https://padlet.com/tyreseoneil330/nnyepyd52xyt Made with big dreams en-us 2017-12-02 00:37:30 UTC 2025-11-14 08:14:45 UTC hello@padlet.com tyreseoneil330 https://padlet.com/tyreseoneil330/nnyepyd52xyt/wish/212474579 The author showed, how growing up as an African child you were only showed the white’s perspective thus it reflected on how she first started writing. As she only knew about the white’s perspective, she started writing about white people, who played in snow and ate apples. While living in Nigeria and never had any of those experiences. This showed subtle dominance of the European as their stories were publish widely while African writer were of very few. She further went into talking about a single story, which is believing a story without even knowing if its true. This showed brainwashing the single story creates as well as the stereotypes in society today. As they make one story the only story without ever even considering if it’s the truth. This happens in everyday life and we believe the stories being told and pay no attention if it’s true or not. As children we learned to listen to your elders or those in authority thus we also believe what is being said by them without a second taught of doubt. As she mentions it is only when someone experience the truth within the single story do they realize that there is much more they need to know before believing the story. If people is move open to the disperse ways of life and different culture then they will not make judgement base on race, colour or what they hear. Her speech was an excellent way in showing the way in which we limit ourselves with knowledge were given without questioning said knowledge.  

]]> 2017-12-02 03:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tyreseoneil330/nnyepyd52xyt/wish/212474579 tyreseoneil330 https://padlet.com/tyreseoneil330/nnyepyd52xyt/wish/212474741 The Caribbean has been moulded around three things which determined one’s position in society, which are: race, colour and ethnicity. Race and colour still has little influence with where people are in the contemporary Caribbean society there are still factors which will give people of colour upward mobility. In the plantation society race, ethnicity and colour play a major role in deciding where a person place is in society. This society was introduced in the period of slavery it was an economic institution which infiltrated the entire social structure and institutions. The plantation society was a modernizing institution to create opportunities for growth and development by introducing new technologies as well as new value systems. The plantation society was dominate until some Caribbean countries got their emancipation and the ex-slaves started peasant farming. This helped them gain wealth and brought about changes in the social structure as they we were now becoming upwardly mobile. In plural society different ethnic groups live parallel to each other, each with a similar set of institutions, they only meet in the market place and under the political domination of the colonial state. The plural society is inherently fragile due to the lack of common values and potential for conflict in the competition for cultural space. While the creole society is created by the hybridization based upon the response of individual and the white or black groups in the society to their environment and to each other. The creole society is also considered as a value system where there is white supremacy and black subservience. In conclusion society has a big part to play on the role of race, colour and ethnicity. Which was why in the plantation society in the hierarchy the whites were at the tops while the blacks were at the bottom.

]]> 2017-12-02 03:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tyreseoneil330/nnyepyd52xyt/wish/212474741 tyreseoneil330 https://padlet.com/tyreseoneil330/nnyepyd52xyt/wish/212474772 CARICOM which stands for Caribbean community and common market promotes integration movement among its members, while supporting the process of coming together. It consists of fifteen countries. Within the Caribbean there were wide spread disparity in levels of development before CARICOM and thus it helps the underdeveloped countries to move to a more develop state like Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados or Antigua for employment. It helps promote the freedom of movement of Caribbean people among the region which CARICOM embodies. The disparity in levels of development among CARICOM have placed developed countries with a greater advantage as they are able to produce more good for a lower cost while the less develop countries must spend larger amount on importation of goods. A good example on this is Trinidad and Tobago who produce its own oil and gas thus have cheap fuel as well as electricity as compare to Dominica where electricity cost is expensive. Its rules and regulation are set up to bring the countries closer together through integration as well as the free movement of person to different countries within a certain amount of time. However, the more developed countries at times don’t follow some of the rules within CARICOM and as such the disparity among the countries will remain. In conclusion for CARICOM states to fully reach integration they must change as a country to bring about the betterment of the Caribbean thus may eventually bring about the Caribbean have a voice on a global stage. 

]]> 2017-12-02 03:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tyreseoneil330/nnyepyd52xyt/wish/212474772 tyreseoneil330 https://padlet.com/tyreseoneil330/nnyepyd52xyt/wish/212474784 This semester was a very new experience for me as it was the first time having an online lecture for a class. I was open up to more experiences and got the opportunity to learn more about the Caribbean, my culture and my country. I also got to experience with more detail the effects of the trials being faced by our ancestors within slavery. As well as the influences it had in the present. The lecture was well informative as we went into the concepts of Caribbean civilisation as well as discussing our Caribbean identity. It showed that as children we were being told single stories, as some of the stories were inaccurate. Dr. John F. Campbell spoked about many different issued faced by the Caribbean people like slavery, chattel slavery, the issue of women, colonialism and gave great knowledge on these topics and much more. The book help to show some of the issued faced by Caribbean people and how society place person by their race and skin colour. This course helps with our critical thinking skills and also helped me to understanding our pass culture and experiences. It was fascinating to further discover more about the Caribbean identity as we still focus on the western culture to find our identity. It is sad to see that the course is at it end as it was very educational and impacted deeply within me, and I would take what I learned in this course and continue to build upon it ]]> 2017-12-02 03:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tyreseoneil330/nnyepyd52xyt/wish/212474784