To Haidee and the Caribbean Studies Community.
First I must say how relieved I was to see HRHeron's latest posting, not because he defended me or said what I was thinking or anything like that, but simply because now I don't feel quite so invisible in this community. I was beginning to think that my elementary way of expressing my interests were of no real value to this community.
Actually, I did also consider your very busy schedules. I am sure that as professors and writers and so on, you are extremely busy. So, I've decided to make the most of every email posted to this board no matter the topic, with hopes that exposure to the issues discussed will benefit me and my endeavors in the long run.
I'd like to contribute my life to issues related to developing countries in the Caribbean and education. I'd like to write about what I learn. I'd like to help further establish a published bahamian literature arena. There's lots I want to do, but of course, I will the guidance of skilled mentors willing to take me under their wings to some extent, and I'm hoping that eventually, I will find this.
Really, I appreciate the opportunity this board offers for me to at the very least read about what is happenning in the Caribbean Studies community. If anything, I thank you for taking the time to write informative postings hungry students like me can gobble up.
Regards,
Alicia K. Carson
San Diego, CA
In a message dated Tue, 30 May 2000 1:23:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
<< Hello Everyone,
About three weeks ago Alicia Carson introduced herself to us
through this medium. In her introduction she told us that
she has a "passion for issues related to the Caribbean."
She went on to elaborate that her interests lie in current
events, educational issues and relations between the
Bahamas, Haiti, Cuba and the USA. I was struck by how
she is so eager to interact, as a matter of fact she said she
feels she has come across a good resource.
As a result, it made me realise how lax we are regarding the
purpose of this mailbase. We have not really discussed
Caribbean issues (past or present), and have turned the
mailbase solely into a message board. Please do not
think that I am excluding myself for I am just as
guilty.
Suppose I said that to pass into a forced whiteness begs
amnesia, how would you answer? What if I were to say
that Sir James Mitchell of St. Vincent needs to step down?
Or Dr. Eric Williams spoilt his people like an over-indulgent
parent? How about God bless Michael Manley?
Walk good,
Haidee.
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