“We is people” reverberates throughout Tropic Tendencies as Kevin Browne illuminates how Caribbean people acknowledge the past but do not remain there. For those of us who are people of color and/or teach marginalized communities, this idea of acknowledging our past but not remaining there is a powerful one. For Browne, public rhetoric is central to his argument that Caribbean rhetorical performance is a vernacular response, a “practice of judgment and a critical redress” that is the result of “invisibility and silencing” (3). The Caribbean community has the capacity to cultivate a collective ethos capable of critical redress. To prove this, Browne explores the practical use of Caribbean public rhetoric and Caribbean public expression.
A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric