Haitians Sent Home

Excellent writing by the author... Something needs to be done about this problem, Haitians just want a better life.

This situation is expected especially during an era of anti-immigrants in the U.S. I am not surprised that the Haitians are the most affected and victimized by this process at all. Look at our conditions in South Florida in the US at large and around the globe. As immigrants we are shunned, discriminated against and treated as outcasts. This of course is pay back for a Revolutionary past where slaves rose up and beat down a tyranical system that was abusive, oppressive and unfair. What the Haitian African slaves did was the right thing to do.As all oppressed people should use that as inspiration for their battles against tyranny everywhere. They treat us like some kind of mad people disease freaks with no conscience and not worth the humanity that we are granted. Well, that is wrong because the fight will always be waged between right and wrong or good and bad better yet, blessed versus evil. And we know that David always beats goliath. That young man used a pebble to kill a tyrant Haitians use their beliefs and faith and courage to go on. We will persevere but this damnation cannot go on.
Life in South Florida was never good but for awhile with the elections of some Haitians to local political offices and the rising of some new organizations in our midst we had some hope. It was great too that Aristide was re-selected to office in the Nation State of Haiti but of course things began to unravel when the right wings around the globe primarily in the US, Canada, France and Latin America conspired to bring down a government put in power by the majority of the people. I do believe that Aristide and his family were forced into getting on a plane out of Haiti. That is technically kidnapping and he deserves to return home and fight for the people. The overwhelming majority of whom continue to be abused and victimized and mistreated by the UN forces and/or MINUSTAH.
We are facing an existentialist crisis at this time. Who cares about us? Our leaders are selling us out for crumbs. Aristide's policies of "compromise" or settling for the lesser of many evils led us straight into an impossible situation. This he seemed to believe would have been avoided by his humbling acts in the face of Western corruption, racism and schisms. We knew better, they were coming and he should have been better prepared. Instead, he like so many others before him and so many who hide behind their nice artificial smiles and made up faces. Their fake hair, permed or straightened to resemble the massahs, their anglocized names and accents, their seemingly humble demeanor, non-threatening postures all to register a willingness to making it. Well, it ain't working. The few are getting the few crumbs and their hate filled hearts and bodies stand and smirk at the rest who are being sacrificed every day, hour, moment so they could keep their positions. Aristide sold out the people when he handed over Ketant, a so-called drug trafficker to the tyrants in the US. That kind of extradition is illegal and cocaine and marijuana use is a personal issue. The problem is with a system, a culture and society that sanctions abuse but gives no punishments to the abusers because they are the gatekeepers and lawmakers. It is wrong for sick people to be denied healthcare because they have no money. Universal healthcare now decriminalize marijuana, cocaine and heroine drug use now!

Aristide helped the war on the poor Haitians in the ghettos of South Florida and elsewhere in the US. He set the ball in motion by letting them take Ketant and selling out the so-called gang bangers in places like Cite Soleil. And now of course the parrot Preval is waging the same war to keep his position. They've sold us to the lwas of lotbo. We have to fend for ourselves. It was inevetible that the anti-immigrant atmosphere would adversely affect us the most. We are the last hired, first fired. We are the most victimized by the immigration process it is no coincidence that we have the least success as immigrants (if we're counting all the kkkapital).

Some want us to believe that the anti immigrant atmosphere in the US being waged primarily by the working poor whites who feel that the U.S. has to remain "sovereign" and protecting its borders is a necessary act. Excuse me, why didn't someone tell that to your ancestors when they came by boatloads and pushed and shoved and shot and murdered the tribal groups out of existance, land, rights and territory? Who processed your assess here? Also, I am tired of feeling sorry for poor white folks even the ones with their brown babies. They ALWAYS have more rights than the black folks. Walk around South Florida and see. Black folks in fact have stepped in line and willingly give them their positions. We come to this country and fight like hell to transform into them, check out our hairtyles and clothing and speech patterns and even culture and social life. Out marrying will not solve the problem. Brown babies will not be the messiahs nor will talking white or acting white or e-racing our racial identity change our conditions.

I feel a great deal of pain and sympathy for the folks who risk all to come here. I realize that Haiti is a war torn nation state at this time. And this makes the condition right for fleeing. And the flight will be painful and the fleeing will come with empty bags. And that is ultimately a basis for asylum denial. We have no kkkapital and the world does not see fit to help us gain access to any. Unlike Jamaicans or even Trinidadians or Black Cubans, Dominicans our ethnicity has no currency anywhere. The solutions are radical unfortunately few if any of us are brave enough to undertake them.

Blessings my people. Godspeed.

Compelling, detailed story. One that needed to be told. Ms. Zeitlin did a wonderful job.

i pray everytime that i hear of the haitians of the flordia shores that these people do not get sent back. it's funny how after thousands of mexicans have come here the same way and not as many haitians have really had a chance here and they depart them on the spot, some comments i have read states that the haitie people are mean people if u ask me in this world people of all races can be mean don't stereotype the whole group thats not fair if, the cubans' come and a child is there they wait to take the child and give a good life here now that is wrong if a haitian child come and waste no time sending them back,something is wrong with the sytem!VERY UNFAIR!

i pray everytime that i hear of the haitians of the flordia shores that these people do not get sent back. it's funny how after thousands of mexicans have come here the same way and not as many haitians have really had a chance here and they depart them on the spot, some comments i have read states that the haitie people are mean people if u ask me in this world people of all races can be mean don't stereotype the whole group thats not fair if, the cubans' come and a child is there they wait to take the child and give a good life here now that is wrong if a haitian child come and waste no time sending them back,something is wrong with the sytem!VERY UNFAIR!

i pray everytime that i hear of the haitians of the flordia shores that these people do not get sent back. it's funny how after thousands of mexicans have come here the same way and not as many haitians have really had a chance here and they depart them on the spot, some comments i have read states that the haitie people are mean people if u ask me in this world people of all races can be mean don't stereotype the whole group thats not fair if, the cubans' come and a child is there they wait to take the child and give a good life here now that is wrong if a haitian child come and waste no time sending them back,something is wrong with the sytem!VERY UNFAIR!