica. Skin colour would also play a part in the employment of persons. In Trinidad, persons of lighter skin colour would be preferably hired for banking jobs and in the public service industry. 

]]> 2019-06-25 00:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aarti_jagroo/lo0exgs0x180/wish/369025808 aarti_jagroo https://padlet.com/aarti_jagroo/lo0exgs0x180/wish/369027236 The Caribbean is home to a diverse set of races. Early days of exploration brought the European whites, slavery the Africans and indentureship the Indians, Chinese, Portuguese and others. Indentured labour was a solution to the labour shortage after the abolition of slavery. Planters then had to pay wages to their workforce. This when compared to slavery was far superior working conditions. Indentured Indians were treated better than freed blacks. Blacks who worked on plantations were given smaller wages than Indians. This made Indians feel superior to the Africans. Segregation among races is still prevalent today as can be seen in Trinidad with regard to politics. The two major political parties are predominantly African and Indian respectively. Persons are often swayed to vote not by the choice that would better serve the country but by the race that they belong to. 

]]> 2019-06-25 00:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/aarti_jagroo/lo0exgs0x180/wish/369027236 aarti_jagroo https://padlet.com/aarti_jagroo/lo0exgs0x180/wish/369032979 With the influx of persons from all over the world, many religions were brought to the Caribbean. The Spanish brought Catholicism to the Caribbean. While they tried to instill their belief in to the enslaved, some of the enslaved would practice their own religious beliefs in their barracks. This gave rise to the shouter Baptist religion which is a fusion of Christianity  and west African practices. In the same way the planters would look down on the African religions, in today’s world, there is still a stigma against the shouter Baptist faith.  Interloping brought other forms of christianity, that is the Anglican faith from England and the Presbyterian faith of Scotland. Their main mission was to spread their faith to the rest of the Caribbean and as a result subsets of the Caribbean prescribe to their religions today. Indentureship brought across Hinduism and Islam. Multiple religions across the countryside caused segregation among people. Religion in the Caribbean was the first main avenue to education. As such religious sectors built denominational schools which would spread not only secular education but also religious education. This can be seen as a positive thing as it ensured that religious customs would still be upheld in society. 

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