https://padlet.com/sarah_lee11/unbaoibaaftd Sarah-Lee Seerattan 816009887 en-us 2017-11-28 04:46:35 UTC 2026-01-21 15:00:40 UTC hello@padlet.com sarah_lee11 https://padlet.com/sarah_lee11/unbaoibaaftd/wish/210742733 Chimamanda Adichie shared these words as to how a story is created “show a people as one thing over and over again and that is what they become” in 2009. Throughout this video, this woman shared experiences where things were shown to her or other persons in one light and it surprised them to find out the truth. She spoke about growing up, reading British and American books and how it influenced her writing, her books had blonde-hair, blue eyed characters with sceneries such as snow. Chimamanda explained experiences such as her house boy, Fide, who she was told was poor and this was all she thought of them until she says a basket which was made by his family. She herself was pitied by her roommate in the United States because of what Africa was portrayed of. She went on to express that if her parents told her Fide’s family was poor and hardworking she would portray him in a different way. There is an example of this in Caribbean history where Christopher Columbus recorded that the Caribs were cannibals in 1492, “The Admiral sailed all day for the land, always to the south. On that cape another land or cape is superimposed, which also goes to the east, and that those Indians who called it "Bohio". They said it was very big and that there were people there who had an eye on their foreheads, and others who called them cannibals, of whom they were very afraid” (Chicangana, "The Birth of the Cannibal: a Conceptual Debate." Historia Crítica 36 (2008): 150-173), this was the story that was told by the Arawaks about the Caribs, because of this one story, and “although without having seen them Columbus was convinced that they existed and were close by, that they were real” (Chicangana, "The Birth of the Cannibal: A Conceptual Debate." Historia Crítica 36 (2008): 150-173). Christopher Columbus had never seen the Caribs but because of the one story that was told by the Arawaks he was afraid of them.

References:
 Chicangana-Bayona, Yobenj Aucardo. "The Birth of the Cannibal: a Conceptual Debate." Historia Crítica 36 (2008): 150-173.


]]> 2017-11-28 04:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_lee11/unbaoibaaftd/wish/210742733 sarah_lee11 https://padlet.com/sarah_lee11/unbaoibaaftd/wish/210743522 Religion was used to control ex-slaves who thought they were free. It was about controlling the ethos of respect, since the planters thought that without religion they would not be respected, as it says in “Religion, Education, and Caribbean Family Life: The Foundation of ‘Respectable’ Caribbean Society”, “The attempt to re-socialise the freed people and captive/indentured laborers into European norms, using religion and education before, during, and after the end of slavery, was the focus of this session”. People were brought from different cultures and countries to teach different religions to these ex-slaves, for example the British brought Protestants, Anglican and Spanish brought Roman Catholics. The differences in religion was based on a hierarchical level, at the top of this hierarchy was Roman Catholic and other religions like the Anglican and Presbyterian followed but many of these also banned West African slaves because they “lacked knowledge” so they formed their own religions, for example George Liele brought the Methodist religion, note that these religions were also banned for a period. Education was then introduced. Its intention was to provide morality, but with government intervention and secularization it was proven to be “bad” for the plantocracy, for example it was taking up time the planters wanted, since children under five years old were involved in gang related labour. Education opened up the minds of these ex-slaves.




]]> 2017-11-28 05:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_lee11/unbaoibaaftd/wish/210743522 sarah_lee11 https://padlet.com/sarah_lee11/unbaoibaaftd/wish/210746658 Initially I assumed that Caribbean Civilization mostly about learning and regurgitating dates, but instead it opened my eyes to what shaped the Caribbean. This course showed me what my ancestors had to endure and how strong they were as well as the things that impacted the way that the Caribbean currently is, for example why the Caribbean is so diverse, and even why most East Indians are Presbyterian. It taught me that there were people on the island of Trinidad before Christopher Columbus “discovered” it. Learning about the different types of views there were also shifted my ethos, for example the Eurocentric and ethnocentric definitions for civilization, and I believe therefore Caribbean Civilization is important to students, most of us have a Eurocentric view on everything and the ethnocentric view is important as well. It also made me come to the realization that some of the problems from the past still exist such as social divide and racism and it shocked me to realize how much we have not grown as a people to work together as one instead of segregating ourselves in so many ways, we still have people who would look down to people of a lower status or even of a different race. In conclusion, I enjoyed what this course has taught me, it has truly influenced the way that I think about the Caribbean. 

]]> 2017-11-28 05:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_lee11/unbaoibaaftd/wish/210746658 sarah_lee11 https://padlet.com/sarah_lee11/unbaoibaaftd/wish/211170640 In 1948 The University of the West Indies was seen as one regional institution according to Report of the UWI One Task Force. There is segregation in the UWI institution itself, by faculty, registries and bursaries according to Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles. He says the mindset of being a member of the university is devalued by this segregation as well as that is not reasonable for the four campuses with the same body of students to be competing against each other as well as the wider world seeing the university as different institutions instead of one brand. In the Report of The One UWI Task Force, May 2016, Vice Chancellor Beckles states "Within our UWI there is growing concern about its operational fragmentation and social segregation into campus communities that see themselves as separate and apart. This perception is also held by diverse groups of stakeholders that have anxieties about the rapidly developing incoherence of the University. Reference is commonly made to the existence of four separate universities functioning under the guise of campuses. " In the Caribbean we see this as well with segregation of social class and race in diverse countries. Instead of working together as one country, there will be persons who see themselves as superior to others because of their wealth, skin colour or race.

REFERENCES:

•  Report of the One UWI Task Force, May 2016
• “The UWI One Task Force.” YouTube, uploaded by UWI Regional Headquarters, 4 March 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_qjDyBPd8Q

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