INTOLERANCE AND MISTRUST IN THE CARIBBEAN by kadifa mulrain https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9 en-us 2019-11-27 17:00:06 UTC 2026-01-24 20:46:44 UTC hello@padlet.com Mistrust in Local Content kkt_mulrain https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417206443 Having mistrust in your local content is to have no faith or trust in products produced locally. This stems from the plantation economy where in the late 17th century and throughout the 18th century, cultivation of sugar cane and producing sugar, mainly for the European markets, defined the socio-economic, political, demographic and cultural development of the Caribbean region ("Sugar And Slavery In The 17Th Century - Caribbean | Enciclopediapr"). The sugar cane and sugar would be grown and produced in the Caribbean , it would then be exported to Europe where it would be taken and turned into goods. These goods were then in-turn  sold to persons in the Caribbean.

One example of having mistrust in local content is the preference of a brand name sneakers such as Adidas or Nike rather than a locally made leather slippers.
This creates an ideology that everything made outside or in “foreign” is of better quality and is superior to local goods. This gives way to Transnational Companies such as Unilever and Coca Cola to set up factories in the Caribbean where they can take advantage of the easily accessed cheap labor and natural resources. It  identifies Caribbean people with inferior quality of goods making them believe that nothing good can be produced local.




]]> 2019-11-27 17:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417206443 What does it mean to have mistrust and intolerance? kkt_mulrain https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417206444 To have mistrust is to have a feeling that you should not trust someone or something ("Mistrust (Noun) Definition And Synonyms | Macmillan Dictionary") and to be  intolerant is the fact of refusing to accept ideas, beliefs, or behaviour  that are different from you  own. In the Caribbean there is mistrust and intolerance occurring at all levels: regionally, locally and in our everyday lives. These mistrusts and intolerance can be related to events that occur throughout our history and in society that subsequently shapes the way that we think and our identity today.]]> 2019-11-27 17:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417206444 Mistrust in Religion kkt_mulrain https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417206445 One prevalent form of  mistrust between different religious groups, is when  persons of predominantly christian faith frown upon the rituals of the Haitian religion, Voodoo which is a syncretic religion that combines Roman Catholicism and native African religion, particularly from the religion of the Dahomey region of West Africa ("Do You Really Know What Voodoo Is?") or even those of the Shango, Orisha or Spiritual Shouter Baptist faith. Where their religious practices are seen as Obeah. Voodoo and Obeah were brought from Africa with the slaves and often practiced by them on the plantation as a form of resistance to cope with the oppression of slavery.  It is even said that Toussaint L'Ouveture used voodoo in the Haitian revolution. In an article by the Newsday in 2018 Teelucksingh argued that “it is a Eurocentric mentality and belief that has been engrained in our psyche to judge religions on the basis of Christianity." he also suggests that “We used Christianity as a colonial yardstick to judge and measure the merit of other practices, religions and other aspects of our society too." (Connell). Persons would cross the streets if they see  a group of Spiritual Baptists preaching at the side of the road, having a prayers or thanksgiving as they are seen as "wukking obeah". 

These faiths' rituals and practices are often associated and identified with evil. According to Gibbs-De Peza who said in the same article by the Newsday in  2018  “They not concerned about the spirituality. Therefore, whenever there is anything to do with evil, particularly in the spiritual realm, it is referred to as obeah.”(Connell). This gives the persons that practices these religions a bad stigma and stereotype them as persons who do obeah or voodoo.]]> 2019-11-27 17:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417206445 Education kkt_mulrain https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417206448  Education can be defined as a process of teaching, training and learning, especially in schools or colleges, to improve knowledge and develop skills (“Education”). In the Caribbean, formal education was introduced by the  Spanish in the sixteenth century and even then there were not  much African slaves. Later, the establishment of sugar plantation economies with black African slave majorities came about  by the English, French, and the Danes in the 1620s ("Education In The Caribbean | Encyclopedia.Com")]]> 2019-11-27 17:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417206448 Mistrust in Gender kkt_mulrain https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417206450 Gender refers to either of the two sexes, especially when considered with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones ("Gender | Definition Of Gender By Lexico"). One example of mistrust  in gender is the court not allowing the father to have custody of a child. This is because in the Caribbean, the family structure is a more matrifocal. During plantation days the role of the father  was greatly diminished because men were not bound emotionally or economically to their children(Letteren) . This could have been of the males were always forced to leave their families due to being sold. Therefore the stigma of a man not always being around has stuck . ]]> 2019-11-27 17:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417206450 Intolerance in Religion kkt_mulrain https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417850733 One form of intolerance in religion is not accepting gay marriage. Due to the Caribbean being predominantly Christian practitioners this lifestyle is highly frowned upon. In the Christian faith homosexuality is often argued with the saying that in the beginning God created male and female and what god has joined together let no man put apart, however homosexuality goes against this. Even though there are Caribbean islands which have passed laws in the favour of the LGBTQ fraternity, there are some which still has not. One such island is Jamaica, where there is a large homophobic community, and also throughout the Caribbean. In Jamaica one popular religion is Rastafarian which is religious and political movement, that began in Jamaica in the 1930s and adopted by many groups around the globe, that combines Protestant Christianity, mysticism, and a pan-African political consciousness ("Rastafari | History, Beliefs, & Facts").  In this religion there are hostile attitudes towards homosexuality. There are even sayings against them like those such as "Fire Bun Batty Man". Many rastafarian reggae and dancehall artists like Buju Banton, Capleton and Beenie Man to name a few have songs promoting anti homosexuality and violence against homosexuals. Therefore due to the religious beliefs in the Caribbean there is a  high sense of homophobia.]]> 2019-11-29 21:21:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417850733 Religion kkt_mulrain https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417851215 2019-11-29 21:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417851215 Mistrust in Education kkt_mulrain https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417863981 There is an issue of mistrust in the education in the Caribbean due to the things that are being taught in schools. In the British Caribbean the education system was used as another vessel in colonization and exploitation. The school's in the British colonial times all mimicked the rules and codes of those in Britain, even the teachings were of British influence because of the Caribbean's colonial history with the British. Most of the textbooks used in schools were written by Europeans. This allowed them to write the history of the Caribbean and other things taught in the schools in a bias view. Some of these teachings are still taught today at the lower levels in school, even though there is revisionism taking place. This affects the identity of the Caribbean as the things that are being taught are not the truth. ]]> 2019-11-29 23:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417863981 Intolerance in Education kkt_mulrain https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417868540 One form of intolerance in education is not accepting persons of particular classes, races and religious backgrounds into schools. In the sixteenth century schools for slaves did not exist, though some African slaves might have been literate in Arabic, the few schools in the Spanish Antilles however were for the children of rich settlers and privileged persons of mixed racial descent ("Education In The Caribbean | Encyclopedia.Com"). This can be still seen in society today. One example of this occurring in the Caribbean is when a young girl from Trinidad and Tobago was denied entry into a secondary school because of her "dread locks". It was said that her hair were not keeping in with the school's dress code or its policy. ]]> 2019-11-30 00:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kkt_mulrain/rhgbxifxnel9/wish/417868540