Economy of Haiti

The surgeon said that “much of the Haitian staff suddenly disappeared … I think they resented us because they believe we are somehow responsible for slavery” (Guerra, 1). After the surgeon asked “is there anyone in Haiti today who can remember slavery,” Guerra went on to say that he would be surprised if there was actually someone who didn’t remember slavery (Guerra, 1). This idea of slavery being a thing of the past and that has been forgotten is not true in the Caribbean…

absolutely no rights and the Africans that weren’t slaves had very limited ones. There were also the mulattoes, which were people of mixed race. They were usually free, and some even owned plantations and slaves themselves, but some remained slaves (“Haiti (Overview)”). This racial inequality is what sparked a revolution to gain freedom for slaves and equal rights for other Africans and mulattoes. Other than the slavery of Africans, one of the other inequalities was the segregation of mulattoes.…

ell’s story points out the racial tension in America through a seemingly outrageous analogy: aliens ask for all African Americans to be taken from the country in exchange for gold, fuel, and chemicals to restore the suffering environment. The story illustrates a largely racist America, with Washington jumping at the possibility of giving their black population to the aliens. America ultimately agrees to the inhumane proposal, sentencing their able-bodied black population to an unknown future.…

While reading Mary Water’s Black identities: West Indian Immigrant Dreams and American Realities, I was intrigued by her findings on West Indian Immigrants idenidity in Ameirca. The main theme I noted throughout the book was development of the West Indians racial and ethnic Identity in America. Water’s gave a general introduction that she was raised in Brooklyn, NY. Water’s introduced her story by sharing her witness the neighborhood transform; the familiar faces she grew up with gradually began…

Caribbean Pleasure Industry: Tourism, Sexuality, and AIDs in the Dominican Republic, by Mark Padilla, explores the social and economic effects of the Dominican Republic’s dependency on the tourism industry, particularly as they relate to male sex workers. The abundance of opportunity in the tourism industry—as opposed to the lack thereof in, per se, agriculture—all but forces migration of the middle class and the poor to urban areas, where they can easily access popular tourist destinations,…

Conclusion Often when critics read Octavia Butler’s Kindred, the focus of the novel is often on the bodies of the black people who lived during this era. However, the narrative itself is fascinating in the way it confronts history in order to deconstruct it and rebuild it. Dana’s journey to antebellum Maryland enables the reader to take a new look at the characters they thought they knew, like Sarah’s role as the “mammy.” Butler’s blending of the Neo-slave narrative genre and Fantasy allows her…

Religion is often interpreted in various ways, for some it means following everything in their desired sacred text. While for another it may mean just believing in a higher power without an actual form of practice. There also tends to be a difference in the way men and women practice religion. In Christian churches, women tend to take a submissive role following the leadership of the males, becoming the backbone taking care of matters behind the scene. Christian women are expected to carry…

Film Analysis: Dólares de Arena The film by filmmakers Israel Cardenas and Laura Amelia Guzaman Dólares de Arena was released in 2014 and features Noeli (Yanet Mojica) as the main character. The fairly attractive young Dominican woman, Noeli is improvised. She lives in a hut with her boyfriend Yeremi (Ricardo Ariel Torbio). Her life seems very relaxed as she hangs out with and hustles white tourist on the beaches of the Dominican Republic. Her main conflict is her class and by consequence her…

James, C.L.R. The Black Jacobins. New York. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 1989.Print. The Black Jacobins (1938), by African -Trinidadian writer C.L.R James is the history of the 1791–1804 Haitian Revolution also known as the French colony of San Domingo. The text centers on an ex-slave named Toussaint L’Ouverture, who became the leader and an advocate of the French Revolution ideals. James emphasizes that Toussaint “presence had that electrifying effect characteristic of great men of…

Mass Media Influences on the Misperceptions of African American Women Stereotypes diminish individuals through simplified and exaggerated characteristics and insist that these traits are natural qualities (Love). In a speech by Malcolm X, Civil Rights Activist, he says, “The most disrespected person in America is the Black Woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black Woman.” African American Women make up approximately seven percent of the United States population, a majority of…