FOUN 1101 by Nathan Westfield https://padlet.com/nathan_westfield1/uhqo7b83y8s0 Stressful crap. en-us 2017-11-29 23:22:54 UTC 2025-11-10 00:01:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Thunder.png Objective 1 - The Danger of a single Story. nathan_westfield1 https://padlet.com/nathan_westfield1/uhqo7b83y8s0/wish/211666045 "The danger of a single story" i understand this statement to mean that it is dangerous to only listen to a single side  or view on a story and forming an opinion around the information given in the story. Instead of listening to all sides of the story and then forming an informed decision or opinion with all the facts. This is dangerous because it can lead to the creation of stereotypes and misinformation. The Cambridge online Dictionary defines the word stereotype as "a set idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong"  Misinformation is the "wrong information, or the fact that people are misinformed" as defined by the Cambridge online Dictionary. It is these stereotypes  and misinformation that leads to stories that persons from the african continent are all poor , starving ,uneducated and savage. It brings about stereotypes that all persons from areas like lavantille and beetham and Sea Lots area all criminals and are all poor and uneducated.  I myself fell victim to the problem of a single story.Due to recent events in the Beetham area i came to believe that all person from the area are uneducated and violent. It wasn't until realised a friends of whom i hold in high esteem due to his academic achievements was from beetham. I felt ashamed because i let myself be roped into this stereotype like many others and thus i had fallen victim to the danger of a single story.

]]> 2017-11-29 23:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nathan_westfield1/uhqo7b83y8s0/wish/211666045 Objective 3 - Immigration situation between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. nathan_westfield1 https://padlet.com/nathan_westfield1/uhqo7b83y8s0/wish/212388603 In my life i have never seen Haiti and The Dominican Republic as two separate nations. Due to their shared geographic , historic and cultural backgrounds thus when The Dominican Republic started stopping immigrants from entering the country and started forcing those citizens with Haitian descent to prove that they were born in the Dominican republic, I started seeing The Dominican Republic in a new light. It feels reminiscent of the immigration situation between the USA and Mexico. That is to say that the majority feel that all the person immigrating to The Dominican Republic are criminals or are there to steal jobs and take advantage of the law. This might be true for a select few but most person immigrating to the Dominican republic are seeking better lives and they take all the labour intensive jobs that the locals won’t.
Although Haiti and The Dominican Republics are to separate countries they share the island of Hispaniola thus it is my opinion that the Dominican Republic is being very unreasonable taking such measures with their closest political and geographic neighbour.  Thus in my opinion The Dominican Republic should allow the immigration of its Haitian neighbours. what the Dominican government is doing is morally wrong and against the human rights of the Haitian people and those born in the country with Haitian immigrants for parents  
]]> 2017-12-01 18:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nathan_westfield1/uhqo7b83y8s0/wish/212388603 Objective 2 - Evolution of gender roles. nathan_westfield1 https://padlet.com/nathan_westfield1/uhqo7b83y8s0/wish/212452059 Gender roles are a huge topic in todays society as women fight for equity in this constantly changing society. Due to social changes gender roles must to change to suit. this has happened many times in the past. 
In the 1800s men were seen as the only bread winner of a family and had to provide and protect his family while women cooked, cleaned ,took care of her children and her husband. This was so because in the Juedo-Christian religion men are seen as active while women are passive and female subordination was seen as intrinsic to God's creation.
Even slaves who at the time were not seen as people but property were but into gender roles. Even though both male and female slaves had to work on the estates in the hot sun , female slaves had it worst off. They too had to after working on the estate care for their families. Thus even though men were the bread-winners women were the true matriarch of the family. Now gender roles are more balanced men and women can both be bread winners and more makers. 
In caribbean societies gender roles are influenced by media, school and church. 
Gender roles in Caribbean media are re-inforced through stereotypical portrayals of men and women. That is to say over sexualised. 

 
]]> 2017-12-01 21:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nathan_westfield1/uhqo7b83y8s0/wish/212452059 Objective 4 - Personal Reflections on your learning this semester. nathan_westfield1 https://padlet.com/nathan_westfield1/uhqo7b83y8s0/wish/212452096 Through this semester i have learned any new things about history i have also received a refresher course on may of the things i learning in secondary school history or read in history books. At the start of the course i believed this course to be boring and highly frustrating because of its online lectures. To be honest the online lecturers are a great idea but having all the students who do caribbean civilisation in one lecture on day a week. The course itself was brilliant it greatly improved my critical thinking skills. 
The course has widened my understanding of the caribbean and has given me may experiences with person from other caribbean countries that i might not have otherwise gotten to meet. ]]> 2017-12-01 21:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nathan_westfield1/uhqo7b83y8s0/wish/212452096