Being A Shy Child, I

We Still Have Our People Working In The Cane Fields In The Dominican Republic. People Are Still Repatriated All The Time From The Dominican Republic To Haiti. Some Tell Of Being Taken Off Buses Because They Looked Haitian, And Their Families Have Been In The Dominican Republic For Generations. Haitian Children Born In The Dominican Republic Still Can't Go To School And Are Forced To Work In The Sugarcane Fields.

The Attorney General Made Another Astonishing Claim, That There Were Pakistani Terrorists Possibly Coming On These Boats From Haiti. No One Has Ever Seen A Pakistani Coming On A Boat From Haiti Yet.

You Learned In School That You Have Pencils And Paper Only Because The Trees Gave Themselves In Unconditional Sacrifice.

In Haiti You Had The Duvaliers For 29 Years And They Were Very Well Supported By The United States.

I Think It's Hard For An Outsider To Capture The Flavor Of A Community And All Its Nuances, So Ultimately Haitian-americans Need To Start Sharing Intimate Accounts Of Their Stories.