of Trinidad is dominated by two groups, roughly equal in size:descendants of enslaved people, whose ancestors were brought in to work on cotton and sugar plantations beginning in the late 18th century, and Indo-Trinidadians, or East Indians, whose ancestors were primarily labourers who immigrated...
What a Second Trump Presidency Could Mean for Education in the U.S., The 74 Can Trump Force Schools to Change Their Curricula?, Education Week Trump pledged to cut federal funding to schools “pushing critical race theory” and “transgender insanity.” Trump has vowed to push schools to the...
Emojis have become an integral part of our messaging experience, be it on WhatsApp, Snapchat, or Instagram. It helps us fill in many emotional and expressive cues, which are otherwise not available through texts. Over the years, many emojis covering life’s aspects have been added. However,...
Body Mass Index (BMI)is a dated, biased measure that doesn’t account for several factors, such as body composition, ethnicity, race, gender, and age. Despite being aflawed measure, BMI is widely used today in the medical community because it is an inexpensive and quick method for analyzing...
Tash Aw creates a lovable protagonist, Ah Hock, whose oral history unfolds from humble childhood in a fishing village to rapidly modernizing Malaysia and his (all-too-real) conflict with class and race. Mongolia The Blue Sky by Galsan Tschinag (Milkweed Editions, 2020) Buy Now: amazon.com...
Trinidadian of African descent, Connor would not have existed had it not been for that trade; nor would the music and arts she celebrates in her musical, a montage of largely Afro-Caribbean music and dance structured around Handel’sMessiah. Just as African chattel slavery wrought positive ...
Your life is organized like an orbit. I know. 了解了这点,就知道为何四年于相隔千里的我们,似乎只是弹指一挥间而已。 我其实了解小女儿的心理,是希望多一点surprise多一点romantic多一点傻里吧唧的指天划地的。可惜我这方面的才能似乎多用在0,1组成的无机世界里了,于是只能委屈她了。大多数的时间,她就一...
Trinidadian style, filling cornmeal masa with a well-seasoned stew of ground beef, capers, raisins, peppers, and olives before it gets wrapped in banana leaves and boiled until the whole package reaches the ideal level of tenderness. The pastelles are priced at two for $6.50 (for a plate...