User:Skonte/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title: Colorism in the Caribbean
 * Article Evaluation
 * - issues of neutrality
 * - more historical development
 * - skin bleaching section could be expanded, looking more into history and statistics of skin bleaching in the Caribbean extending on more than just Vybz Kartel's usage
 * - look into colorist in more countries, or maybe focus on one country and create new page?
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Option 2

 * Article title: Afro-Caribbean Music
 * Article Evaluation
 * - undeveloped page, links to multiple pages (subsets of african-caribbean music) Can be further developed to explain itself, could briefly go over the subsets of afro-caribbean music and prevalence in varying countries
 * - should include history of what aspects of african music is commonly found in afro-caribbean music, also include where in Africa these aspects stemmed from (west africa? call and response? etc)
 * - should include detail of caribbean music in itself, how have both fused together? what type of caribbean music? Who are the ones fusing and carrying on this music? is it popular/mainstream or are smaller groups/communities the ones carrying on the music?
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Option 3

 * Article title: J'ouvert
 * Article Evaluation
 * - Briefly mentions history, can definitely be expanded
 * - Speak more on history and connection to origins in the emancipation of slavery
 * - Why is it celebrated? Are original motives still motives today in celebrating?
 * - Could go into more detail in how j'ouvert celebrations differ and are similar amongst different countries and what countries. Why do these countries in particular have j'ouvert?
 * - Could talk about how the celebration has expanded, why, where? How is it celebrated outside the Caribbean?
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