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This is our creative analysis of the way in which corruption is expedited by crime and how this contributes to mistrust within the Caribbean. Click here to view.

Where do we start? What steps do we take? It’s easier said than done, to learn to trust and tolerate Unity lives in the mind, but reality is what we need A place where dreads could live without brutality and be able to plant their seeds Their lives were ruined by the Dread Act whenContinue reading “Where do we Start?”

Politics. Poli-ticks. Poli-tricks. Neatly pressed suits sprouting soft-spoken lyrics, It’s all part of the gimmicks. Fooling you, Fooling me, They have lost our trust. Can’t they see how great we’d be If they weren’t so unjust? Pretty smiles for the camera, As they ruin the diaspora, How could we trust you When corruption’s all youContinue reading “POLI-TRICKS”

The Caribbean today is characterized by grave intolerance and mistrust at all levels. Intolerance is an unwillingness or refusal to tolerate or respect opinions or beliefs contrary to one’s own (Cambridge). Mistrust means having doubts about the honesty or abilities of someone (Cambridge). The state of our society today is as a result of ourContinue reading “What They Taught Us”

“Men build too many walls and not enough bridges” This quote by Joseph Fort Newton encapsulates the way in which Caribbean today is characterize by grave intolerance and mistrust at all levels. The Caribbean as a region is not the most trusting or tolerant place for people of differing beliefs and lifestyles which seems toContinue reading “All Roads Lead to Rome”

The Caribbean has encountered a  great deal of mistrust and intolerance over the past years in many shapes and forms. Over the past five (5) years Jamaica has taken center stage with the performance of the famous “Lottery Scamming”.  The US embassy in Jamaica has issued a public announcement asking US citizens to be aware:Continue reading ““Dem Call it Scam, Mi Call it Reparation””

It cannot be denied that intolerance and mistrust currently exist in the Caribbean. They can be attributed to relics of our historical past that have deeply affected us as a Caribbean people and whose repercussions we are still dealing with today.  Firstly, we will take a look at a group that has faced the brutalityContinue reading “MENTAL SCARS”

Prejudice has been alive for generations, Even after emancipation, We’re still under segregation, Even the slaves had different holidays, festivals and recreations, For they did not mix, everyone had their own cliques, If you shared the same language, was the only way slaves could speak, We are now free, but our minds are still imprisoned,Continue reading “Division”

                The Caribbean today is characterized by grave intolerance and mistrust at all levels. According to Zick (2011), “Intolerance threatens the social cohesion of plural and democratic societies. It reflects the extent to which we respect or reject social, ethnic, cultural and religious minorities. It marks out those who are “strange”, “other” or “outsiders”, whoContinue reading “PREVALENT PREJUDICES?”