Trini Phrase: Lipay
Advertisements Floor washing -lipay- with gobar cow-dung is still done is some ordinary houses, but the special treatment of cows and bulls with a herbal mixture pakheba is almost forgotten.
Culture
2021 – The Capitol
“The mob attacks on the Capitol are not so much “unprecedented” as they are consistent with America’s history of white backlash to racial equality and white entitlement to political, economic, and social control.”
– Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson
A Migration Story
Race/Ethnicity is the fundamental pillar of American society I learnt quickly. No longer a Trinidadian or a West Indian. Now, the appropriate box to check was Black or African American.
Day 6: Selma & Montgomery Alabama
The struggles and victories that took place in Alabama during the 1950s and 1960s roused an entire nation to the truth of racial injustice and hatred that affected African-Americans all over the United States.
Day 5: Atlanta, Georgia
Advertisements After leaving Tybee Island and Savannah, it was time to travel to Atlanta, Georgia, on day five of the dirty south road trip. I was super psyched to be in Atlanta to tour Centennial Park, The World of Coke, Sweet Auburn Avenue, and the Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. centre.