#antillean

[piononostalgia]

Sharelly Emanuelson

« The Unintended Audience »

Emanuelson's image essay deals with the inevitable and complex link between the archive, (historical) research, imperialism and colonialism, and is an important contribution to decolonizing the archive of Sound & Vision. The reflection is part of an effort to invite more critical makers to respond to the collection with new work.

[yearningforunity]

May marks the celebration of Black Heritage Month, or “Fiesta de la Etnia Negra” in Panama. May 31 is known as Día de la Etnia Negra Nacional (National Black Heritage Day). The month celebrates the arrival of Africans and Antilleans to Panama and their impact on Panamanian culture.

[alonglistofbirds]

First 25% Summary - Part 1 (Accipitriformes to Coraciiformes)

Accipitriformes: Bicolored hawk - Brendan Fogarty Aegotheliformes: Australian owlet-nightjar - Jack Nguyen Anseriformes: African pygmy goose - John Mills Apodiformes: Black-breasted hillstar - David F. Belmonte Bucerotiformes: Abyssinian scimitarbill - Dubi Shapiro Caprimulgiformes: Antillean nighthawk - Homer Gardin Cariamiformes: Black-legged seriema - Trevor Ellery Charadriiformes: Chatham oystercatcher - Lars Petersson Ciconiiformes: Black stork - Marco Valentini Coliiformes: Blue-naped mousebird - Roger Adamson Columbiformes: Carribean dove - Shailesh Pinto Coraciiformes: Azure kingfisher - David Irving

[antiqueanimals]

Greater Antillean grackle (Quiscalus niger)

Part of a collection of watercolor images by "M. Rabié" for St. Domingue Oiseaux. Dated 1766.

Internet Archive

[inatungulates]

Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus

Observed by salvador_luna, CC BY-NC

[stickynotebirds]

151. Greater Antillean Grackle

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Greater Antillean Bullfinch

Photo: Francesco Veronesi

"A secretive, but not shy, inhabitant of dense thickets in a wide variety of habitats from wet forests to dry scrublands and gardens. Dark gray to black body combined with an orange-red eyebrow, throat, and vent are unique within its range. It is often heard before seen. Song is an unimpressive series of high-pitched 'zit' or 'seet' notes, sometimes followed by high thin buzz. Call similar to individual notes from song."

- eBird

[birdstudies]

October 23, 2023 - Antillean Piculet (Nesoctites micromegas) These small woodpeckers are found on the island of Hispaniola in forests, scrub, mangroves, and cultivated areas. Foraging alone or in pairs, they eat insects and other arthropods, as well as fruit, mostly plucking their prey from surfaces. Breeding from February to July, they excavate nest cavities in small trees, palms, or fence posts, or use those built by other woodpeckers. Females lay clutches of two to four eggs.

[squawkoverflow]

A new variant has been added!

Lesser Antillean Saltator (Saltator albicollis) © Donald Davesne

It hatches from black, colored, dense, distinctive, faint, loud, low, musical, olive, other, pale, sharp, similar, small, stout, and yellow eggs.

squawkoverflow - the ultimate bird collecting game          🥚 hatch    ❤️ collect     🤝 connect

[murcielagatito]

∧( 'Θ' )∧ antillean ghost faced bat ∧( 'Θ' )∧

[shiny-and-sparkling-birds]

Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)

© Blake Matheson

[gennsoup]

her flesh was like the deep Antillean sea: it touched all worlds.

Álvaro Enrigue, You Dreamed of Empires

[little-creature-of-the-day]

little creature of the day: Antillean Crested Hummingbird

this guys got a sick hairdo

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[misespinas]

Recently I’ve begun reading Frantz Fanon and found his theory on gender related to race in Black Skin, White Masks (1952) to be disturbing.

He has two chapters in the book I will focus on, one titled “The Woman of Color and the White Man,” the second “The Man of Color and the White Woman.” It should be noted, he does almost exclusively focus on the relations between the black people of Martinique/Antilles and their French colonizers.

“The Woman of Color and the White Man” is extremely prescriptive and critical of black women for their apparent attraction to white men. His point of reference for this is Mayotte Capécia’s I Am a Martinican Woman (1948). Capécia’s work is rampant with colorism and has been widely criticized for its descriptions of internalized black inferiority.

Fanon would describe that “It is commonplace in Martinique to dream of whitening oneself magically as a way of salvation,” and claims that “a lot of girls from Martinique, students in France, [...] confess in lily-white innocence that they would never marry a black man.” Fanon speaks of black women as though they are children, writing in a patronizing tone, “[black Martinican women] too one day will realize that ‘white men don’t marry black women.’” He writes with a tone which conveys that black women are not capable of being attractive. On top of this, his belief seems to be that black women only have one real job, “to whiten the race.”

Fanon is insecure in his manhood and believes he cannot be a complete man as a white man is capable of.

In “The Man of Color and the White Woman,” the descriptions of the black men are far less judgemental. He writes, “between these white breasts that my wandering hands fondle, white civilization and worthiness become mine.” Even if we focused on less sexual descriptions (there are several within the chapter), Fanon wrote, “By loving me, [a white woman] proves to me that I am worthy of white love. I am loved like a white man.”

It is evident that Fanon views women as tools, but their worth differs depending on their race. He claims this is not unique, later in the chapter explaining that “with Antillean men we learned that their main preoccupation on setting foot in France was to sleep with a white woman. [...] this ritual of initiation into ‘authentic’ manhood.”

Black women have the purpose of procreation according to Fanon, while white women have the purpose of sexual pleasure. A black woman cannot be sexually enjoyed, and a white woman cannot mother his children.

[havatabanca]

[inatungulates]

Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus

Observed by diverkat, CC BY-NC