Posts tagged: social stratification

Who is the Culprit, Education or Society?

Over the past week the quality of education has taken center stage in the Jamaican media, with the Minister, Andrew Holness chiding elementary/ primary school teachers for the general ill-preparedness of students for secondary schools.This news comes at the dawn of Jamaica’s presentation of a status report on its achievements towards the Millennium Development Goals [...]

Sunday June 14th, 2009 in , Andrew Holness, Education, education system, equality, equity, hidden curriculum, Jamaica, Jamaican, Jamaican Researcher, justice, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals, Minister of Education, PIOJ, Planning Institute of Jamaica, privileged, social change, social stratification, society, St. Rachel Ustanny, universal access to education | 1 Comment »

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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