Black Caribbean Natives

Dabney is an African-American and European descent whose parents went to a segregated school in Virginia. His great-grandmother of three generations before him were free blacks before the Civil War, but during the war lived in fear that they would be kidnapped and forced to submit to slavery, thus living in constant fear. His grandfather of three generations before him was a white slave owner. This side of the family is where Dabney has a connection with past family members that were Confederate soldiers and members of the Virginia 1861 Secession Convention. His belief is that the Confederate flag represents the men who died at such battles like Manassas, Shiloh, and Gettysburg. He believes that the flag has been a representation of white supremacists groups in America but to deny the historical value of the Confederate flag would just be as wrong as the white supremacists. Dabney’s belief is that people cannot ignore prejudice or the symbol of prejudice by the flag, but that removing the flag from public display will not stop the white supremacists, or the prejudice that they adhere to. He believes that removing the flags would not stop the country from jailing more minorities than whites, and that this country needs to serve its people by resolving these problems with real congressional help and by cultural change and education and not by arguing over a piece of fabric.

Write an essay in which you explain why marriage is right or wrong for you now or at any time. Or is Brady simply trying to expose the double standard applied to husbands and wives? Write an essay in which you argue that the double standard for husbands and Wives still exists, is disappearing, or has disappeared since Brady's essay was first published. b. Is Brady's view of the typical husband extreme? If you believe it is, write an essay rebutting her views or offering a more balanced view. If you believe Brady's view is accurate, write an essay supporting her opinion by citing examples of husbands you know or about which you have read. Bring in ideas from Deborah Tannen's "Talk in the Intimate Relationship" (chapter 6) to support or illustrate your ideas. c. Write an essay in which you expand upon the notes you made when responding to item b under Engaging the Text.

Blacks in the North were partially free. Document B is Charles Mackay’s Journal about his travels to America. It gives examples of how the black males were free and how the black males weren’t free. According to document B “ He shall be free to live and to thrive, if he can , and to pay taxes and perform duties.” “ We shall not make the black man a slave; we shall not buy him or sell him.” Document B shows that black males had the freedom to not be a slave, allowing him to pay taxes and perform duties.

the Acadians because they could not have full control over them. The British Officials wanted the Acadians to be loyal subjects to the King and be under their control.

Around the middle of the 1700s, a gathering of Jamaican slaves started touching base in Halifax. This gathering was named "Maroons", which implied outlaw slaves taking to the forested areas. (Pachai, Beneath the Clouds 2) The Maroons earned their name in light of the fact that they were a gathering of African plummet slaves in Jamaica who opposed the framework in that nation. Numerous Maroons settled in Preston and Guysborough.

The African tribal religion that Europeans named Voodoo is known for its mystical secrets. Voodoo existed a long time before organized religions like Christianity and Hinduism. The way of life for the indigenous people of Africa was to keep a constant contact with the spirits in nature. This religion originates from Africa and eventually moved into the Caribbean by traveling slaves. Eventually, this powerful, culture spread to Europe, and the Americas. Many practice this sacred religion every day to protect their families, financially support their families, and for guidance. Voodoo devotees acknowledge their deceased ancestors and spirits who have protected the individuals throughout their lives. Practitioners engage in rituals to say thank you, to celebrate victory, and to ask for prosperity. Often animal sacrifice has negative outlook, although it should not because the meat is shared with family

The Healthy Marriage Initiative provided funds to allow various programs to be organized to help fulfill its goals of promoting healthy marriages. The author suggested that extension agents have understanding in how they can help accomplish the coals of the Healthy Marriage Initiative in regards to low-income, African-American couples, with children. Chaney provides background and research of cohabitating and single parenthood in African American families. She further discussed the African American Healthy Marriage Initiative (a branch of the original Healthy Marriage Initiative), in which cultural competency and the responsibilities of fathers are stressed.

