Haitian

This current event, the deportation of the Haitians, comes down to a matter of citizenship. Their law is anyone who is born on the island is a citizen with the exception of the people placed in the category called “those in transit.” The Dominican authorities has taken and used this exception to their advantage in refusing papers and passports of the Haitians even if their parents were born in Dominican Republic. As the article states in September 2013, the Dominican court laid the law stating…

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The Haitian Earthquake of 2010 was a tremendous tragedy, and it makes one wonder, why must the Earth be so Cruel? One might argue that its a law of life, and that theres nothing we can do about it. Pitts argues however, that people are just as cruel as the earth, the only differance being our disasters are man made. Sometimes the earth is cruel, this is just a fact of life we will have to accept and keep moving on like we always do. The reaction from the people of Haiti is something that…

SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF TPS FOR HAITIANS Washington, DC - In a matter of weeks, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) extended to some 50,000 Haitians living in the United States will expire and unless extended most of them will be deported to an uncertain future in a country still dealing with the aftermath of natural disasters. After the devastating earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010, the Obama administration granted Temporary Protected Status to Haitian immigrants who were…

Aids and Accusation Aids and Accusation, written by Paul Farmer, is a book that truly captures and describes the epidemiology and history of HIV/AIDS in Haiti. Farmer’s immergence into the Haitian community during his research, alongside his educational background as a medical anthropologist and physician, contributed greatly to his approach of providing a deeply holistic understanding of HIV/AIDS in Haiti to the public for the first time (Farmer 2006:253). Through ethnographical,…

The Haitian Declaration of Independence The Haitian Declaration of Independence created out of the need to address the issues of Haiti enslaved by France. At this same time, France dangles the idea of being liberated over their heads, which Haiti was provoked. Therefore, is independence more important than life and what price one is willing to give? It seems that the Haitians viewed this in three concepts of why they prefer death over losing their independence. First, the commander in chief…

Cultural Practice: Role of Women in Haitian Culture Introduction Traditionally, the women of Haiti have and continue to have had many responsibilities in the home as well as in the workforce. Haitian women are the primary homemakers and child care providers though the economy also demands that most women earn a wage as well(Phelps). For women in a two parent household in rural Haiti, working in the fields and the household is an essential. The woman weeds and harvests the crops, then prepare…

Possessing valuable resources and optimal conditions for growing expensive crops such as sugar, France dedicated much of their money into this little island, allowing Saint Domingue to become the wealthiest colony in this time period. However, the Haitian slaves revolted against the French colonial rulers, resulting in the first complete successful slave rebellion in history. However, the cost of the war, natural disasters, and a French "independence tax" crippled the former colony, leading…

Essay #1 “Eyewitness Accounts of the Haitian Revolution One of the key contributors to the expansion of the French Empire is the Haitian colony of the Caribbean. After the invasion of Haiti by the French in the mid-16th century, permanent settlements were then developed including enclave trading colonization when the French Indies Corporation was founded in the 1660s. With international trade underway slave labor was needed to cultivate the plantations within the colonies. The black slaves bore…

2010 Haitian Earthquake ○ Where and how: The infamous 2010 earthquake occurred 25km from Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. This region was the most densely populated area of the country, which increased the impact of this event significantly. The earthquake struck at 4:53pm local time on the 12th of January, with a depth of around 13km. This relatively shallow depth meant that most of the energy of the earthquake was released close to the surface, resulting in a devastating catastrophe. The event…