... native are inferior and a striving to emulate one's oppressor - a form of mental enslavement. This loss of national identity is illustrated in Barbados' proud adoption of the title "Little England". Education is used as an indicator of class in both readings. The level of education attained dictates the jobs which a person can do, some of these being higher on the social ladder than others. The mastery of Latin, French, and reading of the English literary masters was considered necessary to elevate oneself above the masses. To succeed one had to become some form of "fool" according to Clarke; whether academic or athletic.pg.69 But even so, the learned individuals educated in the Caribbean were never held in high esteem the way British people or those who had gone abroad to be educated were. Clarke states that there was a firm distinction between "masters" and "teachers" with teachers being black ...

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