Brilliant. And, of course, infuriating. When I think of lower forms of life like Trump denigrating those who've managed to escape my blood boils. But maybe if he's re-elected and there is another cataclysmic hurricane, he can go down there and hand out paper towels.
France and the US made clear to slaves all around the world, what the consequences of rising up and throwing off their chains would be. They made (and continue to make) Haiti an example to anyone who dares think there could be a better way for humans to live together.
I met a woman in the early aughts who worked with NGO’s around the world. I’ve never quite figured out what she saw in me, but she’d leave me in her bed and go off to work Monday through Friday (I was a bartender, so…)
Oh, boy! Did she have books! Rwanda, South Africa, the former Yugoslavia, the Sudan, Tibet, Southeastern Asia, and yes: Haiti. I read them all, and my first world, white privileged eyes were opened. It took me a very long time to recognize joy when I saw it again.
Hold your loved ones close and do what you can for those less fortunate around you. Because evil exists, ladies and gentlemen; and monsters have always been real.
That sounds like an interesting story. I’ve been fascinated by the Haiti story for a long time. The violence there doesn’t reflect who they are as a people. I’ve known two Haitians. Small sample size, but I knew them well enough to consider them friends. Very gentle people. Love their accents, lol. I’d sure love to see that country get what it deserves, whatever they feel that should look like.
Brilliant. And, of course, infuriating. When I think of lower forms of life like Trump denigrating those who've managed to escape my blood boils. But maybe if he's re-elected and there is another cataclysmic hurricane, he can go down there and hand out paper towels.
Let’s just make sure he’s not re-elected.
France and the US made clear to slaves all around the world, what the consequences of rising up and throwing off their chains would be. They made (and continue to make) Haiti an example to anyone who dares think there could be a better way for humans to live together.
I met a woman in the early aughts who worked with NGO’s around the world. I’ve never quite figured out what she saw in me, but she’d leave me in her bed and go off to work Monday through Friday (I was a bartender, so…)
Oh, boy! Did she have books! Rwanda, South Africa, the former Yugoslavia, the Sudan, Tibet, Southeastern Asia, and yes: Haiti. I read them all, and my first world, white privileged eyes were opened. It took me a very long time to recognize joy when I saw it again.
Hold your loved ones close and do what you can for those less fortunate around you. Because evil exists, ladies and gentlemen; and monsters have always been real.
That sounds like an interesting story. I’ve been fascinated by the Haiti story for a long time. The violence there doesn’t reflect who they are as a people. I’ve known two Haitians. Small sample size, but I knew them well enough to consider them friends. Very gentle people. Love their accents, lol. I’d sure love to see that country get what it deserves, whatever they feel that should look like.
If Karma and reincarnation works as it should, MAGA Rethuglicans will find their next life as a Haitian in Haiti.
Devastating read and all too familiar. Power and greed are such a deadly combination.
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