https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99 The Caribbean today is characterized by grave intolerance and mistrust at all levels en-us 2019-11-23 22:37:50 UTC 2025-10-01 17:05:16 UTC hello@padlet.com shaniaredhead90 https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/415730191  This portfolio  reflects my opinion on the intolerance and mistrust that the Caribbean is characterized with today and how the key aspects of Caribbean civilization course units  is  linked to  topics being discussed. The Caribbean is a region that is surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and it is a region that has multiple religions and it is multicultural and very diverse.  
 This  portfolio  will discuss  the issues faced which  causes the region to have intolerance and mistrust at all levels. It highlights 3 objectives that will  explore the history, society and concepts of identity  based on religion perspectives, colorism and politics
 ]]> 2019-11-23 23:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/415730191 shaniaredhead90 https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417013962  Religion is an aspect that plays an important role in today's society where it helps determine someone's identity  and it helps characterize the Caribbean's beliefs and culture.
Religion goes back to slavery where it was first brought to the Caribbean by  the Europeans and the slaves who where forced into working on plantations. The dominant religion that was instilled into the slaves was Christianity. From knowledge from Caribbean Civilization, it was discussed that during the period of slavery there was a mixture of different persons of different races that came to the Caribbean which they brought different religions and culture which helps characterize  the reason the Caribbean is such a diverse region. The main religion in this period was Christianity. After slavery they adopted Christianity in different forms.  This led to major  mistrust and intolerance.(Media et al.)
 An example of this is gay marriage. To a large extent, the  Caribbean  holds a great detest towards anything that goes against there traditional beliefs and  gay marriage is one. In an article by the Religious News Service (RNS) it help express the view that the society believes that the Caribbean  should not legalize gay marriages because it goes against all religious beliefs not only with the Christians but with all other religions. In the article a Trinidadian citizen said that for years he was beaten and bullied by neighbors, strangers and former work colleagues. because he identified himself as gay. He also said, “Since then I have been living in … gated communities where I can feel safe. But I still feel vulnerable.” this shows that citizens are not please with variations from there traditions because of the history, the Caribbean was seen as a Christian society where all the laws was based on Christian beliefs so for gay marriage the come into society today it was seen as an "abomination. " It was something that  was misleading to the citizens because in the bible it talks about God making Adam and Eve for each other not "Adam and Steve"  as some people say so they are very intolerant towards gays.  The same article by RNS also expressed that the leaders of all traditional religions at all levels  came together to speak against the same sex marriage as they said that "the leaders called on the government to amend the country’s Marriage Act to ensure that only a biological man and a biological woman be allowed to marry. It also called on government not to amend the Equal Opportunity Act to accommodate LGBT people. The act prohibits specific forms of discrimination and doesn’t currently offer protection for gays and lesbians. "
In today's society to a small extent  the views  have chance where they are slowly becoming more tolerant to the LGBT community  while on all levels it is still seen as an issue.


]]> 2019-11-27 06:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417013962 shaniaredhead90 https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417033578 mistrust is having doubts about the honesty or ability of someone
 ( Cambridge)]]> 2019-11-27 08:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417033578 shaniaredhead90 https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417178850 intolerance is unwilling to accept views, beliefs or behaviour that differs from their own 
(Oxford)]]> 2019-11-27 15:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417178850 shaniaredhead90 https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417279383 Religion is defined as a fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a group of people. 
The dominated religion as mentioned before is Christianity which was dated back to the slavery and colonialism. Although Christianity was seen as the dominate religion because of slavery other religions came to the Caribbean  which were Islam, Hinduism , and various forms of Christianity ( Voodoo, Spiritual Baptiste  Rastafarian etc). As Christianity was the dominant religion it created mistrust towards the other religions in the Caribbean such as  the mistrust towards the Baptist faith. The baptist faith is a religion developed by the African slaves where they are not fully respected because the ringing of the bells, talking in tongues and the sprinkling is seen as "simi dimi" and the government even banned the ringing of the bells in the baptist churches  which shows the level of mistrust towards the religion also it can be seen that when someone of a different religion sees a baptist on the road they would cross the street to avoid walking in their way as they believe that the Baptist would partake in performing "obeah" towards them. This mistrust is because the Caribbean had a stigma that traditional Christianity is the only religion that should be practice because of the influence of the Europeans and the Spanish where it was the religion the held. It also ties back to the saying anything coming from the white is better so Caribbean persons gravitate towards traditional Christianity. The Caribbean see it as misleading because they don't fully understand the religion and they were not really educated on the aspect. the mistrust is also seen in the article  by Caribbean life which further enhance the point being argued (Caribbean Life)
Another example of mistrust is where a person is very skeptical of eating "parasad" from their Hindu friends as they prey on it. This is mistrust because it shows us that because it is not part of the norm, which is basically not part of the Christian tradition it is not accepted and it creates doubts for people because they are discriminating against Hinduism. In today's society the mistrust towards the Baptist faith and Hinduism and even towards the other religions like Voodoo who experience similar treatment to the Baptist,  to a small extent mistrust is not as prominent as before where there is a little more understanding toward ones religion this is because there have been   the declaration of public holidays for most religions to show that they are moving towards equality between religions and across the Caribbean region they are introducing education on the different religions that makes up the Caribbean which helps give the perspective on the laws of human rights where everyone have a rite of free worship.