Several Afrocentrists have claimed that important cultural characteristics of ancient Egypt were indigenous to Africa and that these features were present in other early African civilizations such as the Kerma and some Nubia civilizations. The claim has also been made by many Afrocentric scholars that the Ancient Egyptians were Black African or Africoid people. Some scholars, such as Alexandre Moret, have challenged these assertions of Afrocentrists insisting that Ancient Egyptian civilizations do not have an African origin, however there is much more evidence in support of an African origin including links to traditions, language, and beliefs.

Session began by discussing weekend events, in were R.M disclosed two stressful events and problems which occurred within the past couple of days. R.M informed me her issues surrounding her Ex-boyfriend in trying to terminate their friendship. R.M vented about the situation in a relax state by stressing past issues without any emotions or feelings. When asked, R.M informed me she is "over the relationship" and knows she deserves better stating "he was in the wrong, so I don't feel bad about ending our friendship or being truthful about my feelings". R.M and I discussed the importance of validating one's own feelings to accepting their emotions, encouraging R.M to do this more often, stating she seems happier and more content when she is expressing her true thoughts.

Caribbean people view race differently than African Americans. Caribbean immigrants who arrive to the United States are often shell-shocked by the tangible presence of racism there. What is all the more surprising is that some of these tensions are more so perpetuated by African-Americans. Before an immigrant can experience “the American dream”, a life of joys and hardship, they are adequately discouraged, or warned to reconsider moving to America. They are warned that success will most certainly be harder for them. Warned that things are different ‘here’ and that the color of your skin has, in more ways than one, already set them up for failure. But why is

In the movie “ why did I get married” it opens by showing all the couples and their problems that they are going through. These couple are all successful and friends with each other. The group of friends once a year plan a trip out to a random location to get away and spend time with their significate other. The point of the trip was not only to hangout with their friends but also for the couples to get to know each other more and remember why they got married from the beginning. As the group all worked on their relationship, a couple did not want nothing to do with each other except that what mike wanted. Mike was an ass to shiela that critized her about being obbesed and ugly she was. Shiela ignored all the rud comments that was given to her by mike her husband because she believed that if he see her how hard she trying to save their marriage he might want to give it a chance to be happy. Mike and shiela did not end up working out because they ignored the five stages which are initiating, experimenting, intensifying, intergrading, and boding. These five stages could of save and fix relationshipos if both parties are willing to try.

During the 1500’s and half way through the 1600’s, the position of the Caribbean’s power repeatedly kept on fluctuating, as Spain wanted to conquer the land they had finally found, and Britain, although there is no one specific reason for conquering, their sugar production took off in the Caribbean, and they wanted to keep it that way. As time goes by, you can then see how Spain's power over the Caribbean wears off overtime, and the Caribbean starts to take back its own land. All of this put together overtime during this period makes it easy to assume that the Caribbean had a lot on their plate, and yet they still managed to manage what was going on in their land.

MSTT met with Pamm to examine how things have been going. MSTT was unable to meet with Pamm and Alyianna over the past week due to his vacation. Pamm informed MSTT everything has been going well and their relationship have been improving everyday. Alyianna have been doing all her household chores and the engagement between her and Pamm is increasing. Pamm also informed MSTT of the school meeting regarding Alyianna grades and behaviors. Pamm and the teachers are working together to improve Alyianna grades. They have decided to provide Alyianna with a study session during one of her free

The articles “Rescued From Their Invisibility: The Afro-Puerto Ricans of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century San Mateo de Cangrejos, Puerto Rico”, “Contested Mestizos, Alleged Mulattos: Racial Identity and Caste Hierarchy in Eighteenth Century Patzcuaro, Mexico”, “Slave Morality and Reproduction on Jesuit Haciendas in Colonial Peru”, and “Human Capital and Other Determinants of the Price Life Cycle of a Slave: Peru and La Plata in the Eighteenth Century” all deal with the topic of changes in populations and its effects on various societies. Analysis on this overall topic included, racial identity, experiences of slaves and runaways, and slave statistics. Even though these works help in learning more about the history, experiences and struggles of African populations in Latin America, they do not reveal the entire history. They only have scratched half of the surface, in what is a continuous pursuit by scholars to uncover more information.

Essay Topic: “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.