Caribbean society

Challenges of Caribbean Society in Achieving National Unity There have been many attempts for the Caribbean nations to come together as one, leading to national unity in the region. Some attempts at unity include: Federation, CARICOM (Caribbean Community), CARIFTA (Caribbean Free Trade Association), CDB (Caribbean Development Bank), UWI (University of the West Indies), CXC (Caribbean Examinations Council), and recently CSME (Caribbean Single Market and Economy), which

of behavior. In addition, culture outlines the values of a society – which are collective ideas of right or wrong. Therefore, the combination of cultural components and social learning account for how people rationalize thier actions and behaviors among different groups in a society . Accordingly, culturally accepted values and norms of the majority groups - white’s, master/mistresse, of free status -- in Jamaican and Barbadian societies, in effect, supported and justified the systems of oppression

“Matrifocality underpins the social ills in Caribbean society”. Discuss in relation to the relevant theoretical perspectives and the traditional and emergent role of the family in the contemporary Caribbean. The family has been described as the cornerstone of society. Denise Fyffe puts it as the birthplace of society and is the most basic economical, political, and social unit. In fact, anthropological studies have indicated that the family has existed in every known society. Based on evidence gathered by George

where white employers show preference to Afro Caribbean immigrants over African Americans as a means to conceal their racism. White employers’ preference to hire Caribbean immigrants over black Americans is not based on the perceived “high regards” they may hold for the Caribbean immigrants personal values, work ethic, drive, and motivation. Instead, they use these factors to manipulate and convince society that it is preferable to hire Afro-Caribbeans over African Americans. They do so by holding

The Caribbean’s Cultural History Columbus’ discovery in 1492 set off a chain of events in the emergence of the Caribbean society, as Knight states in his book The Caribbean. "The first voyage of Columbus in 1492 fortuitously discovered a whole new world and set in motion a chain of events whose profound consequences gave new directions to the histories of Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Asia. It was the voyages of Columbus and those who followed him that brought the Americas into the consciousness

refugees, finding their way to the Caribbean, to escape from the nation’s civil conflicts . Taking note of the ways in which dominant European powers – Portugal and Spain – conducted forms of active exploration and exploitation of the New World. Distinctly, for the reasons of, accumulation of land, wealth, and political power through means of exploiting its colonies resources. Virtually, England sought to mimic the Spanish economic success in their own Caribbean exploits. In contrast to the ways in

History Paper on Caribbean Diaspora Decendents of the Caribbean Diaspora are located in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and countries that were previously colonial empires. The inhabited islands that are in the Caribbean are not only geographical regions, but also regions of the imagination, lived cultural experiences and are an interesting study in religious identity as well (Harry:2).” Colonized by European powers from the sixteenth century, the Caribbean islands have become a mixture

Lydia Phillips Dr. Hill HIST 300SS 9/15/15 Sugar Societies in the West Indies During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the sugar islands played a very important role for the British government. They saw these colonies as an extremely beneficial mercantile society that could gross them a great deal of wealth. However, for the colonists living on these islands it was an intense struggle between enormous fortune and a premature death. Richard Dunn, author of Sugar and Slaves: The Rise of the

The Identity and History of the Caribbean The Caribbean is a vastly diverse area representing the effects of colonialism, slavery, and the combination of many cultures. Since the arrival of Europeans the Caribbean islands have been going through constant change. The loss of native peoples and the introduction of the plantation system had immediate and permanent reprocussions on the islands. The Plantation system set up a society which consisted of a large, captive lower class and a powerful

Isiah Lauti Caribbean Culture and Identities Dr. Anne M. Galvin December 5, 2017 Caribbean Popular Culture: Music, Fashion, and Dance Music, Dance, and Fashion are three major factors that play a vast role in the Caribbean popular culture. Popular culture in theory, is based on the taste of ordinary people rather than and educated elite. Popular culture has such a broad range of cultural backgrounds that has influenced both the younger and older generations. The purpose of this study is not only