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Easter time - Haitians Plight |
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Easter Time, how about the Haitians.
Submitted by: Young Bahamian
Mar 23 '08
It is Easter here in the Bahamas. Many Bahamians go about their annual Easter activities, worrying about getting fish to cook on Good Friday, Hot Cross Buns etc.. but do they spend some time thinking about the plight of their fellow Haitians? Many of them who live in squalid conditions right next door? What about the Haitians in the Mud in Abaco? The Haitians in the East and South of New Providence? The Haitians in Eleuthera?
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The Pastors in these churches should, instead of sending to Jamaica for gals who know how to "Belly Yuck and Dutty Wine",take a group of Bahamians and do a mission in Haiti. Lets see who the real pastors are.
One Haitian spoke out about his treatment here in the Bahamas with the below:
I was born to Haitian parents in the Bahamas, and i moved to Ft. Lauderdale Florida when I was 13 years old. I would say that i am and always will be HAITIAN. Becuz when i was younger, Bahamians didnt except me, even though i had some that were close friends, majority of them hated me because of me being born haitian.
I fought in school frequently to defend my parents honor becuz of the things they said about them. Many other haitian kids born there pretended to be bahamian because they didnt want to be on the receiving end of everyone's hostility. I carried that burden proudly because my parents taught me from when i was young to not deny who i am and a Haitian is who i am. I may have had the bahamian accent, but i was never a bahamian. I am proud to say that i am Haitian. Its my heritage.
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Here are a few select posts from the BahamiansOnline.com forums that illustrate the plight and the fate of Haitians in our little society:
Re: What is Prejudice?
by Mad Sex Game da Don
This is one topic that has become a very touchy issue. As a Bahamian/Haitian or Haitian/Bahamian or one of DEM MIXED BREED i say that the continuous influx on ppl of different culture has already had a great effect on the Bahamian culture. If alot of Bahamians or persons born in the country we would already see that this is not only a haitian issue, though alot of heads point our focus to the haitians as being a major part to this situation.
If the average Bahamian drives around nassau, we would find that though haitian population has become a majority their effect is only in small areas. Just look at who is opeing up a business all over the bahamas. We have a silent giant who really dont want you in thier store but yet need our money.
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Additional Comments from our Forums:
Re: Callin me Haitian
by Oceans13
Listen Mad Sex, i dont know where you come from all of a sudden, but if its one ting i know for a fact is that there is no such ting as a mixed breed Haitian, cus Haitian is Haitian, like Bahamian is Bahamian. Lets be real, Hyshins stick together and I can say, currently, moreso that Bahamians cus we like to look down on ppl too much and act like our shit dont stink (but thats we bzness). Ya see Mad, when the secret Hyshin boat come sneeking into Harbour, who do u tink is be harboring them and finding them jobs, yep, other Haitians. And who do u tink is be hauling ass up to immigration and lobbying for extended stays for Haitians, yep, other Haitians.
I dont want to delve into the collusion of assy greedy Bahamians, who running round like chicken with their neck cut off, talking smack bout how lazy Bahamians are, cus thats an issue for another time, and trust me, I gat a friggin hangman noose fa them muddaf.kers. But we in the ass-part of an invasion. The foundation for the invasion happen in the dam 1970s when all them Hyshins swim here from Duvalier time and now we in the tail end.
The next wave of the invasion is our assy Bahamian women feeling no weight in gettin big-up fa the Haitians and having more mixed breeeds kids, who ofcourse have total allegiance to they muddaland and their country-men. And Mad Sex, you sound like you is a Haitian patriot despite ya ass being grown, schooled and bred in good-ole Bahamas. This Bahamas on the verge of a total takeover, I cant walk anywhere nomore an not hear creole, ya see local radio and cable gat creole on. I hate to run on with this topic, but let me end by saying Bahamians need to catch a smoke and learn some sense cus we two generations away from Little Hiti, and when that happens, any of Gods blessing we enjoyed out the window, cus ya know obeah, withcraft and the ton ton makoots coming too.
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