Posts tagged: discrimination

An Absence of Comprehensive Human Rights Education will Impair Jamaicans!

I decided to publish this article because of the high level of interest of many persons within the Jamaican society about issues of Human Rights. Today is December 10th and people around the world are celebrating international Human Rights Day. In Jamaica, a number of non-government organization (NGO) leaders will mark the event with an [...]

Wednesday December 10th, 2008 in , discrimination, Dr. Carolyn Gomes, Elora Consulting, human rights, IACHR, inequality, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, international human rights day, Jamaica, Jamaican Researcher, Jamaicans for Justice, justice, prejudice, Sir Clare Roberts, St. Rachel Ustanny, stigma | No Comments »

A Historical Review of Perceptions of Beauty and Colour in the Jamaican Society

I decided to write this post as a follow-up to my articles: From Skin Lightening… and Skin Cancer… so as to demonstrate the impact of socialization on perceptions of beauty and colour, and the retention of such values for more than 30 years between 1940 when Kerr and Henriques researched the issue and 1970 when [...]

Sunday November 23rd, 2008 in , colour prejudice, concepts of beauty, discrimination, Elora Consulting, Errol Miller, Jamaica, Jamaican, Jamaican Researcher, race, racism, skin bleaching, skin lightening, social stratification, St. Rachel, St. Rachel Ustanny | No Comments »
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