]]> 2019-11-27 21:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417279383 shaniaredhead90 https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417622666  Another aspect of mistrust and intolerance in the Caribbean  is  Social Stratification  in terms of Colorism. Colorism  stemmed from the era of plantation society   dated back in the 17th century  where slavery and the plantation  system was created.]]> 2019-11-29 01:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417622666 shaniaredhead90 https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417630386 Colourism is a form of racial discrimination based on the shade of an individual's skin tone, typically favoring lighter skin. ]]> 2019-11-29 01:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417630386 shaniaredhead90 https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417633884  During  colonial slavery in the Caribbean where African slaves was transported to the Caribbean and taken as slaves. Coloured persons came to play because of miscegenation. Miscegenation is a mixture of races, especially with  sexual intercourse between a white person and a member of another race. In Caribbean  history the coloured persons where seen as superior to the blacks  where they were given more privilege and better living conditions because of the coloured having white fathers,   as the blacks were seen as  merely property. this is futher discussed with the topic social stratification  where there is a upper class( the whites), a middle class( coloured) and  lower class( the enslaved black) . (Veeshalla)  

]]> 2019-11-29 02:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417633884 shaniaredhead90 https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417648262 Examples of ways that there is a mistrust is where in Jamaica persons bleach their skin because in the society today it is still seen that white is better so the by bleaching their skin they meet the Eurocentric Standards. “In Jamaica, because of the historical baggage around ideals of beauty prescribed from the European perspective, shades of brown and shades of black” are not seen as beautiful as lighter shades, said Sonjah Stanley Niaah, a senior lecturer at the University of the West Indies. “It goes back to the days when slaves were sold on the auction block,” she said. “The color of the skin was important.” This shows the mistrust as it can be seen that the" blacker the skin" the worst the treatment was and even when it comes to work opportunities the light skin was favoured. Colourism was also expressed by the Jamaican singer Spice as she discussed the issue of Colorism in a song called “Black Hypocrisy" It can clearly be seen that persons with dark skin was frowned upon and was in-tolerated but bleaching was their way of having better opportunities in  a society that was based on Ethnocentric views. In today's society the issue of colorism is still major problem but black persons are slowly becoming more aprreciative towards their skin tone  and are breaking away from the barrier that history created. ]]> 2019-11-29 03:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417648262 shaniaredhead90 https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417659317 Together with skin bleaching  other ways where there is mistrust and intolerance is with the education system and the justice system.
The education system partakes in colorism acts as persons of the lighter and wealthier community which are for example Syrians were given more oppurtunities when it comes to  education they had the oppurtunity to go to private schools but when it comes to the blacks there only choice was to attend governmental schools, also because the lighter skin was more of an upper class they were seen as superior and they got more favoritism in schools. This is not  as prevalent in the modern society because  the caribbean is seen as moving towards equality as all skin tones is given oppurtunities and colour is not that much of an issue. 
The justice  system is also seen as as part of the prejudice  of colorism because they see most or the crime committed to be of the lower class and not the upper class also in situations where there is a crime against the upper class they do everything in their power to belittle and blame the crime on the lower class black community but if the situation was reversed the issue is ignored.
 

]]> 2019-11-29 05:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417659317 shaniaredhead90 https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417800528  "In today's society  it is questionable whether there has been a shift from racial structures from the past because race and colour polarity still exist.
In Guyana, as well as Trinidad , there is a severe racial tension between major races that inhibit the society. The tension lies with the political groups where there is a division mostly between the Africans and the East Indians.  In Trinidad there is the PNM which stands for the People's National Movement  and UNC which is the United National Congress. The leaders of these political groups use race because race has political purchase; race works in getting votes. According to Dr Sheila Rampersad  in an article  where she discuss the racial tension between politics she said " Politicians are easy targets; it's easy to say they are the ones mo­bil­is­ing racial responses and inflaming In­di­an /African tensions. Of course, they are blameworthy, doing and saying too much for too long that aggravates tensions and consolidates stereotypes. This   helps identify the  mistrust towards racial groups which makes you wonder if there is any political parties that does not run on corruption and manipulating the puplic to do what they want. This stems back to colorism where the colour of your skin helps place u in a racial group also know as political parties. ]]> 2019-11-29 16:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417800528 shaniaredhead90 https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417801311 Photo of family members ]]> 2019-11-29 16:11:21 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417801311 shaniaredhead90 https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417816445 The Caribbean today is characterized by grave intolerance and mistrust at all levels. This was explored throughout this board where mistrust and intolerance in terms of religion with gay marriage , uneven treatment of religions and colorism was explored with reference to the Caribbean's history ]]> 2019-11-29 17:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417816445 shaniaredhead90 https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417828020 2019-11-29 18:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniaredhead90/oqqm0bf5p99/wish/417828020